Professors
DIU Permanent Professors
Ambassador Prof. Dr. Sc. Miomir Žužul
PRESIDENT, DUBROVNIK INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Education: Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government; University of Zagreb
Career: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Croatia; Ambassador of Croatia to the United Nations and the United States; Special Envoy to the OSCE; Professor at Princeton University, University of Zagreb and other notable institutions around the world
Prof. Dr. Sc. Janice McCormick
RECTOR, DUBROVNIK INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Education: Harvard University, University of Illinois
Career: Executive Director of Doctoral Programs at Harvard Business School; Professor at Harvard Business School; Harvard University Problem Solving Team; Author of multiple books and articles on the subject of international business, economic competitiveness and management
Prof. Dr. Sc. Margaret Melady
PROVOST, DUBROVNIK INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Education: College of New Rochelle; Seton Hall University; Gregorian Pontifical University in Rome
Career: President of the American University of Rome; Professor at George Washington University, Sacred Heart University, and Saint Joseph’s University; Consultant in public relations and education for businesses, foreign embassies, and foreign countries; Author of five books
Ambassador Dr. Sc. Thomas Melady, professor emeritus
DEAN OF DUBROVNIK SCHOOL OF DIPLOMACY
Education: Duquesne University; Catholic University of America; received honorary doctorates from an additional twenty-eight universities
Career: United States Ambassador to Burundi, Uganda and the Holy See; Senior United States adviser for the US Delegation to the United Nations; Executive Vice-President of St. Joseph’s University; President of the Sacred Heart University; Assistant United States Secretary of Education; Author of 17 books
Prof. Dr. Sc. Michael Gary O’Callaghan
DEAN OF DUBROVNIK SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Education: George Mason University, United States; University College Cork, Ireland
Career: Served as an advisor, representative and economist at the International Monetary Fund, Macroeconomic advisor for USAID, Macroeconomic advisor to the government of Montenegro
Prof. Dr. Sc. Petar Selem
DEAN OF DUBROVNIK SCHOOL OF ARTS & HUMANITIES
Education: University of Zagreb
Career: Member of Croatian Parliament; Artistic Director of the Croatian National Theater in Split; Directed some seventy theater and opera productions; Professor at University of Zagreb, Academy of Arts in Zagreb, University of Split; Author of 9 books
Dr. Sc. Damir Mladić
DEAN OF STUDENTS
Education: University of Zagreb
Career: Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy University of Zagreb, VERN in Zagreb; Author of several books and articles in the field of ethics
Ambassador Dr. iur. Christof Maria Fritzen
Education: Columbia University Law School, New York, University of Freiburg, University of Wuerzburg, Germany
Career: Associate of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, New York, Brussels; Managing Director of Deutsche Bank; Head of Credit and Head of the Office of the Board of Deutsche Bank; Adjunct Professor at University of Virginia Law School and Bucerius Law School; Ambassador of the Sovereign Order of Malta to Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dr. Sc. Stjepan Krasić, professor emeritus
Education: University of Dubrovnik; University of Zagreb
Career: Professor at the Papal University St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome; Member of the Croatian Academy of Science and Arts; Member of the Croatian Historical Institute in Rome; Author of 13 books
Ambassador Prof. Dr. Sc. Zoran Jašić
Education: University of Zagreb; Williams College, United States; J.W. Goethe University, Germany
Career: Minister of Finance of Croatia; Ambassador of Croatia to Germany, to the EU and to Austria; Former Assistant Minister of Economy of Croatia; Professor of Economics at the Economic Faculty, University of Zagreb
Dr. Malgorzata Kulakowska
Education: Jagiellonian University, Poland, Pedagogical University, Poland
Career: Teacher, Kliny English Courses; Teacher, Ambasador School of Foreign Languages; Social Programme Director, Kaplan International Centers
Dr. Ildikó Gelencsér
Education: Eotovos Lorand University, Central European University, University of Turin, University of Pecs
Career: Lecturer, assistant professor and project manager at Kodolanyi Janos College, Berzsenyi Daniel College, Avicenna International College
DIU Part-Time Permanent Professors
Prof. Dr. Sc. Vesna Buško
Education: University of Zagreb
Career: Professor at University of Zagreb; Member of Croatian Psychological Association; Member of International Association of Applied Psychology; Member of European Association of Psychological Assessment
Ambassador Prof. Dr. Sc. Paula Dobriansky
Education: Harvard University; Georgetown University
Career: former United States Undersecretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs; Professor at Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government; Senior Vice President and Director of the Washington Office of the Council on Foreign Relations; Deputy United States Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs
Prof. Dr. Sc. Davis Dyer
Education: Harvard University
Career: Senior Partner and Group Leader at Monitor Group, specializing in the area of National Economic Development and Security; Assistant Editor of Harvard Business Review, Professor at Harvard University; Author of numerous books and articles on the subject of business, history, the evolution of companies and markets, and emerging economies
Prof. Dr. Sc. Leon Fuerth
Education: Harvard University; New York University
Career: Former National Security Advisor for the Vice President of the United States; Former Member of the National Security Council and the National Economic Council of the United State; Professor at George Washington University, Washington DC; Founder and Director of the Project on Forward Engagement; Member of the Guiding Coalition to the Project on National Security Reform (PNSR); Consultant to The Alliance on Climate Change; Consultant to former U.S. Vice President Al Gore
Prof. Dr. Sc. Rustem Khairov
Education: Academy of Science, Russia
Career: Executive Director, United Nations International Foundation for the Survival and Development of Humanity; Earth Charter Project Coordinator for Green Cross International; Deputy Chairman of the Earth Charter National Committee of the Russian Federation
Ambassador Dr. Sc. Miro Kovač
Education: University of Sorbonne, Paris; University of Zagreb
Career: Ambassador of Croatia to Germany; Chief of Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Croatia; Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs of Croatia
Ambassador Dr. Sc. Damir Kušen
Education: University of London, King’s College; University of Westminster, London; University of Zagreb
Career: Ambassador of Croatia to Finland and Estonia; President of the Board of Directors of Institute for International Relations in Zagreb; Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Croatia
Dr. Sc. Ivan Mišetić
Education: Harvard University Business School; University of Zagreb
Career: CEO of Croatia Airlines; Chairman of the European Airline Associations; Member of the Croatian Tourism Association
Ambassador William Montgomery
Education: Bucknell University, United States; George Washington University
Career: Ambassador of the United States to Croatia, Bulgaria and Serbia; Special Advisor to the President and Secretary of State for Bosnian Peace Implementation
Prof. Dr. Sc. Snježana Mrđen
Education: University of Sorbonne, Paris; University of Zagreb
Career: Professor at University of Zadar; Advisor to the Croatian Embassy to the EU in Brussels
Ambassador Prof. Dr. Sc. Oleh Shamshur
Education: Kyiv University, Ukraine; Academy of Sciences in Ukraine
Career: Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States; Former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine; Former Head of the European Union Department at the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Visiting Scholar at the University College in London; Former Director of Programs at the Academy of Sciences in Ukraine
Prof. Dr. Sc. Ibrahim Souss
Education: University of Paris, Sorbonne
Career: Assistant Director General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) with rank of Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations; Ambassador of Palestine to the Republic of France and to Senegal; Professor at various Universities, including the Ecoles Militaires de Saint-Cyr in France and the Geneva School of Diplomacy
Prof. Dr. Sc. Željko Šuman
Education: University of Zagreb; University of Mostar; University of Sarajevo
Career: Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Rector ad interim and Vice Rector, University of Mostar; representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina to WTO Conferences; Professor at University of Bologna and at University of Mostar; Member of the Economic Sciences Committee of Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Prof. Dr. Sc. Radovan Vukadinović
Education: University of Zagreb
Career: Professor at University of Florida and University of Zagreb; Member of Croatian Association for International Studies; Lecturer at a number of notable Universities, including Columbia University and University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA); Member of International Institute for Strategic Studies in London
Ambassador Mr. Sc. Željko Vukosav
Education: University of Zagreb; Bled School of Management, Slovenia
Career: Ambassador of Croatia to Portugal; Head of Department of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Croatia; Professor at University of Zagreb
Prof. Dr. Sc. Veselin Vukotić
Education: University of Montenegro, University of Belgrade
Career: Founder and Professor at University of Donja Gorica, Montenegro; President of The Association of Economists from Montenegro; Member of International Society for the New Institutional Economics; Member of the Committee for Economics of Montenegrin Academy of Science; Minister for Privatization and Entrepreneurship in the Government of SFRY.
In addition to our regular full-time and part-time faculty, DIU is proud to welcome distinguished Visiting Professors from all over the world.
Visiting Professors
Lord Jack Wilson McConnell
Education: University of Stirling
Career: Former First Minister of Scotland; appointed to the House of Lords in 2010 as Lord McConnell of Glenscorrodale; former Prime's Minister's Special Representative for Peacebuilding; member of Scottish Parliament (1999-2001); former Minister for Education, Europe and External Affairs and Minister for Finance; education adviser to the Clinton Hunter Development Initiative; Ambassador for Action for Children UK; member of various boards ond organizations
Prof. Dr. Sc. Lawrence J. DeNardis
Education: Holly Cross College, New York University
Career: Former U.S. Congressman, assistant in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Sevices, former President of the University of New Heaven, chairman of the Institute for New Democracies
Prof. Dr. Sc. Mojmir Mrak
Education: University of Ljubljana, University of Belgrade, American University in Washington
Career: Full professor at University of Ljubljana; consultant for the Slovenian and Romanian Governments in the process of EU accession; researcher and consultant in international finance issues for institutions like OECD, IBRD and World Bank and a number of European states.
Micah Brown, MBA, CFP®
Education: Hendrix College, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
Career: Certified Financial Planner (CFP®), one of four Founding Principals of Ifrah Financial Services, Inc., Life Member of the Beta Gamma Sigma International Honor Society, former active duty US Army paratrooper
Michael C. Ross
Education: University of Virginia School of Law, University of Virginia, USA
Career: Adjunct Professor, University of California, Berkeley School of Law and University of Virginia School of Law, Former Senior Vice President, Member Affiliated Transnational Faculty, Peking University School of Transnational Law, General Counsel and Secretary of Safeway Inc., Former Corporate Partner Latham & Watkins