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European Studies Cultural Collaborative Faculty
Prof. Ileana Alexandra Orlich
President's Professor
Honorary General Consul, Romania
Dr. Ileana Alexandra Orlich is President’s Professor of Romanian studies and comparative literature and Director of the Central European Cultural Collaborative at the School of International Letters and Cultures. A distinguished global futures scholar in the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory, Orlich is affiliate faculty at the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership, and the The Melikian Center for Russian, Eurasian and East European Studies, Barrett, the Honors College, and Director of the Global Intensive Experience to Romania (2023). She is the ASU Professor of the Year (2011) and Centennial Professor (2001). Since 2010, she serves as Honorary General Consul of Romania in Arizona.
Expertise Areas:
Religious Studies, Human Dimensions of Sustainability, Comparative Literature, Gender Studies, Political Thought, Theatre
Madalina Meirosu
Assistant Professor, Romanian Studies
Dr. Madalina Meirosu is Assistant Professor of Romanian in the School of International Letters and Cultures at Arizona State University. She is the Associate Director of the Central European Cultural Collaborative at the School of International Letters and Cultures, affiliate faculty at The Melikian Center for Russian, Eurasian and East European Studies, Barrett, the Honors College, Director of the Global Intensive Experience to Romania (2024) and Director of the Summer Global Education course Searching for Dracula: Myth, Monster or National hero (2024). She is also the Romanian Language Coordinator.
Expertise Areas:
Medical Humanities, Narrative Medicine, Central European Literature, Romanian Studies, Second Language Acquisition, Migration Studies, Environmental Studies, Comparative Literature, Literary Theory, Gender Studies, Posthuman Studies
Affiliated Faculty
Margaret Parker-Anderies
Faculty Associate
Margaret Parker-Anderies teaches online Dracula courses in the Romanian program.
Expertise Areas:
Community Development, Organizing, Education, Future Scenarios, Strategic Planning, Good Health and Well-Being, Policy and Governance, Social/behavioral Change
Jorge Franco IV
Faculty Associate
Jorge Franco IV is a PhD student in Comparative Culture and Language (CCL). He teaches online Dracula courses in the Romanian program.
Expertise Areas:
Comparative Literature, 19th Century Gothic Literature, Medieval Literature
