Dr. Katarína Svítková

As the Dean of the School of Business Administration at Anglo-American University since 2006. She earned her Ph.D. in Economics at Center for Research and Graduate Studies – Economic Institute (CERGE-EI) in Prague. She graduated from Mathematics and Management at Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics at Comenius University in Bratislava.

Katarina’s research is focused on economics of non-profit organizations, Corporate Social Responsibility, charitable giving, employee loyalty, theory of incentives and contracts. Prior to her position at AAU Katarina worked as researcher at the Economic Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences. She continues to publish articles, presents at conferences and contributes to books on her topics.

Dr. Douglas Shields Dix

Douglas Shields Dix is an American who has resided in the Czechlands for twenty years. He graduated with a Bachelor’s in Philosophy and English from the University of Colorado (Boulder), earning his Masters’ Degree and Ph.D. in Critical Theory at the English Department of the University of Washington (Seattle). In September 1989, he received a Fulbright Professorship to Brno, Czechoslovakia, witnessing and participating in the Velvet Revolution, and receiving two more years of Fulbright support to enable him to continue supporting academic reform during the post-communist transition period. In 1993 he received his Habilitation in the History and Theory of Culture at Masaryk University in Brno, and founded and directed an institute dedicated to academic reform—the International Institute of Intercultural Studies, which operated in the Czechlands from 1993–1998. For the past decade he has been teaching at Anglo-American University.

Robert Horvitz

Robert Horvitz was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts (USA) and studied art at Yale University. Upon completion of his B.A. degree he was hired by Yale to teach drawing. From there he went on to teach courses in contemporary art at the Rhode Island School of Design and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and studio art at Phillips and Abbott Academies.

In the 1970s he was a regular contributor of feature articles to Artforum magazine, writing about artists like Chris Burden, Alan Sonfist and Alan Sondheim. He was Art Editor of the Whole Earth publications from 1977 until 1991 when he moved to Prague.

Horvitz has exhibited his drawings at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Institute for Contemporary Art in Boston, the Akron Art Institute and elsewhere.

Dr. Pavla Jonssonová

PhDr. Pavla Jonssonová teaches urban anthropology for Anglo-American University in Prague and Charles University ECES. She was a recipient of a Fulbright research scholarship (UC Santa Cruz, 1997) and a collaborator with the Creative Writing program of Naropa University. She is a founding member of Zuby nehty, a women’s rock band with five albums. Her research interests include surveying the semiotic battle in contemporary culture and society, tracing avant-garde roots in current expressions of literature, music, theatre, film, art, and mapping local subcultures. Pavla Jonssonová’s publications include essays, interviews, poetry and translations.

Courses taught by Pavla include:

• Subcultures: Lifestyles, Literature, Music
• A Thousand Years of Czech Literature: From Kosmas to Kundera
• Gender Equality in Europe

Chris Montoni

Chris Montoni is an American professor specializing in medieval studies, monasticism, Prague history and culture, and art. After graduating from Plymouth State College with a bachelor degree in Medieval Studies, he continued his education in Central Europe at Charles University in Prague and Central European University in Budapest. His teaching experience includes Prague Art and Architecture at Prague Center for Continuing Education, Prague for Medievalists at Central European University, and various courses at Charles University. Since 2003 he is a licensed tour guide providing walking tours of Prague as well as excursions to regional historical sites for tourists and visiting student groups.

Tony Ozuna

Tony Ozuna is an American (from California), though he has been living in Prague since the early 1990s. At that time he worked as editor-in-chief and co-founder of Yazzyk Magazine, an English language literary and arts publication which focused on contemporary Czech fiction and poetry in translation. He studied politics with an emphasis on Public Policy for an M.A. at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), and after finishing that program he worked as an academic researcher for the California Policy Seminar (UC Berkeley) and research assistant at UCSB for a project on Mass Media and Hispanic Politics. He earned his B.A. degree in Politics from the University of California, Irvine. He joined the faculty of Anglo-American University in 1995 as a Composition (Academic Writing) lecturer, and then began working in administration in 1998 as Coordinator of the School of Humanities. His teaching experience also includes Academic Writing for Ph.D. students at CERGE-EI, the Center for Economic Research & Graduate Education, of Charles University. He is currently Associate Dean of the School of Humanities & Social Sciences.

As well, Tony is a regular contributor to a number of publications including Umelec International, a Prague-based arts magazine which publishes in four languages (Czech, English, German, and Spanish), the Prague Post, and the New Presence, a Prague-based political quarterly on Central European affairs, contributing texts on art and politics. Most recently, he curated a contemporary art exhibit in southern Bohemia with more to come in the future.

Dr. Milada Polišenská

Milada Polišenská is an historian specializing in diplomatic history. Her professional experience includes working at the Archives of the Czechoslovak Foreign Ministry, the Institute of International Relations and Institute for Contemporary History, and visiting teaching appointments at universities in the United States and Taiwan. Since 2003, she has been working at Anglo-American University; her present position is Senior Vice-President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the School of International Relations and Diplomacy. She is an author of numerous studies and articles and published books on Czechoslovaks in the Gulag and Czechoslovak diplomacy 1945–1953 (2006) and recently on the forgotten “enemy” Josef Josten and Free Czechoslovakia Information in the context of Czechoslovak–British diplomatic relations 1948–1985 (2009).

Kateřina Průšová

Kateřina studied Art History at the Faculty of Arts and Letters at the Charles University (Prague), where she obtained her Mgr. and PhDr. degrees. She has worked at diverse art galleries in Prague and Paris (Paul Prouté S.A, Old Master etchings and drawings). She has also been awarded different scholarships and internships in France (BNF Paris, Montpellier) and Italy (Perugia).

Kateřina is a lecturer for several study abroad programs in Prague, such as the Charles University (International Studies Abroad) and the Dartmore Institute for Central European Studies. She is also a lecturer at the National Gallery in Prague, Collection of Old Masters (St. Agnes Monastery, Sternberg Palace).

Her fields of interest include late medieval French art as she specializes in French and Flemish manuscript illumination, medieval painting in Bohemia, baroque architecture in Rome, Paris and Bohemia and contemporary sculpture and painting.

Dr. Irena Jindřichovská

Originally from the Czech Republic, Dr. Irena Jindřichovská is part of AAU’s full-time faculty team in the School of Business Administration.

Irena earned her Ph.D. from the University of Economics, Prague (Czech Republic). She has lectured at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and the University of Buckingham (UK), where she was also a program director for a Master’s program in finance and accounting.

Courses taught by Irena include:

• Money and Banking
• Financial Accounting
• Corporate Governance

Dr. Jaroslava Gajdošová

Dr. Jaroslava Gajdošová teaches in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at AAU.

Jaroslava earned her Ph.D. and M.A. in Sociology from the New School for Social Research (NY), and an M.A. in History from Charles University (Czech Republic). She lectured at Parsons The New School of Design (NY) and Ramapo College (NJ) before returning to the Czech Republic to teach at AAU.

Courses taught by Jaroslava include:

• Culture, Identity, and Film
• Social Science Research Methods
• Art and Ideology

Dr. Donald E. Fuller

Dr. Donald E. Fuller teaches in the School of International Relations & Diplomacy at AAU.

Originally from the US, Don earned his Ph.D. in Public Administration from the University of Pittsburgh (PA) and A.B. in Social Psychology from Colgate University (NY).

Don has taught in China, Armenia, Slovakia, and at various universities in the US. He is a former Vice President and Dean of Faculty at the American University of Armenia and former Director of the Master of Science in International Public Administration Program at the University of Southern California.

Courses taught by Don include:

• Introduction to Politics
• Political Economy
• Public Policy in a Knowledge-based Society
• Theories of Globalization

Dr. Gerald Power

Originally from Ireland, Dr. Gerald Power teaches history as part of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at AAU.

Gerald earned his Ph.D. in History from the National University of Ireland, and a B.A. from The American College in Dublin (IRE). He is the author of the forthcoming book A European Elite: The nobility of the English Pale in Ireland, 1450-1566.

Courses taught by Gerald include:

• European History II: The Making of Modern Europe