Our Team

We are a growing, diverse team of volunteers with the common vision to promote the discovery of Albanian and Protestant history and thought.

Dana Stucky (1951–2018)

Co-Founder and Former Executive Committee

Dana Stucky was an avid researcher and writer about the Albanian Evangelical and female education movement, traveling to archives and libraries world-wide. She loved the Albanians and served nearly twenty years in Korça. Full bio.

Xhevat Lloshi

Chief Adviser for Albanian Linguistics

Prof. Dr. Xhevat Lloshi is a distinguished linguist, prolific author, and the leading authority on the development of the Albanian language through Bible translations. He is also a special contributor to the IAPS. Full bio.

Femi Cakolli

Executive Committee

Dr. Cakolli earned his Ph.D. from the University of Prishtina’s Faculty of Philology with an emphasis on historical and Biblical Albanian literature. He is a pastor, author and editor. Full bio.

Teuta Toska

Executive Committee

Prof.as.dr. Toska is a researcher, editor, and Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Human Sciences at the “Aleksandër Xhuvani” University in Elbasan. She has analyzed early Albanian Biblical texts and edits IAPS publications. Full bio.

David Hosaflook

Executive Director

Dr. David Hosaflook has lived in Albania since 1992 and earned his Ph.D. in history at the University of Tirana, writing the first documented chronological history of the Albanian Protestant Movement (for the years 1816–1908). Full bio.

John Quanrud

Executive Committee

Dr. Quanrud lived in the Balkans for more than a decade, researching and publishing about the Protestants and writing Gerasim Kyrias’s biography. He earned his Ph.D. in 2014 in textual history from the University of Nottingham. Full bio.

Ledio Hala

Assistant for Research and Editing

Ledio is a recent graduate of Language and Literature at the University of Tirana. He has studied in Spain and Germany, and is active in archival research and editing for the projects of the IAPS.

Robb Provost

Oversight Board

An American-Albanian, Mr. Provost is founder and chairman of Lincoln Centers of Albania. He is a recipient of the Order of Lincoln for his labors in promoting the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln. Provost chairs the IAPS oversight board.

Bertina Salliu

Assistant for Administration and Research

Bertina completed her Masters degree in history at the University of Tirana with a thesis on Alexander Thomson and the Bible Society’s relationship with the Albanian nationalist figures of the 19th century. She assists the IAPS team in almost everything!

Mal Berisha

Adviser

Mal Berisha is the former Albanian Ambassador to the United Kingdom and has also served as General Consul in Istanbul, with UNMIK and Vatra. Ambassador Berisha has done extensive research on Protestant missionaries. Full bio.