Curriculum Vitae

Department

• Department of English and American Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Ostrava

Employment - Position

• Assistant Professor of Anglophone Literatures

Education and Academic Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy, Literatures in English, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, 2018
• Master of Arts in English, Texas A&M University, Texas, USA, 2017
• Master’s Degree in English-language Translation, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic 2012
• Master’s Degree in English Language and Literature, with honors, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic 2011
• Bachelor’s Degree in European Studies and International Relations, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, 2009
• Bachelor’s Degree in English Language and Literature, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, 2008

Employment

• Assistant Professor, Department of English and American Studies, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, from Sept. 2019
• Assistant Professor, Department of Testing, University of Defence, Brno, until August 2019

Teaching Activities

• Academic Writing for ESL Students - workshop at the Academic English and Study Skills Summer School (August 2019)
• They Say, I Say: How to Write Introductions, Conclusions, and Methods Sections - workshop at the European Educational Research Association 2019 Summer School (July 2019)
• Just Watch Me: Self-Presentation for Doctoral Students and Early-Career Researchers - workshop at the European Educational Research Association 2019 Summer School (July 2019)
• USA za mřížemi (únor 2019)

Akademické stáže, studijní nebo pracovní pobyty

• 2012/08/22 – 2012/09/23: Emory University, Atlanta, Other programs, USA
• 2009/08/13 – 2010/05/15: University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, Chattanooga, MU Partner Institutions Exchange Programme, USA

Major Publications

• BENEŠ, Jan. USA za mřížemi. In FILOVER. Přednášky pro veřejnost na Filozofické fakultě Masarykovy univerzity, 26.2.2019. 2019. URL info
• BENEŠ, Jan. Flying High : Black Aviators’ Global Ambitions before the Tuskegee Airmen. In Liberal Arts International Conference. Local Dreams, Global Visions : Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives, 4-6 February 201, Texas A&M University at Qatar. 2018. sborník abstraktů a program konference info
• BENEŠ, Jan. Flying High : Black Aviators’ Global Ambitions before the Tuskegee Airmen. In Liberal Arts International Conference. Local Dreams, Global Visions : Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives, 4-6 February 201, Texas A&M University at Qatar. 2018. Sborník abstraktů a program konference info
• BENEŠ, Jan. Flying Haiti : The Black Press, Haiti, and Early Black Aviation. In The National Association of African American Studies and Affiliates Conference, Dallas, Texas, USA. 2018. info
• BENEŠ, Jan. Flattening Tebowmania: Czech Newspapers on Tim Tebow. In 19th International Colloquium of American Studies, Olomouc, 6-8 September 2013. 2013. info
• BENEŠ, Jan. Zora Neale Hurston’s Experiments: Tracing the Portrayal of Romantic Relationships in “Under the Bridge,” “Muttsy,” and “Monkey Junk”. In A Culture of Language: An International Symposium for Doctoral Students, Brno, 18-19 October 2012. 2012. info
• BENEŠ, Jan. Midwife of the New Negro: The Pedagogic Aspect of Jessie Fauset’s Poetry in and Editorship of The Brownies’ Book. In 18th International Colloquium of American Studies, Olomouc, 25-27 October 2012. 2012. info

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