Always interested in International Relations, after graduating with a Master degree in International Affairs and Administration (now MGS) from MSU in 2004, Vladislava spent a year in Melbourne, Australia as an Ambassadorial Scholar for Rotary International. Upon her return to Missouri she worked for two and a half years as an exchange lecturer at MSU and Drury University, where she taught diverse undergraduate courses.
In 2009 Vladislava returned back to school for her PhD degree at Southern Illinois University. She is now preparing for the defense of her dissertation titled “Helping Others or Helping Oneself? NGO Coordination and its Consequences” in Spring 2015. While at SIU, Vladislava was awarded a Dissertation Research fellowship and in 2013 together with Dr. Stephen Bloom she published her article “National Subversion of Supranational Goals: ‘Pork-Barrel’ Politics and EU Regional Aid” in Europe- Asia Studies. She is excited to finish her studies and is ready for new challenges as she is re-locating back to Europe.