• "From good cheer to 'Drive-by smiling':  A social history of cheerfulness."  Journal of Social History,  39(1).  In print.
  

• "Why we say 'cheese':  Producing the smile in snapshot photography."  Critical Studies in Media Communication, 22 (1), 2-25, winter 2005. Lead article.
  

• "Why do Americans say 'cheese'? The culture of the smile in snapshot photography." Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the National Communications Association, Miami Beach, FL, Nov. 2003. 

• "The culture of the fence:  Artifacts and meanings." Counterblast, Spring 2002. 

• "The history of the fence." Paper presented at the Media Ecology Conference, Williams Lake, NY, Nov. 16-18, 2001.

• "A history of the meaning of fences in culture." Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Society for the History of Technology, San Jose, CA, Oct. 5-7, 2001.
  

• "New York is a Silent City." (Feature article). (2001, Sept. 16). Dnevnik Daily. Sofia, Bulgaria.
  

• "The inflation of cheerfulness: Some cultural effects of advertising." Paper presented at the Media Ecology Association Convention, June 15-17, 2001, New York. 
  

• "Looking for the god of language." In Ogulnick, K. (Ed.). (2000). Language crossings: Negotiating the self in a multicultural world. New York: Teacher’s College Press. (Chapter in a book.)

• "Gender issues in the postcommunist press." Paper presented at the Women and Society Seminar, Columbia University, November 1999.

• "Enculturation of Roma through journalism education." Paper delivered at the Annual Meeting and Conference of the Society for Cross-Cultural Research, Santa Fe, N.M., Feb. 1999.

• "Bulgarian venture." (Essay.)  And Then. New York: Summer 1999.

• "Revival -- Old church, new outlook." (Feature article – coauthor.) Time Europe. 5-12 May1997.

• "Looking up to the media of the 21st century." (Chapter in a book.) In Media Knowledge (1996). Sofia: Balkan Press.

• "Noble knight or poor housekeeper: Media coverage of the first Bulgarian woman-prime minister." Paper presented at the Women and the Media Panel, NGO Forum on Women, Beijing 1995.

• "The global tent." (Feature article.) (1995). Democratic Review, 8. Sofia, Bulgaria

• "Forum on women - Beijing ‘95." (Reportage.) BAUW Bulletin, Oct. 1995.

• "The Bulgarian version of media." (Media criticism.) Kultura Weekly, 18-25 Nov. 1994.

• "The challenges of postmodernism." (Cultural criticism.) Contemporary Magazine,  2, 1994.

• "The new wave." (Feature article.) Manhattan South. New York: Spring 1993.

• "Twenty four hours in the life of a Bulgarian woman." (Essay.) And Then. NewYork: Summer 1993.

• "On pornography." (Cultural criticism.) Kultura Weekly, 27-30 March 1992.

• "The politics of gender." (Cultural criticism.) Kultura Weekly. 16-23 Aug. 1991.

• "Through a Russian prism. (Cultural criticism.) Kultura Weekly. 5-12 Oct. 1990.

• "The vicissitudes of a profession." (Cultural criticism.) Pulse Weekly. 12-19 June 1990.

• "An alternative school." (Feature article.) Pogled Weekly. 14-21 May 1990.

• "The American College in Bulgaria." (Feature article.) Trud Daily. 4 May 1990.

• "Cinderella after the ball." (Literary criticism.) ABV Weekly. 24 Apr.-1 May 1990.

• "The pathology of language." (Cultural criticism.) Literary Forum Weekly. 15-22 March 1990.

• "Nabokov's gnostic grotesque." (Literary criticism.) (1988). Contemporary Magazine. 2.

• "Chronicle of emptiness." Introduction to Ann Beattie's Falling in place. (1987). Varna: Bakalov Publishing.

• "A voice from the country of apartheid." (On Nadine Gordimer.) Literary Forum Weekly. 2-7 July 1987.

• "Interview with the American writer William Gaddis".  ABV Weekly. 17-25 March 1987.

• "Paul Valéry." (Profile.) Kultura Weekly. 20-27 March 1987.

• "Will narrative survive?" (Literary criticism.) Literary Forum Weekly, 21-28 Aug.1986.

• "Is parody the genre of the future?" (Literary criticism.)  Literary Forum Weekly, 19-26 Dec.1985.

• "Herald of the modern age." Introduction to Stephen Crane, Selected works. (1985). Sofia: Kultura.

• "Apocalyptic visions in contemporary fiction." (Literary criticism.) Literary Forum Weekly. 27 June-4 Jul. 1985.

• "A commonplace human heroism." Introduction to James Agee, Death in the Family. (1985). Sofia: Kultura Publishing House.

• "William Wharton's A Midnight Clear." (Book review.) (1985). Panorama Magazine, 1.

• "Arguing for true art." Introduction to John Gardner, October Light. (1984). Sofia: Kultura.

• "Gore Vidal's Duluth." (Book review.) (1984). Panorama Magazine, 5.

• "The magic staff of human power." Introduction to Ursula LeGuin, The wizzard of Earthsea. (1984).Varna: Bakalov Publishing.

Book Translations:

1. Entries in  Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment (2001) by Michel Delon and Philip Steward (Eds.)  Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn
   
2. Susan Sontag. On Photography. (1999). Sofia: Zlatorog
3. Susan Sontag. Illness As Metaphor. (1999). Sofia: Zlatorog
4. Truman Capote. Answered Prayers. (1989). Varna: Bakalov Publishing
5. Eva Figes. Light. (1989). Sofia: Kultura
6. Paul Valéry. L'Homme et la Coquille. (1988). Sofia: Kultura
7. Ann Beattie. Falling in Place. (1987). Varna: Bakalov Publ.
8. William Wharton. A Midnight Clear. (1986). Sofia: Kultura
9. James Agee. Death in the Family. (1985). Sofia: Kultura
10. John Gardner. On Moral Fiction. (1982). Sofia: Kultura
11. Albert Camus. L'Eté. (1979). Varna: Bakalov Publ.