Staff New Bulgarian University

Tolya Stoitsova

stoitsovaPsychologist, expert in Social and Media Communication: 27 years experience in research at Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 17 years – university lecturer, 15 years – trainer and expert in practice. She was Deputy Director of Institute of Psychology (BAS), Editor in chief of one of the two Bulgarian scientific journals in psychology. Since 2007 – Head of Department “Mass Communications”. Chief or a member of more than 15 project teams, international and national one. 5 books and more than 100 scientific publications. Member of Bulgarian Psychological Society, Bulgarian Scientific Union, Centre of Phenomenological Research, TN University, Knoxville, USA, etc. Nominated for Fulbright research grant 2008 – 2009, UCSB, USA. Visiting scholar and professor in Austria, Germany, The Netherlands, and United States. Speaks fluently English, Russian and Bulgarian language.

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Desislava Ljubomirova Boshnakova

boshnakovaExpert in Public Relations and Media communication, with ten years of experience in teaching PR courses at New Bulgarian University, with previous experience as TV and print journalist. In that period she was a director of Bachelor program in Mass Communication Department, and now is Director of the Master’s program. Has conducted two researches in the field – “Relationship between media & PR” and “The image of PR” and was coordinator of project “United Ethical Code of PR professionals in Bulgaria”. She is member of IPRA, ISES, Ethical Commission of BPRS and board member of IPRA Bulgaria foundation. Was visiting scholar at universities in Finland, Macedonia, Greece, and USA. Speaks fluently English, Spanish, French, Russian and Bulgarian language.

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Stoyko Iliev Petkov

petkovExpert in Producing for Media and Media communication, with nine years of experience in teaching courses about Organization of people, finances, and materials for media production at New Bulgarian University (NBU). Has previous experience as TV programs, Short films and TV advertisements producer and as project manager in media firms. Since 2001 he is director of Bachelor program in Mass Communication Department at NBU. Member of The Union of Bulgarian Journalists and of Editorial Board of American Communication Journal. Speaks Bulgarian language (native); English language (fluently); Russian language (working knowledge) and German language (intermediate

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Evelina Antonova Christova

Master of Arts in Marketing Advertising and PR at Sheffield University, UK; Bachelor in Mass Communications, NBU. She was recently awarded a High Education Support Program, Open Society Foundation scholarship. She has experience in working in international environment as intern at the UNDP mission to Bulgaria, Sofia, Communication and Strategy Unit and at the OSCE Mission to Croatia, MHQ Zagreb, Return and Integration Unit. During her studies she was also working for S.E.G.A. Foundation and AMI Communications, an Edelman affiliated agency in Sofia and different communications projects. Fluent Languages in use: Bulgarian (native), English, Russian, BSC.