Nadira Puškar - Mustafić

Dr. Nadira Puškar-Mustafić is an Assistant Professor in English Language and Literature at the International University of Sarajevo, specializing in American and English Literature, Cultural Studies, and Cathartic Mechanisms in Drama. She earned her PhD from Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek and coordinates the university's Cultural Studies program.

• Education: PhD in English and American Literature from Josip Juraj Strossmayer University, Osijek.
• Academic Roles: Assistant Professor (2023), Erasmus Exchange Professor at Sivas Cumhuriyet University (2021).

Research Focus: Her work explores catharsis in contemporary auto/biographical American drama, literary adaptation across narrative and visual media, and intersections of trauma, identity, and postmodern literary forms. Key theoretical frameworks include Aristotelian catharsis, intertextuality, and gender studies.

Publications & Grants: She authored 'Tears in the Audience: Catharsis in Contemporary Auto/Biographical American Drama' (2020) funded by the Croatian Ministry of Education and Citadela Libri. Her 15 most recent articles (2005-2024) examine topics like avant-garde theater, religious motifs in Croatian drama, and therapeutic effects of drama through bibliotherapy and cathartic analysis.

• Scientific Awards:
  • SUSI Scholars grant (2023) from the US State Department.
  • Funding for 'Tears in the Audience' (2020) from Croatian Ministry of Education and Citadela Libri.

Academic Engagement: She serves as a book reviewer for Taylor & Francis Group and participated in the Contemporary Literature Institute in Montana (2023), with study tours in New York and Washington D.C.