Curriculum vitae

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D. in Geography (1995), University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.A. Dissertation: Transition and the Environment in the Czech Republic: Democratization, Economic Restructuring and the Environmental Management in the Most District After the Collapse of State Socialism.
  • RNDr. (Doctor of natural sciences) in Geography (1987), Charles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia.
  • M.S. in Geography (1986), Charles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia.


APPOINTMENTS

  • University of Nebraska at Omaha: August 2005 - present. Professor of Geography.
  • University of New York in Prague: October 2003 - June 2004. Senior Lecturer.
  • Charles University in Prague: October 2003 - June 2004, Visiting Professor.
  • Hokkaido University, Slavic Research Center, Japan: June 2001-March 2002, Foreign Visiting Professor.
  • University of Nebraska at Omaha: August 1999 - present. Associate Professor of Geography.
  • University of Nebraska at Omaha: August 1995 - August 1999. Assistant Professor of Geography.
  • University of Kentucky: August 1994 - May 1995. Graduate School Dissertation Year Fellow.
  • University of Kentucky: August 1992 - June 1994.Teaching Assistant with primary responsibility for class.
  • University of Kentucky: August 1990-June 1992. Research Assistant for the Annals of the Association of American Geographers.
  • Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Geography: September 1989 - August 1990. Research Associate.
  • Regional Authority Office, Department of Regional Planning, Hradec Králové, Czechoslovakia: September 1988 - 1989. Planner.
  • Ministry of Industry of the Czech Republic, Department of Regional Planning: September 1987-1988. Planner.


FELLOWSHIPS AND ACADEMIC HONORS 

  • 2007 Summer Research Fellowship, University Committee on Research, University of Nebraska at Omaha.
  • 2000-2001 Individual Advanced Research Program in Eurasia/CEE. Fellowship funded by the International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX), Washington, DC.
  • 1998 Summer Research Fellowship funded by the University Committee on Research, University of Nebraska at Omaha.
  • 1998 Summer Research Fellowship funded by the University Committee on Research, University of Nebraska at Omaha.
  • Academic Leader of the Nebraska Semester Abroad Program to the Czech Republic and Greece in the Spring 1997 semester based on the University of Nebraska wide competition.
  • 1996 Summer Research Fellowship funded by the University Committee on Research, University of Nebraska at Omaha.
  • The Graduate School, University of Kentucky: Dissertation Year Fellowship for the 1994-1995 academic year.
  • Charles University Excellence Scholarship 1982-1986.


 

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