Name: dr Marijana Prodanovic, Associate Professor
Home Institution: Sinergija University, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Kauno Kolegija, Kaunas, Lithuania

Ms Prodanovic obtained her PhD (2015) degree (English Language and Linguistics) at the Faculty of Philology, Belgrade University. The very same year, she became an assistant professor – and climbed to an associate one in 2020.

Prodanovic has been teaching English and Communication at university level since 2012 (ESP, EAP, ELT, Pragmatics, Communication, Cultural Studies). She was occupying the position of Singidunum University (Belgrade, Serbia) English Department Head 2016-2021. As of 2021 –she has been occupying the position of the Dean of the Faculty of Philology, Sinergija University, as well as International Department head. At the same time, she holds the rank of an associate professor, and R&D team leader at Kauno Kolegija, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Her fields of interest include emerging issues in effective communication, cultural studies, leadership, and more. So far, she has addressed these issues via a number of scientific papers (over 60), five coursebooks and two monographs.
Ms Prodanovic actively participates in international projects and pursuits (actively teaching in the region and abroad). She has organised ≥50 conferences, round tables, workshops, as well as language schools, teacher training, seminars, etc. aimed at encouraging multilingualism and intercultural communication. It is also a worthy note that she holds the position of the president
of the English Language Association of Serbia, as well as co-editor in-chief of SingiLogos journal.