Ivana B. Cvetkovic

 

 

 

 

EDUCATION

Ph.D.              Communication Studies (expected summer 2018)

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

Department of Communication and Journalism

Dissertation Topic: Framing European borders: A multimodal approach

Advisor: Dr. Ilia Rodríguez

Committee Members: Dr. Susana Martínez Guillem, Dr. David Weiss, Dr. Melissa Bokovoy

 

M.A.               Communication Studies (2014)

Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO

Department of Communication

Awarded: May 2014

Master’s Thesis: “Donut even does not smell as krofna does”: Code-switching practice among the Serbian/English bilingual speech community

Advisor: Dr. Karla Scott

Committee Members: Dr. Jamell Bell, Dr. Katie Place

 

B.A.                Journalism (2010)

Singidunum University, Belgrade, Serbia

School of Media and Communications

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERINCE

 

April 2013 – present

www.allvoices.com

Writer - Contributor

• write news and reports

 

April 2011- August 2012

Direct Media Public Relations Agency

Account Director

• developed and planned PR strategies and presentations

• oversaw and evaluated the four-member team work

• performed issue-trend analyses

 

January 2009 – April 2011

Direct Media Public Relations Agency

Account Manager

• developed media materials

• developed and prepared PR strategies and presentations

• organized and coordinated PR events and projects and follow-up activities for numerous clients

• media consulting

 

November 2001- January 2009

Daily newspapers “Blic”

Journalist at Political Section

• wrote news, reports and features

• provided coverage of the EU, European Commission Delegation in Belgrade, U.S. Embassy, OSCE, parliamentary parties, activities of Ministry of Foreign Affairs

 

November 2000- November 2001

Daily newspaper "Blic"

Journalist at City Section

• wrote news, reports and feature

 

Freelance history:

 

October 2006 - April 2007

"Elle" magazine (Serbian edition)

 Journalist

• wrote articles on women in key position in politics

 

January 2002 - December 2003

Prizma (financial magazine from Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Journalist

• wrote articles on privatization of state-owned companies, banks bankruptcy, succession negotiations, insurance companies, etc.  

 

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

 

Certificate in University Teaching Skills, May 2014

Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO

 

Media trainer for the AISEC students, January 2011

Direct Media PR, Belgrade, Serbia

 

Business communication trainer for students for NGO Nasa Srbija, April 2011

Direct Media PR, Belgrade, Serbia

 

Professional Development Year, August 2007- June 2008  

University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

 

SERVICE/VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES

 

Advisor to a student winner of the David Barbour Media Ethics Award – Spring 2017, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

 

Web Committee Graduate Student Representative – Fall 2016, Spring 2017

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

 

CommGrads historian/social events coordinator (elected) - Spring 2015, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

 

Global Education Office volunteer for Spring 2016 orientation, January 2016

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

 

Graduate Professional Student Association grant reader – Fall 2014, Spring, 2015, Summer 2015, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Summer 2017

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

 

Fathers Building Future video production, PB&J NGO, Albuquerque, NM – Spring 2015

 

Graduate Professional Student Association grant committee member, Summer 2015

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

 

Serbian Flag-bearer at the Commencement Ceremony (merit based), May 2014

Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO

 

Graduate Student Association representative, May 2013 – June 2014

Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO

 

Green Ambassador Volunteer for Greening the game event, February 2014

Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO

 

HONORS/AFFILIATIONS

 

Member, Western States Communication Association, 2016

 

Member, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, since 2015

 

Alpha Epsilon Lambda Chi – Saint Louis University chapter, since 2014

 

Member, Alpha Sigma Nu the Jesuit Honor Society, since 2013

 

Member, National Communication Association, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017