Marcela Michalkova, PhD

Ohio State University

Marcela Michálková is a scholar and educator. Her areas of expertise include linguistics, foreign language instruction, and culture education. She earned her master’s degrees in Scandinavian Linguistics,Teaching Slovak Language and Literature, and Teaching English Language and Literature from the University of Tromsø in Norway and from P. J. Šafárik University in Slovakia. She received a PhD in Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures from the Ohio State University. Dr. Michálková has 22 years of experience in developing, teaching, and managing Slovak, Czech, Russian, and American Studies courses/programs at four American universities and one in Slovakia. In the past, she worked as Slovakia’s Deputy Prime Minister’s National Coordinator of Professional and Language Training in Central State Administration, Chief Communications Strategist for an international humanitarian organization, and Director of the Slovak Studies Program at Pitt. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, running, cross country skiing, antiquing, road trips, and fine arts.