M a y a M i s k o v i c
National-Louis University
National College of Education
Department of Educational Foundations & Inquiry
850 Warrenville Rd. #216
Lisle, IL 60532
(630) 874 4274
maja.miskovic@nl.edu
EDUCATION
Loyola University Chicago,Chicago, Illinois Ph.D. December 2003
School of Education, Research Methodology Program
Dissertation title: The Construction of Racial and Ethnic Identity
of Balkan Immigrants to the United States: A Narrative Analysis
Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois M.Ed. 2000
Family Studies
University of Novi Sad,Novi Sad, Yugoslavia B.A. 1993
Psychology
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
Social and cultural context of racial and ethnic identity construction utilizing interpretive and critical research paradigms, teacher education, cultural studies applied to education, Eastern European and Balkan immigration
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Assistant professor 2005 -
National-Louis University, Chicago, Illinois
National College of Education, Department of Educational Foundations & Inquiry
Design syllabus and reading packets for students. Instruct classes of master's and doctoral cluster and non-cluster students. Grade and evaluate student work. Advise doctoral students. Chair and supervise doctoral dissertations.
Courses taught: ESR 505: Educational Inquiry & Assessment
ESR 506: Graduate Research: Interpretive/Critical
ESR 514: Research in Action: Becoming Practitioner Researchers
ESR 614: Interpretive and Critical Research I
ESR 618 Interpretive and Critical Research II
EDL 690+693: Internship Seminar
CCD 690: Race, Ethnicity & Education
Adjunct instructor January-June 2005
National-Louis University, Chicago, Illinois
National College of Education, Department of Educational Foundations & Inquiry
Courses: Graduate Research: Interpretive/Critical
Design syllabus and reading packets for students. Instruct classes of master's cluster and non-cluster students. Grade and evaluate student work.
Lecturer 2003-2005
Loyola University Chicago, School of Education, Department of Leadership, Foundations & Counseling Psychology
Courses: Introduction to Research Methods; Qualitative Research Methods.
Design syllabus and reading packets for students. Instruct classes of master's and doctoral students. Grade and evaluate student work.
PUBLICATIONS
Miskovic, M. (forthcoming). The construction of ethnic identity of Balkan Muslim immigrants: Narrativization of personal experiences. The Qualitative Report.
Miskovic, M. (2006). Fierce mustache, muddy chaos, and nothing much else: Two cinematic images of the Balkans. Cultural Studies <-> Critical Methodologies, 6, 440-459.
Miskovic, M., & Hoop, K. (2006). Action research meets critical pedagogy: Theory, practice, and reflection. Qualitative Inquiry, 12, 269-291.
Miskovic, M. (2003). Racial and ethnic identity in recent Balkan immigrants to the United States: Implications for the assimilation/retention debate. In C. Buschendorf (Ed.), East-West American studies conference proceedings: Cultural exchanges between Central/Eastern Europe and America (pp. 172-192). Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Center for North American Studies.
Miskovic, M. (2002). Acculturation process: A case study of Bosnian refugee women and their families. Migration: A European Journal of International Migration and EthnicRelations. Special Issue on Refugees and Refugee Policy, 36/37/38, 113-133.
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Strangers & scapegoats: Addressing difference through a Roma narrative, with A. Fidyk. Paper presented at the 3rdInternational Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana, Illinois, forthcoming.
Narratives as jazz: The sonic dimensions of tellership, with E.N. Ignacio. Paper presented at the 3rd International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana, Illinois, forthcoming
Roma education in Europe: In support of the discourse of race. Paper presented at the 88th annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, Illinois, April, forthcoming.
Becoming White to become American: Balkan immigrants and the transformation of their race pre- and post-9/11, with E. N. Ignacio. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Studies Association, Oakland, CA, October 2006.
Doing global ethnography: Dispatches from Eastern Europe, with K. Zilla. Paper presented at the 2nd International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana, Illinois, May 2006.
Sociocultural context of Roma education in Europe: An introduction to current research. Paper presented at the Research as a Subversive Activity conference, Manchester, UK, April 2006.
Teaching research methods against the expected: A teacher's journey. Paper presented at the 1st International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana, Illinois, May 2005.
The racial ideology paradigm and qualitative research: A two study comparison. Paper presented at the 86th annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montréal, Canada, April 2005.
Forever foreigners or Whites?: Examining Balkan immigrants racial identity in response to domestic and foreign policy, with E. N. Ignacio. Paper presented at the 99th annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, California, August 2004.
The “difference” the Balkans make: Questions of race and culture. Paper presented at the 5th International Crossroads in Cultural Studies conference, Urbana, Illinois, June 2004.
University-community collaborative research: A critical examination, with K. Hoop. Paper presented at the 53rd annual meeting of The Society for the Study of Social Problems, Atlanta, Georgia, August 2003.
Direction, re-direction and avoidance: Making sense of interviews-narratives. Presentation at the 9th annual Midwest Qualitative Research Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 2003.
Marginal white identities: Do they exist? Presentation at the AAC&U's 4th biennial Diversity and Learning Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, October 2002.
Racial and ethnic identity in recent Balkan immigrants to the United States: Implications for the assimilation/retention debate. Paper presented at the East-West American Studies Conference, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, May 2002.
What is the West and who are the rest: (un)expected results of an in-depth interview. Presentation at the 4th Annual Ethnography Conference, Chicago, Illinois, February 2002.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Principal investigator 2006-present
National-Louis University, Chicago
Action Research in Action: Classroom Teachers as Practitioner-Researchers
Conduct an ethnographic study of teachers-researchers
Graduate research fellow 2002
Center for Urban Research and Learning, Loyola University Chicago
Program evaluation assistance for BOLD Institute's leadership course which was implemented in five middle schools in the Chicago Public School district. Refined the existing pre- and post-course survey instruments, conducted statistical analysis of survey data, and co-wrote the final report.
Graduate research fellow 2001
Center for Urban Research and Learning, Loyola University Chicago
Early Childhood Network Program evaluation. Coded the interviews, interpreted the data, and instructed fellow students on the techniques of qualitative data analysis.
Conducted a statistical analysis and co-wrote the final report of Cabini-Green HOPE VI survey that looked at social services needs of Chicago's public housing Cabrini Green community.
Chicago Community 2000 Program, phases 1-2evaluation. The program aimed to make area leaders and the public more aware of the harmful effects of segregation, strategies for creating diverse communities, and viable alternative housing choices for people with disabilities. Formulated interview questions, conducted transcribed, coded and interpreted the interview data, and co-wrote the final report.
RESEARCH REPORTS
Hoereth, J., & Miskovic, M. (2002). An evaluation of BOLD Chicago Leadership Course: Results from the survey of students. Submitted to: The Building Opportunities for Leadership Development Chicago Institute and The U.S. Department of Education.
George, C., Paredes, L., & Miskovic, M. (2002). The development and operation of the Early Childhood Network of Rogers Park and Edgewater. Submitted to the Early Childhood Network.
Hoereth, J., & Miskovic, M. (2001). An evaluation of the Chicago CommUNITY 2000 program. Submitted to: The Leadership Conference Education Fund and the National Fair Housing Alliance.
Hoereth, J., George, C., Miskovic, M., & Paredes, L. (2001). Cabrini Green HOPE VI survey.Submitted to: The Cabrini-Green Local Advisory Council and The Chicago Housing Authority.
SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY
Search Committee Co-Chair, Foundation & Inquiry Department, 2007
A faculty team coordinator in revising University Course Outlines, 2007
IRRB – member, 2006-present
NCE Research Forum – organizational committee, 2006-pesent
Curriculum & Social Inquiry doctoral program admissions committee, 2006
Curriculum & Social Inquiry doctoral program steering committee, 2006
Doctoral Dissertations chair – 5
Doctoral Dissertations committee member – 6
Doctoral Dissertations Dean’s representative – 1
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Critical Focus Groups. Workshop participant. Urbana, IL, May 2006.
Socio-Cultural Context of Roma (Gypsy) Education in Europe: Theory, Methodology and Activism. Session organizer, Research as a Subversive Activity conference, Manchester, UK, April 2006
Autoethnography. Workshop participant. Urbana, IL, May 2005
FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS
Illinois Association of Teacher Educators (IATE) Grant, 2006
NCE Faculty Development Grant, 2006
National-Louis University
Graduate fellowship, Center for Urban Research and Learning,
Loyola University Chicago (2001- 2002)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Educational Research Association
American Studies Association
The Society for the Study of Social Problems
