Curriculum Vitae Personal information Title First name / Surname Address Dr. (PhD) Nikola Dobrić Mozartstrasse 42, 9020 Klagenfurt, Austria Telephone 06765483905 E-mail Homepage Nationality Nikola.Dobric@uni-klu.ac.at http://www.uni-klu.ac.at/iaa/inhalt/2512.htm Serbian Date of birth 28.09.1982 Desired employment A flourishing academic career in linguistics. Work experience Dates March 2010 currently Occupation or position held Universitäts Assistent (Assistant Professor) Teaching linguistics and conducting (applied) linguistic research Internet address http://www.uni-klu.ac.at/iaa/inhalt/2512.htm Occupation or position held ESP Lecturer Dates November 2007 November 2009 Teaching Business English at a tertiary level Name and address of employer Higher business School of Prof. Studies, Vladimira Perica 4, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia Type of business or sector Business College BA level education Internet address http://www.vps.ns.ac.rs/sr/nastavnik.1.30.html?sn=234 Occupation or position held EFL Teacher Dates September 2007 February 2010 Teaching English at lower and higher levels of the CEFR Levels Name and address of employer Foreign Languages Centre Lingua Železnicka 34, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia Type of business or sector EFL Training and Translation Internet address http://www.skola-lingua.edu.rs/ Occupation or position held Name and address of employer Type of business or sector Internet address Dates September 2008 January 2013 Freelance translator CAT translation services CEET Language Solutions, The Check Republic International Translation Agency http://www.ceet.eu/
Occupation or position held Dates May 2008 February 2010 Online mentor Tracking and supervising online distance studies in English Name and address of employer Higher Business School Doba, Maribor, Slovenia Type of business or sector Internet address Functions Business College BA level education http://www.doba.rs/ Dates February 2014 currently Function performed Founder, Chief Editor, and Journal Manager of Colloquim Running a scientific journal in both its scientific and managerial aspects Internet address http://www.uni-klu.ac.at/iaa/inhalt/2512.htm Dates January 2013 currently Function performed Director of Studies Organizing courses and course instructors; balancing the teaching budget; being responsible for the implementation of the BA, MA and PhD curricula; admission of international students and the recognition of their courses Internet address https://campus.aau.at/org/visitenkarte?atoken=-796235412 Dates January 2014 currently Function performed Initiative Coordinator of the Klagenfurt Open Access Initiative Raising awareness about the importance of Open Access and organizing the setup of an Open Access University Press Internet address http://www.uni-klu.ac.at/iaa/inhalt/2512.htm Dates November 2013 currently Function performed Curricula Committee for English and American Studies Participating in the creation and changes of all study programs including work of the new Teacher Training (Lehramt Neu) for English Internet address https://campus.aau.at/org/visitenkarte?atoken=-796235412
Dates March 2010 currently Function performed Coordinator of international cooperation at the Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik Coordinating student and staff exchanges with nine Erasmus and Joint-study International Universities (most prominently Australian and West Balkan Universities) Internet address https://campus.aau.at/org/visitenkarte?atoken=-796235412 Dates November 2012 November 2013 Function performed KUWI Research Key User Managing the research visibility of the department at a joint page of the Fakultät für Kulturwissenschaften, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt. Internet address http://kuwiresearch.aau.at/beteiligte_personen.php Dates January 2011 September 2013 Function performed Public Spokesperson Publicity-related communication; maintaining the departmental web page; designing and releasing advertising material Internet address http://www.uni-klu.ac.at/iaa/inhalt/1.htm Dates March 2010 December 2013 Function performed The ThinkTank newsletter founder and coeditor Editing the newsletter of the Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik, Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt. Internet address http://www.uni-klu.ac.at/iaa/inhalt/1038.htm Memberships Dates January 2011 currently Organization Austrian Association of University Teachers (AAUTE) Solidifying communication and cooperation between language researchers from European universities Internet address http://www.univie.ac.at/aauteweb/ Dates January 2011 currently Organization The European Society for the Study of English (ESSE)
Solidifying communication and cooperation between language researchers from Austrian universities Internet address http://www.essenglish.org/ Dates May 2012 currently Organization South East Applied Linguistics (SEAL) Research Group Co-founder and administrator of the international group furthering research in the areas of linguistics and applied linguistics Internet address http://www.uni-klu.ac.at/iaa/inhalt/2310.htm Education and training Dates March 2010 September 2012 Title of qualification awarded PhD in Linguistics * dissertation published as Theory and Practice of Corpus-based Semantics Lexicography, Lexical Semantics, Corpus Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Cognitive Linguistics, and Computational Linguistics Department of English and American Studies, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt PhD/ Doctorate VII3 Dates November 2009 March 2010 Title of qualification awarded PhD in Linguistics Lexicography, Lexical Semantics, Corpus Linguistics, Cognitive Linguistics, and Computational Linguistics Faculty of Philosophy, English Department, University of Novi Sad PhD/ Doctorate VII3 Dates October 2007 September 2008 Title of qualification awarded MA in Linguistics Sociolinguistics, Corpus Linguistics, and DA Faculty of Philosophy, English Department, University of Novi Sad MA/VII2 Dates October 2001 April 2006 Title of qualification awarded BA in English Language and Linguistics English Linguistics, Literature and Teaching Methodology Faculty of Philosophy, English Department, University of Novi Sad BA (Diploma)/VII1
Dates November 2010 Title of qualification awarded Certificate Using the statistical package SPSS ZID department, Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt Dates October 2010 Title of qualification awarded Certificate Managing the webpage design and organization system at the university ZID department, Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt Dates June 2010 Title of qualification awarded Nachweis Wissenschaftlicher Certificate Learning about the crucial skills for scientific workers FA Personalentwicklung, Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt Dates June 2008 Title of qualification awarded CPE (Certificate of Proficiency in English) Language Certificate English Language Competence Cambridge University, ESOL Examinations, British Council, London C2/ Highest Level of the Common European Framework Dates June 2008 FTBE Title of qualification awarded (LCCI First Certificate for Teachers of Business English) Business English Competence and Teaching Methodology London Chamber of Commerce and Industry, London Dates May 2008 Title of qualification awarded Online Teaching Certificate Personal skills and E-learning mentorship, tracking competence and teaching methodology Higher Business School Doba, Maribor, Slovenia Mother tongue(s) Serbian (BCS)
Other language(s) English, German Social skills and Experience in teaching at a university tertiary level; working on interdisciplinary research; managing both small and large lecture groups of students; very extrovert, good people skills and thriving under pressure; rather knowledgeable in history, economy, literature, politics and medical developments Organisational skills and Technical skills and Computer skills and Testing students and marking; administrative work related to university environment; significant translation experience Corpus annotation software; text mining; corpus tools (concordancers and taggers); CAT tools (Trados, QMemo, Sisulizer); statistical software (R, SPSS); web design tools (RedDot) Full Windows environment (Power Point, Word, Internet Explorer, Excel, Corel Draw, AdobeInDesign CS4); E-learning software (Moodle, Blackboard) Driving licence B class (general) Academic profile, projects and publications Google Scholar Academia.edu Social Science Research Net. AAU Forschungsdokumentation CASIS Project LCD Learner Corpus Project CAARLLA Project http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=fwkaurgaaaaj&hl=en http://uni-klu.academia.edu/nikoladobric http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/absbyauth.cfm?per_id=2103324 https://campus.aau.at/fodokng/ctl/uebersicht/person/21860 http://casis.uni-klu.ac.at/casis/ http://casis.uni-klu.ac.at/lcd/users/login http://caarlla.aau.at Peer reviewing end editorial boards Editor Peer reviewer Conference Org. Board Conference Scientific Board Founder, Chief Editor, and Journal Manager of the Colloquim journal ELALT 2 Conference 2013 ( http://www.elalt.info/) Od čudnovatog do čudesnog: 100 godina Čudnovatih zgoda šegrta Hlapića Conference 2013 CALK14 (http://www.uni-klu.ac.at/iaa/inhalt/2641.htm) Multikulturalnost i savremeno društvo (http://www.fpps.edu.rs/nauka/nauka_skup.htm)