Marija Vukšić Pučar, PhD

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Marija Vukšić Pučar, PhD
Name and surname
Marija Vukšić Pučar
Room
12
Phone
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Office Hours
  • Consultations are held online or by arrangement
Biography
EDUCATION
2017 - 2024
Postgraduate doctoral  study programme Humanities at the University of Zadar (Field: Ethnology and Anthropology)
Doctoral Dissertation: "Cultural-anthropological analysis of narratives about the experience of healthcare treatment in the public healthcare system of the Republic of Croatia", April 11, 2024.
Mentor: Associate Professor Dr. Lucija Šimičić, lsimicic@unizd.hr
2013 - 2016
Master's Degree in English Language and Literature, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
Master's Degree in Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
2010 - 2013
Bachelor's Degree in English Language and Literature, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
Bachelor's Degree in Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
2006 - 2010
Gymnasium Classicum, Zagreb

WORK EXPERIENCE
01/2024 - ongoing
Lecturer at the Department of Business Foreign Languages at the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb
02/2022 - ongoing
Owner of the business "Antropos" for translation and other services
09/2019 - 2024
External collaborator at the Department of Business Foreign Languages at the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb
12/2018 -  2020
PR services, proofreading, and translation from and into English for Gamechuck d.o.o.
01/2017 - 04/2021
Employee of the micro-company Carski Husar d.o.o. (later renamed Human Resources d.o.o. and sold to a new owner), which provided publishing services, translation services, foreign language instruction, etc.
1/2016 - 5/2017
Transcription of interviews for Dr. Marek Mikuš as part of the project "Household Debt in Post-Credit Boom Croatia," carried out in collaboration between the Institute for Social Research in Zagreb and the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology
04/2016 - 10/2016
Transcription, proofreading, and coding interviews as part of the European Social Fund (ESF) project "New Paradigms in Sustainability Research: Green Economy and Youth Well-being" at the Institute for Social Research in Zagreb
06/2014 - 06/2017
Journalistic and editorial work (writing articles, proofreading, section management, PR) for the portal and association Ziher.hr
12/2013 - 2/2017
Audiovisual translation (subtitling) of series and films in English for Dobbin d.o.o.

SKILLS:
Languages: English  (MA), Italian (A 2.1)
Programs: WordPress, MS Office (Word, Excel, Power Point etc.), Express Scribe Transcription Software, NVivo 11, Zotero, Mendeley, Subtitle Edit, Subtitle Workshop


PROFESSIONAL TRAINING 
2024 - Faculty of Economics and Business, Zagreb - Professional Development Program: "Train Your Linguistic Superpower!"

2024 - Seminar „The multilingual reality of business life: Perspectives of paraprofessional translation competence“, Marie Annukka Jakkula
        
2024 - Professional gathering of language teachers in higher education institutions (by UNJSVU)
            Presentation: "Searching Scopus and WoS Databases"

2023 - MLA Citation Style in Digital Humanities and Academic Writing (Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences Osijek)
            Participation in the hybrid workshop

2022 - Professional Development of Teaching Competencies for Higher Education Instructors; CIRCO Split; CIRCO Split (online)
            Participating in the training

2017 -Summer School of Scientific Communication: Communicating Science to a Broader Audience, Split 

2017 - 4th ReLDI workshop „Data analysis in language research (2)“, Zagreb

CONFERENCES

2024 - 2 nd International Scientific Conference: Language, Translation and Intercultural Communication, Faculty of Humanities in Pula
            Presentation: Navigating medical language: challenges and importance of clear communication between physicians and patients within the Croatian healthcare system
            2024 - 47th International ICT and Electronics Convention - MIPRO 2024
            Paper presentation: "The Role of Game-Based Learning in Teaching English in Higher Education"
2022. -9th International Scientific Conference: Knowledge and business challenges in 2022; FKPV, Celje
            Presentation: Challenges of e-learning platforms implementation in higher education institutions during the COVID-19 pandemic: A literature review
2022. -UNIC Teacher Training - Intercultural Dialogue: Collaborative Teaching and Learning  in International Settings, Bochum (online)
            Participating in the workshop
2021 - 5th International Conference: Contemporary Challenges in Teaching Languages for Specific Purposes; Zagreb (online)
            Section Moderator
2018 - Second International Conference on Sociolinguistics (ICS-2), Budimpešta
            Presentation: The perception of power negotiation in doctor-patient encounters
2018 - Zadar Linguistic Forum: Language Documentation and the Treatment of Spoken Language, Zadar
             Presentation: How doctors should (not) talk: Conversation strategies in medical encounters as perceived by patients
2017 - Zadar Linguistic Forum: Research Methods in Applied Linguistics, Zadar
            Presentation: Applying the method of discourse analysis on doctor-patient communication
2016. - Greening the Economy: a Colouring or a Reseeding Conference, Zagreb
             Presentation: „Anthropological Assessment of a Cultural Model of Sustainability in Croatia" with dr.sc. Lana Peternel
2016 - 14th International Border Crossings Conference, Zagreb

              Presenting master's thesis