As CEA CAPA Prague Director of Academic Affairs, Lenka provides leadership, oversight, and quality control for all academic matters, working directly with students as well as managing other staff within Prague Academic Affairs. At the CEA CAPA Prague Center, Lenka is responsible for faculty management, curriculum development, student academic advising, and for safeguarding the high academic quality of the program and adherence to academic policies. She is also responsible for maintaining strong ties with our partner institutions to ensure that program content and delivery meet the needs of U.S. universities and students and oversees the necessary academic administration for Prague’s many programs and local partners.

Lenka spent a significant portion of her life studying in the U.S. and has worked in study abroad for over fifteen years. She holds a doctorate in Political Science from the Ludwig-Maximilians- Universität in Munich, a master’s degree in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies from Stanford University, and a bachelor’s degree in International Relations and German Studies from Lewis & Clark College. Her academic interests include democratization, Central European politics, and EU studies.