Pavla Jonssonová has taught courses at Charles University in Prague, Anglo-American University in Prague, ECES, and CIEE, Prague. Since her 1998 Fulbright scholarship at UC Santa Cruz, she has specialized in the study of alternative culture. She wrote her dissertation on Czech alternative music of the 1980s and published it as a book with Karolinum University Press. Her publications include three monographs as well as chapters, articles, interviews, songs, poetry, and translations.

Since 1980, she has performed original music as a member of the women’s rock band Zuby Nehty, which has produced nine studio albums, three books of poetry, and a film for television. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuby_Nehty