His work has been presented in numerous solo and group exhibitions across the Czech Republic and internationally, and is represented in the collections of the and other public and private collections. A recipient of the National Gallery 333 Art Award and the ESSL Art Award: VIG Special Invitation, Bařinka brings extensive contemporary artistic practice and exhibition experience to his teaching.

McAlorum joined Anglo-American University in 2026. Alongside his role at AAU, he continues to teach at Prague City Study Centre (Teesside University), where he currently serves as Program Coordinator, having previously held the position of Program Leader. In these roles, he has contributed to curriculum development, established industry partnerships, and mentored emerging designers through live projects, internships, and professional collaborations.

His teaching and creative practice emphasize conceptual thinking, visual communication, and design as a tool for storytelling and problem-solving. Drawing on extensive experience in branding, editorial design, advertising, and art direction, he encourages students to combine strategic thinking with creative experimentation. Outside the classroom, McAlorum is an active painter who primarily works in oils. His recent paintings often feature children and figures gazing into the distance, reflecting his thoughts on an uncertain future. He continues to develop his artistic practice and is actively seeking opportunities to exhibit his work.

After returning to the Czech Republic, Liz built a career spanning translation, education and operations management. She worked as a localization manager at Arbes Technologies and later served as manager of the Kids&Us Modřany language school, where she gained extensive experience in educational leadership and team coordination.

At AAU, Liz oversees Student Experience and Engagement, as well as the Career Center and Alumni Relations Office. Her role includes welcoming and onboarding new students, fostering a vibrant and supportive campus community and managing the Academic Tutoring Center and Student Mentor Program. She is passionate about helping students make the most of their time at AAU—academically and personally—and works to create opportunities, connections and experiences that will stay with them long after graduation. 

Having raised two wonderful children of her own, Liz has a deep appreciation for the exciting but also challenging journey into adulthood. Combined with her professional experience, this gives her a genuine understanding of the questions, opportunities and uncertainties many students face. She is always happy to listen, offer guidance or simply have a chat.

In her free time, Liz continues to pursue translation to promote Czech literature abroad. Her translations of works by leading Czech authors such as Alena Mornštajnová, Simona Bohatá and Lidmila Kábrtová have been published by Seagull Books and Comma Press.

Stehlíková began her research appointment at Anglo-American University in 2026. Her academic experience includes roles at the University of Westminster, the Royal College of Art, and the University of Creative Communication in Prague. She also teaches artistic research at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague and UMPRUM.

Her cross-disciplinary research connects artistic practice, sensory studies, philosophy, experimental psychology, and art-science dialogue. Her monograph Exiled from Our Bodies: How to Come Back to Our Senses was published by Routledge in 2025. She is founder and editor of Tangible Territory and co-founder of “Ecstatic Truth,” an international symposium series on expanded animation and documentary practice.

Her films, installations and participatory performances have been presented internationally, including at Whitechapel Gallery, Danielle Arnaud Gallery, Prague Quadrennial, Somerset House, Stadtkino Vienna, the British Film Institute London Film Festival, Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, and the Under_the_RADAR festival in Vienna.

She has developed and co-developed several diagnostic and intervention tools widely used in Czech educational and counselling practice and has contributed to many national and international research projects, including the Multilingual Assessment Battery of Early Literacy (MABEL) (). She is a member of the International Society for Scientific Studies of Reading and a founding member of the European Literacy Network. Alongside her research, she has extensive experience in lifelong learning programs for professionals in psychology, counselling, and speech therapy, and is dedicated to mentoring students and early career researchers.

Basak’s experience includes designing all the brand’s print materials and digital visuals, including newsletters, social media, website banners, UI designs, and presentation designs across multiple platforms.

After serving as a postdoctoral research scientist (1994-1997) at SUNY-Binghamton University in Binghamton, New York, Chris held faculty positions at Mount Holyoke College (1997-1998), Troy University (1998-2005), and Kennesaw State University (2005-2025). Chris has also served in a variety of administrative roles during his career, including Psychology Department Chair and Interim Dean of the College of Education at Troy University, Associate Director for Technology-Enhanced Learning in the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) at Kennesaw State University, and Assistant Chair and Interim Department Chair of the Department of Psychological Science at Kennesaw State University.

Chris’s current scholarly focus and research interests include comparative & evolutionary psychology, learning and behavior, and the scholarship of teaching and learning.

Knihová is an Assistant Professor at AAU and also teaches at the Masaryk Institute of Advanced Studies, Czech Technical University in Prague. At AAU, she teaches Digital Skills & AI for Business, Marketing Communications, Buyer Behavior, and Marketing Research, with a particular emphasis on the relationship between marketing, technology, and contemporary educational practice.

Knihová’s professional experience also includes several years at Harley-Davidson Prague, where she worked closely with the marketing and communication department, focused on content marketing, and led staff training initiatives. In addition to her academic work, she has many years of experience in diplomacy and in business practice, particularly in the SME sector in engineering and trade.

Her research and professional interests focus primarily on digital marketing, AI applications in marketing and education, immersive marketing, marketing communication, and the integration of technology into teaching and learning. Knihová has authored more than 70 scholarly and professional publications, edited two professional books, and she regularly participates in international academic conferences. Among her recent major projects are the book AI Marketing Playbook: Jak ChatGPT a umělá inteligence mění svět marketingu (AI Marketing Playbook: How ChatGPT and Artificial Intelligence Are Changing the World of Marketing) and the Czech translation of Philip Kotler’s Marketing 6.0. Her current work explores the role of artificial intelligence in marketing practice, higher education, and the development of innovative teaching methods.

Dr. Joch is Chairman and Executive Director of the Civic Institute, a Prague-based think tank. He was International Secretary of ODA, a political party (1994–98), and an Assistant to a Senator (2001–04) in the Czech Republic. He served as an Adviser to the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (Human Rights and Foreign Policy, 2010–12), Adviser to the Lord Mayor of Prague (2012–14), and Adviser to the Member of the European Parliament (2017).

In addition to being Chairman and Director of the Civic Institute, he is an Assistant Professor at the University of Economics and at CEVRO University, both in Prague. He is the author of several books and essays on political philosophy and public policy, a contributor to Czech and Slovak media, and a regular columnist for the Czech daily Lidovky.cz and Slovak daily Postoj.sk, as well as a member of the Editorial Board of Aspen Review Central Europe. Among his books are The Revolt Against the Revolution of the 20th Century, No, Mr. Prime Minister!, and On the Side of Freedom.

Svobodová started her career in the Parliamentary Institute, Parliament of the Czech Republic. She served as a legal advisor in the area of approximation of laws during the process of accession of the Czech Republic to the European Union. Later, she worked in law firms and focused on civil law and commercial law. She passed the bar examination in 2012; she is an attorney-at-law registered with the Czech Bar Association under number 14205. In 2012, she started her academic career at Metropolitan University Prague. Since 2015, she has been a lecturer at Charles University, Faculty of Law, Department of European Law. She became a lecturer and a guarantor at AAU in 2026. Svobodová is a member of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Law, Charles University. She specializes in EU law, in particular in Union citizenship, free movement of persons and fundamental rights protection in the EU. She is a member of Czech Association of European Studies. 

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