Mariana Cernicova-Buca currently works as an Associate Professor of Communication at the Faculty of Communication Sciences, Politehnica University, Timisoara. Her main research interests include public communication, leadership and change in higher education, public relations, and recent history. She is also a well-known Romanian publicist, specializing in political and administrative life in the region. Former vice-rector of a Romanian private university, she is currently the president of the Board for Communication Studies at her faculty of affiliation, co-editor of the journal Professional Communication and Translation Studies, and a member of the editorial board of other scientific journals.