FACULTY:
Dr. ALIMEHMETI, Evis, Visiting Assistant Professor of Public International Law.
Ph.D. in Law, University of Tirana; LL.M. in Public Law, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada; M.Phil. in International Human Rights Law, Open University and Central European University, London and Budapest, England and Hungary.
CASTRO, Rosa, Julieta, Fiorella, Maria, Adjunct Lecturer of Law & Economics.
Ph.D. candidate in Law and Economics, University of Bologna and ERASMUS Rotterdam University, Bologna and Rotterdam, Italy and the Netherlands; LLM in Law and Economics, University of Bologna and Hamburg University, Bologna and Hamburg, Italy and Germany; Diploma in Tax Law, University of Carabobo. Maracay, Venezuela; B.A. in Law, Catholic University Andrés Bello, Caracas, Venezuela.
Dr. EHRLICH, Adam, Assistant Professor of History (academic writing tutor).
Ph.D. in Modern Central and East European History, Indiana University, USA; M.A. in Russian Area Studies, Harvard University, USA; B.A. (with honours) in Soviet and East European Studies, University of Washington, USA.
Dr. Adam Ehrlich is an historian, Fulbright Scholar, academic editor and multilingual translator with extensive professional and freelance experience. A graduate of Harvard University and Indiana University, Dr. Ehrlich has also studied in Germany, Poland and Russia. He has extensive professional editorial experience, having worked for three years as an assistant editor at the prestigious academic journal American Historical Review. In addition to his strong editorial background, he has taught several courses at the university level, from Medieval Russia to 20th Century World. His primary research interests focus on national and ethnic identity development and problems of nationalism. He is currently working on an article on Nazi Germany’s attempts to define German ethnicity during WWII. Dr. Ehrlich was most recently the Director of International Accreditation at Kristal University in Tirana, Albania and a member of that university’s Quality Assurance Committee.
Dr. GJEBREA, Elona, Lecturer (SPSS tutor).
Ph.D. in Biology, University of Worcester; UK; B.Sc. in Biology, University of Tirana.
Elona has worked as an agrobiologist at the University Hospital Center in Tirana. At UNYT she is lecturing natural science courses.
Dr. GJINI, Nertila, Professor of Statistics for Lawyers.
D.Sc. in Mathematics, University of Kyoto, Japan; B.Sc. in Mathematics, University of Tirana.
Publishing regularly in international peer-reviewed journals, Nertila lectures a variety of Mathematical and Statistics courses.
Dr. HOLLAND, Trygve Ben, Professor of European Law.
Ph.D. in European Law, Europa-Institut Saarbrücken, Germany; LLM in European Law and Economics, Europa-Institut Saarbrücken, Germany; HWP in Law and Economics, Hamburg University, Germany.
Dr. Trygbe Ben Holland is a specialist in European Law and Economics. His teaching experience includes assignments at the European University in Cologne, Germany, at the University of Public Administration, Germany, at Hanzehogenschool Gronigen, the Netherlands, as well as the University of Tambov, Russia. He is author of a number of Law commentaries and also held the European Commision’s POROS Chair in European Law at ILC Pune, India.
Dr. HYSO, Ada, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Int’l Relations (Research Design tutor).
Ph.D in Political Science, University of Wisconsin, USA; M.A. in Political Science, University of Wisconsin, USA; B.A. in Albanian Language and Literature, University of Tirana, Albania.
Dr. Ada Hyso is a political scientist and academic editor. Ada is in her third year of serving as an editor of the Albanian Journal of Politics. She is currently working on an article on military intervention in ethnic conflicts, and a book chapter on the effects of the European Union on human rights in Albania. Her research interests focus on military interventions in civil and ethnic conflicts, international conflict, terrorism, transnational organized crime, democratization and electoral systems. She has served as the Director of Youth Department at the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sports in Albania, Anti-Trafficking Coordinator at Save the Children, and Education/Learning Advisor at Plan International.
Dr. JOHNSON, Nancy Kwang, Associate Professor of Political Science and Int’l Relations (Public Speaking tutor).
Ph.D. in Comparative Politics, Cornell University; M.P.A. Institute for Public Affairs, Cornell University; M.A. in Comparative Politics, Cornell University; B.A. in Political Science (Minor: French), Vassar College, U.S.A.
Prof. Dr. KOLANECI, Fejzi, Professor of Statistics for Lawyers.
D.Sc. in Mathematics, University of Tirana; M.Sc. in Mathematics, University of Tirana; B.Sc. in Mathematics, University of Tirana. Member of London Mathematical Society.
Fejzi has been Scientific Secretary for Natural and Technical Sciences at the Albanian Academic of Sciences. With numerous publications in international peer-reviewed journals and conference papers, he lectures a variety of Mathematical and Statistics courses.
MARZETTI, Maximiliano, Adjunct Lecturer in Law and Economics.
Ph.D. candidate in Law and Economics, University of Bologna and ERASMUS Rotterdam University, Bologna and Rotterdam, Italy and the Netherlands; LLM in Law and Economics, University of Bologna and Hamburg University, Bologna and Hamburg, Italy and Germany; LLM in Intellectual Property, Turin University and WIPO Worldwide Academy, Turin, Italy; Graduate Diploma in Intellectual Property and Competition Law, Santiago de Compostela University, Spain; Graduate Diploma in Teaching Legal Sciences, Catholic University “Santa María de los Buenos Aires”, Argentina; Bachelor of Laws, Catholic University “Santa María de los Buenos Aires”, Argentina.
Dr. MENTZENIOTIS, Dionysios, Professor (epistemology / philosophy of science tutor).
Ph.D. in Foundations and Philosophy of Mathematics, London School of Economics, U.K.; M.A. in Mathematics and Logic, , London School of Economics, U.K.; B.A. in Economics, University of Athens, Greece.
Dr. MIHALAKAS, Athanasios, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Commercial Law.
J.D., University of Pittburgh School of Law, Pittburgh, U.S.A.; LLM in Law and Development, University College London, London, England; B.Sc. in Economics and Finance, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, U.S.A.; Associate degree in Science, Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, Illinois, U.S.A.
Dr. A. Mihalakas served for many years as International Trade Policy Analyst and Import Policy Analyst at the U.S. Department of Trade.
Dr. OLLDASHI-BOCI, Enkelejda, Assistant Professor of Law.
Ph.D. in Law, University of Tirana; M.A. in Law and European Studies, University of Tirana; LL.B., University of Tirana.
Dr. E. Olldashi has held a number of public administration posts as a legal consultant and has also been involved in the development of curricula at the state and private universities. Having published several contributions in Albanian and international Law journals, her field of research interest is Roman Law and its echoes in modern legal systems.
Dr. PANTAZOPOULOS, Athanasios, Adjunct Associate Professor of Criminal Law.
Ph.D. in Criminal Law, The Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, Munich, Germany; LL.M. The Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, Munich, Germany; B. of Laws, Law School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Dr. PECI, Idlir, Adjunct Associate Professor of Criminal Law and Human Rights.
Ph.D. in Criminal Law, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Faculty of Law, the Netherlands; LLM in E.U. Law, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Faculty of Law, the Netherlands; B.A. in Law, Aristotle University, Faculty of Law, Thessaloniki, Greece.
PHILLIPS, Edward, Visiting Professor of Laws and University of Greenwich link tutor of the B.A. in Law and the LLM in International and Commercial Law programmes.
B.C.L. Oxford University, Oxford, England; LLB (Hon.), University of Malaya, Malaysia.
Dr. RISTA-DEMA, Mimoza, Associate Professor (academic writing tutor).
Ph.D. in Linguistics, Indiana University, USA; M.A. in TESOL and Applied Linguistics, Indiana University, USA; B.A. in English, Tirana University, Albania.
Dr. Mimoza Rista-Dema is an applied linguist, Fulbright scholar, and academic editor with extensive university teaching experience both in Albania and overseas. She taught several English courses at the Intensive English Program of Indiana University for a period of seven years, and various linguistics courses in the M.A. TESOL Program of Oklahoma City University for two years. Dr. Rista-Dema has presented at international linguistics conferences and published in peer-review journals. In addition to her expertise in applied linguistics, she has a strong editorial background. Dr. Rista-Dema is an editorial board member of Issues in Political Discourse Analysis and a reviewer of Journal of Intercultural Communications and Africa Today. Her research interests focus on discourse analysis, world Englishes, syntax and second language acquisition.
Attorney WESSELHOEFFT, Gustavo Federico, Adjunct Lecturer in Law and Economics, LLM in Int’l & Commercial Law Programme Director.
Ph.D. candidate, Bologna University, Italy; LL.M. (European Master’s in Law and Economics), Universität Hamburg, Germany and Università di Bologna, Italy; Abogado, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina; Lic. en Derecho, Universidad del País Vasco, Spain.
Ab. Gustavo Federico Wesselhoefft, LLM, started his teaching career in Argentina as an Ascripto de Cátedra and later became a Lecturer in Cologne Business School in Germany. Ab. Gustavo Federico Wesselhoefft, LL.M. is an active qualified lawyer in several fields of business working for international law firms.
Dr. ZYBERI, Gentian, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Human Rights Law.
Ph.D. in Human Rights, Institute of Human Rights, University of Utrecht, the Netherlands; LL.M in International Law, University of Utrecht, Faculty of Law, Utrecht, The Netherlands; B.A. in Law, University of Tirana, Law Faculty, Tirana.
