Bulgarian elected Dean of the World University

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Bulgarian elected Dean of the World University

How From Folk Dances Assistant Professor Emilia Zankina To Political Science And Academic Career

 

 

 

What is common between dance and political science? The answer is: Associate Professor Emilia Zankina.

How Bulgarian Folk Dances Get to One of the Most Responsible Positions at a Leading World University - Associate Professor Emilia Zankina, Dean of the Temple University Branch in Rome, tells of the Inspired and Vesti.bg.

She graduated from the Choreographic School in Sofia with a degree in folk dance. "After graduating from high school, I went to Pittsburgh, PA for a scholarship to the Tamburitza Ensemble at Duke University," said Associate Professor Zankina, adding: "I studied communications and rhetoric, but I toured with the ensemble all over the country and had the incredible opportunity to see all the faces. America, from the throbbing and crowded New York to the desolate Iowa fields. "

She had always thought that she would do the dance, but her fate had prepared a small surprise, which came unnoticed to her, in very small portions.

 "I had never dreamed of becoming a scientist. I came up with this profession gradually - it pulled me in and attracted me step by step, "recalls Associate Professor Zankina, and said:" I wanted to study and finish my bachelor's degree. After I graduated, I didn't even know if I was studying anymore. One year I was only dancing and teaching dance.

However, it turned out that I was lacking in dancing and I lacked science and intellectual challenges (not that they lacked in art). So I decided to do a PhD. " However, the beginning is not very bright.

"My first semester was very difficult. I felt out of place and felt that all my colleagues were much smarter than I was, and I was obstructing them and stumbling through them with lectures. To my great surprise, I finished my first semester with honors and that's when I really got inspired.

I was mostly inspired by theory and the thousands of ways we can explore and try to understand our world around us. Today, I cannot imagine my life without science. For me, it helps us make sense of the world, our loved ones and ourselves. It gives us the touches that we can use to find meaning, "says Associate Professor Zankina.

The Road to Success: Heart and Work

It is the political sciences that will prove to be the great passion that a course meets, which associate professor Zankina enrolls at the end of her undergraduate degree. She began studying under Professor Linden the 1989 revolutions.

Thus, in the early 2000s, Associate Professor Zankina began to study populism.

"Unfortunately, political processes around the world today have made this topic one of the most researched and overexposed. Political science develops strong analytical thinking and a very clear understanding of the power relations (which are all around us - in politics, in work, in the family) and in clashes of interests. ", Associate Professor Zankina tells , especially in our daily lives: "This kind of understanding and thinking helps me seek dialogue and consensus and deal with any problems. I strongly recommend that every young person take a lecture in political science - I promise it will be very useful. "

However, how does a woman from Eastern Europe break into the US academic system? The answer is yes. With a lot of work. "With a lot of work and a lot of heart. I owe my success today to the people I have worked with who have taught me everything I can and know. One does not grow up alone and does not succeed alone - it only happens with a good team, with good friends, and with a family that supports you. Therefore, it takes a heart to appreciate the people beside you, to give them the opportunity to develop, and to truly love them. I think that's the most invisible part of success. "

In spite of this success, has the academic world opened its doors to women wide? "Women have long had to fight for the right to education, let alone the right to study at university and the scientific community, and are still dominated by men," said Associate Professor Zankina, adding: "But we should not forget that the first a woman who is completing her doctorate, Laura Bassi, did so in 1732 at the University of Bologna.

In other words, the path has long been paved. What is most important for success in science is an unending passion. If you have this passion, trust and pursue it.

Science is like art, one must be truly dedicated and inspired. Scientific work is difficult and exhausting, often based on trial and error and even failure. If you have a passion for science, it will keep the flame inside you and you won't give up. "

Science is a scene

One of the sources of Zankina's associate professor's motivation is her students. "There is nothing better than lecturing and confronting a group of young people who are thirsty for knowledge, curious, critical, energized and enthusiastic, and everyone so individual and different.

No matter how stressful a day I had and what problems I needed