Fulbright Reality Czech

Lucie Čejková is a PhD student at the Faculty of Social Studies at Masaryk University in Brno. She focuses on news audiences and related topics. In September 2024, she began a five-month Fulbright-Masaryk scholarship program at the Department of Film Production and Media Studies at Pennsylvania State University. Her goal was to explore how leading scholars in the media field bridge the gap between academia and the public, particularly in the areas of media literacy and conspiracy thinking. Reflecting on what the experience gave her, Lucie shares that when meeting the "big names" during her Fulbright stay: "I learned I didn't need to be so starstruck or afraid. The people I met were kind and humane, willing to mentor me at this early stage of my academic career. Without being too pathetic, I think it's fair to say I learned lessons I'll carry with me forever." Never meet your heroes, they say. Well, after my Fulbright stay, I seriously doubt that saying. ...

Iveta Jansová is a cultural studies scholar, and she specializes in audience, fan studies, and media representation of marginalized identities. She received her PhD and Master's degrees from the University of Palacký in Olomouc at the Department of Media and Cultural Studies and Journalism. She is an Assistant Professor, Head of Internationalization, and Deputy Head of the Department of Media Studies and Journalism Department at Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic. She teaches courses on marginalized identities, fan studies, and mandatory media and cultural studies intro classes. In the Summer of 2022, Iveta spent six weeks in New York as part of the Study of the U.S. Institutes (SUSI), New York University's Multinational Institute of American Studies (MIAS). The Topic of her summer stay was American Culture and Values. Covid-19 has taken over the world When I learned about the opportunity to apply for the summer institutes in the U.S., moreover in my dream city, New Yor...