Ivana is the Lead Professor for the Czech Section on TFS Ocupation 101 program.
M.A. Charles University, Faculty of Philosophy
After 1989 till present she has also worked as a researcher, interpreter and co-correspondent for Central European Office of The National Public Radio and The New York Times in Prague plus for various other foreign media (BBC, Danish TV, ABC, PBS). She worked as a translator and moderator for Center of Independent Journalism in Prague, Czech Republic.
Ever since 1998 until present times she has been teaching at NYU study abroad in Prague and Charles University courses on History through film, Central European Film, Czech Cinema and Culture etc.
She was a Fulbright scholar and later visiting professor teaching media, film and literature at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois and University of Washington, Seattle,US (1994-97, 1999, and 2001). She was invited to have talks on film, history and feminism at University of Washington, Stanford and Harvard.
Translated works of Fay Weldon, Woody Allen, Susan Sontag, Erica Jong, Sue Grafton. Wrote articles, reviews and interviews for various magazines and newspapers (Respekt weekly and The Presence quarterly).
Juror of the International Committee of Women of Europe Award, Brussels, Belgium. President of the Czech Committee of Women of Europe Award, Prague, Czech Republic
STUDY ABROAD SUMMER PROGRAMS
Climate Change Advocacy - Chilean Expedition
Happy City - Criteria for Urban Well-being
Costume Design for Theater & Film - Dressing it Up
Making it Better - Industrial Design
Occupation 101 - Three Case Studies
CULTURAL STUDY TOURS
Prague Stories - Literature & Film
Architectural Treasures - Medieval to Modern
Tradition in Fibers - Maintaining the Craft
Green for Life - Prague's Parks & Gardens
The Glass Route - Czech Masters
WORKSHOPS & OTHERS
The Power of Art & Design - Chile
Digital Art Tools - ONLINE
Watercolor in New Orleans
Write a Screenplay in Prague
Service Learning - Rural Development