(University of Split, Croatia)
Ivana Odža graduated from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Split in 2006 and thus acquired the academic title of a teacher of Croatian language and literature and Italian language and literature. She enrolled in the Postgraduate doctoral study programme at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb in 2007 and defended her thesis in January 2016. She worked as an elementary school teacher of Croatian and Italian language and an external associate at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Split, where she is currently employed as Assistant Professor. She has published professional and scientific papers in the field of methodology of Croatian language, children`s and oral literature.