Curriculum Vitae  

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EDUCATION

2015       Ph.D., University of Utah
College of Education, Education, Culture, and Society
Dissertation Title: “Translocal Digital Authoring: Identity Negotiation Processes through Multimodal Literacies Among Girls who were Resettled as Refugees from Thailand”    

2008        M.S.Ed., University of Pennsylvania                
Graduate School of Education
Education, Culture, and Society Department
                 
2004        M.L.A. (Liberal Arts), University of Pennsylvania     
            
2001        B.S. (Economics), University of Pennsylvania   

AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS

2014-2015    AAUW American Dissertation Fellowship                           

2013-2014    Steffensen Cannon Scholarship, University of Utah        

2013             Digital Media and Learning Summer Institute Fellow, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

2012-2013    Steffensen Cannon Scholarship, University of Utah    

PUBLICATIONS

Omerbašić, D. (2018). Girls with refugee backgrounds creating digital landscapes of knowing. In S. Shapiro, R. Farrelly, and M. J. Curry (Eds.), Educating Refugee-background Students: Critical Issues and Dynamic Contexts. Multilingual Matters.

Kim, G. M. & Omerbašić, D. (2016). Multimodal literacies: Imagining lives through Korean dramas. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy. doi: 10.1002/jaal.609

Valdez, V. E. & Omerbašić, D. (2015). Multimodal Self-Authoring Across Educator and Student Learning Spaces. Bilingual Research Journal, 38(2), 228-247. doi: 10.1080/15235882.2015.1062816

Omerbašić, D. (2015). Literacy as a Translocal Practice: Digital Multimodal Literacy Practices Among Girls Resettled as Refugees, Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 58 (6), 472-481. doi: 10.1002/jaal.389

Omerbašić, D.  (2014). Gender, Islam, and Refugee Status: Possibilities for Negotiating Hybrid Identities and Contesting Boundaries in Digital Spaces, in F. Salili & R. Hoosain (Eds.), Growing Up Between Two Cultures. Information Age Publishing.

Omerbašić, D. (2013). Review of the book Elsewhere, Within Here: Immigration, Refugeeism and the Boundary Event, by Trinh T. Minh-ha. Journal of Refugee Studies, 26(2), 310-311. doi: 10.1093/jrs/fet012

RECENT CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Kim, G. M. & Omerbašić, D. (2015, December). Global Literacies: Imagining Identities and Lives through Korean Dramas. Paper presentation at the Literacy Research Association conference, Carlsbad, CA.

Valdez, V. E. & Omerbašić, D. (2015, December). Fostering Resilience: Diverse Communities Utilizing Varied Literacies to Convey Cultural Belonging to the Next Generation. Paper presentation at the Literacy Research Association conference, Carlsbad, CA.

Trust, T. Omerbašić, D., Kim, G., Hatley, L., & Welch, M. (2015, June). Educators Experience Boundaries, Students Don’t? Blurring the Boundaries Between Formal and Informal Learning Spaces. Workshop at Digital Media and Learning conference, Los Angeles, CA. 

Omerbašić, D. (2015, April). Digital Authoring: Negotiations of Identity, Agency, and Power Among Girls Resettled as Refugees from Thailand. Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Omerbašić, D. (2014, December). “I’m like a mirror”: A teenage Burmese Muslim girl’s authoring process through digital multimodal literacy practices. Paper presentation at the Literacy Research Association conference, Marco Island, FL.

Omerbašić, D. (2014, November). Power and digital landscapes of knowing: Engaging with Karen and Burmese Muslim girls’ global and local social media narratives.  Paper presentation at the National Council of Teachers of English conference, Washington DC.

Omerbašić, D. (2014, April). Young refugee women’s negotiation of power through multimodal literacy practices in digital spaces.  Roundtable presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Omerbašić, D. (2014, April). Language learning, maintenance, and play through multimodal literacy practices on Facebook. Roundtable presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Omerbašić, D. (2014, March). Social media and formal learning spaces: Building meaningful connections for refugee youth. Short talk at Digital Media and Learning conference, Boston, MA.

TEACHING       

Tulane University
MLAR 7169: Global Digital Cultures

University of Utah

ECS 5645/6645: Assessment of Linguistically Diverse Populations
ECS 5634/6634: Bilingual and Bicultural Education    
ECS 3150: Introduction to Multicultural Education

Guest speaker/lecturer, College of Education, University of Utah

Literacy as a Translocal Practice (2014, November)
Guest speaker in Literacy as cultural practice course

History of bilingual education in the United States (2014, January)
Guest lecturer in Bilingual and Bicultural Education course

Bosnian refugee experiences (2012, November)
Guest speaker in Refugee Education course

Refugee education experiences following resettlement (2010, November) 
Guest speaker in Urban Education course 

INVITED TALKS

2014, March. Digital Literacies. Session facilitator for Language and Education Group, an Interdisciplinary Discussion Group at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.

2012, June. Refugee Women and Girls in Schools and the Workplace. Panelist, Utah Refugee Month event, Utah Department of Workforce Services. Salt Lake City, UT. 

2012, March. Refugee Women and Work. Panelist, University of Utah Women’s Week event, Hinckley Institute of Politics, University of Utah. Salt Lake City, UT.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

2015       TESOL Quarterly, Reviewer
2014-17  Bilingual Research Journal, Editorial Assistant
2014       AERA Division G, reviewer
2013 –    Literacy Research Association, reviewer
2013        AERA Writing and Literacies SIG, graduate student reviewer
2010-12 AERA Division G Graduate Student Co-Liaison for University of Utah
2010-12 AERA Graduate Student Co-Liaison for University of Utah
2010       AERA Division G Annual Meeting Membership Subcommittee               

COMMUNITY SERVICE

2012-13   Utah Office of Refugee Services, Education and Employment Subcommittee, member  
2010-11   Education, Culture and Society Student Advisory Committee, member
2010      Education, Culture and Society, New Student Orientation Coordinator
2010      American Bosnian and Herzegovinian Association language school
2009–   Refugee Community Center, Mentor
2008–   University of Pennsylvania Secondary School Committee