University of New York in Prague

Director of LL.M Program

Dr., Ludwig-Maxmilianis-Universität München, Germany
LL.M., Ludwig-Maxmilianis-Universität München, Germany
LLB, University of Athens Law School, Greece

Dr. Athanassios Pantazopoulos, LL.M. is an instructor of law at UNYP. He received his law degree from the University of Athens, and his LL.M and Ph.D. in International and European Law from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) in Munich, Germany. He is an active attorney, admitted in Athens, Munich and the Czech Republic.

M.A., University of Rochester, NY, USA
M.D., Carol Davila University, School of Medicine, Romania

Raluca Topciu is a clinical psychologist. She received her M.D. from the Carol Davila University in the School of Medicine. She moved to the USA where she worked in cancer treatment research at Harvard Medical School.

Ing., Prague Institute of Chemical Technology, Czech Republic

Dana Hague graduated from the Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague and spent a year at the University of Toronto in
environmental research where she developed interest in computer modeling.

Chair of the International & Economic Relations Department

M.Phil., University of Kent, UK
M.A., University of the Basque Country, Spain

Oscar Hidalgo holds the position of Chair of the Department of International and Economic Relations. Born in the Basque Country in Spain, he earned an M.Phil. by research in Politics and Government from Graduate School of Politics and International Relations of the University of Kent at Canterbury...

Vice-Chair, Business Administration Department

C.Sc. (Ph.D.), Czech Academy of Science, Czech Republic

Václav Chvalovský teaches several management classes at UNYP, such as Project Management, Information Management in Business, and Strategic Management.

Ph.D., University of Chicago, USA
M.S., University of Southern California, USA

Will Bennis is a cultural psychologist / cognitive anthropologist. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in the Department of Psychology, Committee on Human Development.

Ph.D., University of Kansas, USA
M.A., Charles University, Czech Republic

Dr. Filip Smolík earned his Ph.D. on a Fulbright Scholarship in the Child Language Doctoral Program at the University of Kansas, and teaches Developmental and Cognitive psychology at UNYP as well as serving as a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Institute of Psychology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.

Ph.D., Charles University, Czech Republic.

Jan Záhořík is an Africanist, teacher at UNYP, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen and a researcher at Charles University, Prague. He earned his Ph.D. in African Studies at Charles University, Prague. He did his bachelor and master studies in Cultural Anthropology at the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen.

Ph.D., Palacky University, Czech Republic
Mgr., Palacky University, Czech Republic
B.A., Palacky University, Czech Republic

Dr. Veronika Zavrelova teaches in the department of Communication and Mass Media. She earned a Ph.D. in Linguistics from Palacky University in Olomouc, Czech Republic. She also holds a Master’s degree in English and Czech Philology, and a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the same University.

Ph.D., University of Arkansas
C.F.A., Chartered Financial Analyst Institute
M.A., University of Arkansas
B.S., University of Nebraska

Dr. Johnson joined UNYP in 2013, teaching courses in economics, finance, mathematics, and business, as well as serving as the Graduate Business Programs Manager.  His teaching experience includes both American and Czech universities.

Doc., Palacký University, Czech Republic
Ph.D., Charles University, Czech Republic
M.A., Charles University, Czech Republic

Dr. Marek Preiss is a full time instructor and researcher at UNYP. He earned his Ph.D. from Charles University in Clinical Psychology, and the title of Docent was conferred by Palacký University, in Olomouc.

Ph.D,, University of Washington, USA,
B.A., Santa Clara University, California, USA

Dr. Critz has worked extensively in the IT industry, primarily for Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, California USA, and at universities in the US and Central Europe as both an educator and consultant on technical and business management issues.

Ph.D., Lancaster University, UK
M.A., University of Leicester, UK
B.A., University of Sussex, UK

Tess Slavíčková has been teaching courses in the Communication and Media Department at UNYP since 2001. Before that, she worked as an English language teacher in Portugal and France, a book editor at Oxford University Press, and as Managing Editor of a journal for teacher trainers at the British Council in Prague.

Ph.D., Charles University, Czech Republic
M.A., University College Dublin, Ireland
B.A., Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Clare Wallace is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin (BA), University College Dublin (MA), and Charles University (PhD) where she a senior lecturer at the Department of Anglophone Literature and Cultures. She teaches in the fields of Irish studies, drama (American and British and theories of performance), literary and cultural studies, as well as higher level...

MBA, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
B.A., University of New York in Prague

William is a full time faculty and Director of the MBA Programs at UNYP. He specializes in the areas of Marketing, Strategic Business Development and Project Management. William is a veteran of the 82nd Airborne Division of the US Army where he was Platoon Sergeant and has served in Europe as well as in the USA.

J.D., the University of California, USA
B.A., Stanford University, USA

Mr Cohn is an attorney and constitutional law scholar, has practiced and taught law since 1993, working with clients, judges, international organizations, bar associations and scholars, lecturing and publishing extensively on issues of international jurisprudence.

M.A., Paris Pantheon-Sorbonne University, France

Since 1997 an Associate Professor at Université Paris 2 (Center for Research and Higher Education Sorbonne Universités) where he teaches International Monetary Theory and Financial Markets at Masters 2 level, Pr . Ing. Jacques Regniez, is an economist who in addition to a Masters with Honor from Paris Pantheon-Sorbonne University was trained as ...

Chair of the Communications Department

Ph.D., PhDr., M.A.,Charles University, Czech Republic
B.A., University of Windsor,Canada

Dr. Todd Nesbitt is Chair of the department of Communication and Mass Media at UNYP, and is the Prague director of the Master's program in Professional Communication and Public Relations granted by La Salle University.

Chair, Business Administration Department

M.A., San Jose State University, USA
B.S., San Jose State University, USA

Mr. Capuder joined UNYP in 2010 and Economics and Management courses. He is responsible for managing the MBA and undergraduate Business programs. Mr. Capuder's current research area is International Political Economy and the Reform of Monetary Institutions/Financial Regulations.

Postgraduate diploma, University College in Cardiff, UK
B.A., Durham University, UK
BFA, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan

Natasha Sutta is a native Czech and English speaker, and is fluent in Russian and Chinese. She earned a Postgraduate Diploma from University College in Cardiff, UK, a B.A. from Durham University UK, and a BFA from NTNU Taiwan, ROC after two years of intensive Mandarin language study at the Mandarin Training Centre ...

Chair of Psychology Department

M.Sc. University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
B.A. La Salle University, Philadelphia, USA

Mike Bar-Johnson, currently serving as Chair of the Psychology Department at UNYP, received his M.Sc. in Experimental Psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is currently conducting his Ph.D. research at the Sexology Institute of the 1st Medical Faculty of Charles University in Prague in the area of Medical Psychology and Psychopathology.

Chair of Department of English Language and Literature

M.A., University of Westminster, UK
B.A., Richmond, The American International University in London, UK
TESOL Certificate, Oxford House College, UK

Shaana Aljoe teaches Introduction to University Studies and English Composition at UNYP. She is also the founder of UNYP's writing resource center (the WRL), teaches business English and works with the Czech Press Agency and has had professional management experience in the education, wine, and clothing industries.

H.E.C.,Haute Ecole 'Groupe ICHEC - ISC Saint-Louis - ISFSC', Bruxelles
President of Varley & C°, Monaco and of Somodi, Monaco.

With thirty years of managerial experience in industry (Assistant to the Vice-President, Control and Finance, American-Standard, Europe, President of American Hospital Supply Corporation, Benelux, President of Coca-Cola bottling companies in the south of France), concurrent with fifteen years of lecturing and consulting...

Ph.D., University College London, UK
MBA, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University, USA
M.Eng., University of Patras, Greece

Dr. Andreas Antonopoulos is the Rector of UNYP and teaches Entrepreneurship in its MBA Programs. He holds a Ph.D. in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from University College London, UK, where he has been teaching as an Adjunct Professor since 1998.