​Teaches COMM 732: Social Media Campaigns​

​Promoted in October 2020, Allison Fossner serves as the assistant athletic director, communications, creative services and licensing. Fossner joined Delaware in 2017 as the social media & digital content director.

In addition to leading the strategic vision and implementation of Delaware Athletics digital initiatives, Fossner now oversees the University’s Trademark Licensing program, with emphasis on brand protection, promotion and profit. She works with the external relations team and campus partners to increase online visibility and advise in the overall messaging to the UD fan base. 

Fossner comes to Newark from Harvard, where she served as the associate director of athletic communications since June 2015 working with men's basketball, football, men's lacrosse, men's and women's golf, sailing and skiing. She arrived in Cambridge in 2013, working as an assistant director for two years.

In the fall of 2014, Fossner aided the Crimson to host ESPN's College GameDay. The national show was televised live from Dillon Quad prior to Harvard's home game against Yale in the 131st playing of The Game on Nov. 22, 2014. This marked only the second time an Ivy League school has hosted the premiere weekly college football show.

For her efforts during the 2014-15 year, Fossner was honored with the FAS Impact award and she was part of a team to earn the Dean's Distinction. 

Prior to her arrival at Harvard, Fossner worked as an assistant director of athletic communications at Rutgers University. While with the Scarlet Knights, the Smithfield, Rhode Island native worked with the men's basketball, women's basketball, women's soccer, women's lacrosse, softball and crew teams. Fossner was promoted to assistant director after spending two years as an athletic communications assistant.

A 2009 Summa Cum Laude graduate of Massachusetts, Fossner earned a degree in sports management with a minor in education as an honors program student. Fossner worked in the Minutemen’s media relations department as an undergrad, where she assisted in the coverage of football, men’s hockey, men’s and women's basketball, and men’s and women’s lacrosse and was the primary media contact for the women’s rowing and men’s and women’s cross country and track teams.