Zorica Lola Jelić earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at California State University, Fullerton, USA. She obtained her doctoral degree from the Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade. Zorica Lola has taught Preparation for College Writing, Freshman Composition, Critical Thinking at Mt. San Antonio College (Walnut, California), Introduction to American Literature at Everest College (Santa Ana, California), and College Writing at Southwestern College (Winfield, Kansas). From 2018 to 2020, she taught AS Level and A Level English at International School in Belgrade, and since 2018, she has been teaching English language at the Faculty of Contemporary Arts in Belgrade. Zorica Lola Jelić is a member of the following associations: the Shakespeare Association of America, the British Shakespeare Association, the European Shakespeare Research Association, the International Shakespeare Association, and the organizations Phi Theta Kappa and Sigma Tau Delta. Zorica Lola is the author of the textbooks English Language I and II (2023).

Conferences

• Z. Jelic, “The Emergence of a New Type of Heroine at the Onset of Capitalism”. Seminar “Shakespeare and Marx”, Shakespeare Association of America Forty-Sixth Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California, March 28th–31st, 2018.
• Z. Jelic, “Changing Shakespeare”. Seminar “Shakespeare and Film”. British Shakespeare Association, Belfast, UK, June 14th–17th, 2018.
• Z. Jelic, “The Future of Presentism”. Shakespeare and Presentism Colloquium, Kingston College, London, UK, 28th July, 2018. https://kingstonshakespeareseminar.wordpress.com/2018/07/17/shakespeare-and-presentism-programme/
• Z. Jelic, “Acknowledging Asexual Adonis”. Seminar “Asexual Reading”. Leaders Catherine Clifford and Simone Chess, Shakespeare Association of America Convention, Austin, April 2, 2021.
• Z. Jelic, “Hamlet in Our Time”. Seminar “Re-Wiring Hamlet”, Leaders John Joughin and Paromita Chakravarti, World Shakespeare Congress, Singapore, July 15, 2021.
• Z. Jelic, “Concerns for the Future in Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Word for World Is Forest”, The Tenth International Conference of Language and Literary Studies: Language, Literature, and Mythology, Alfa University, Belgrade, Serbia, September 19–20, 2021.
• Z. Jelic, “Concerns Regarding Film Appropriations”, Faculty of Contemporary Arts, Belgrade, Serbia, November 27, 2021.
• Z. Jelic, “The Problems of the Fourth Industrial Revolution in Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said”, The Eleventh International Conference of Language and Literary Studies: Language, Literature, and Industry, Alfa University, Belgrade, Serbia, September 22–23, 2022.
• Z. Jelic, “All You Need Is Kill—From Japanese Light Novel to Film”, Seminar led by Zorica L. Jelic. The Twelfth International Conference of Language and Literary Studies: Language, Literature, and Media. Alfa BK University, Belgrade, Serbia, May 26–27, 2023.
• Bukvic, Mihajlo, Zoran Brankovic, and Zorica Lola Jelic. “Analysis of New Frameworks and Processes in Public Opinion, Connected with Diplomacy and Politics”. Challenges of Contemporary Higher Education 2024 International Conference. Kopaonik, Serbia, January 29–February 2, 2024. 
• Z. L. Jelic, “Vampires as a Re-envisioned Lore in the First Two Books of Praznik Zveri by Zoran Petrovic”, International Conference on Urban Legends, Myths, and Horror. University of Zadar, Croatia, April 11–12, 2024.

Published works

• Jelic, Zorica. “Presentism as a Relevant Contemporary Hermeneutical Approach”. KNOWLEDGE – International Journal, 26.3 (2018): 739. Skopje, Macedonia: 2018.
• Jelic, Zorica. “Appropriating Shakespeare: Issues”. KNOWLEDGE – International Journal, 41.6 (2020): 1147–1153. ISSN:2545-4439
• Jelic, Zorica. “Appropriating Shakespeare in Criminal Minds.” Knowledge – International Journal, 42.2-42.4 (2020): 1089–1094. http://www.ikm.mk/ojs/index.php/KIJ/article/view/4657/4445
• Jelic, Zorica. “Concerns for the Future in Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Word for World Is Forest”, The Tenth International Conference of Language and Literary Studies: Language, Literature, and Future, Alfa University, Belgrade, Serbia, September 19–20, 2021. Published 2022. ISBN:978-86-6461-056-8
• Jelic, Zorica. “Concerns Regarding Film Appropriations”, Faculty of Contemporary Arts, Belgrade, Serbia, November 27, 2021. Published 2022.
• Jelic, Zorica. “The Problems of the Fourth Industrial Revolution in Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said”, The Eleventh International Conference of Language and Literary Studies: Language, Literature, and Mythology, Alfa University, Belgrade, Serbia, September 22–23, 2022. Belgrade: ALFA BK University, 2023. ISBN: 978-86-6461-061-2
• Jelic, Zorica L. “Concerns Regarding Flm Appropriations”. In Problem Interpretation. Scientific Conference of the Faculty of Contemporary Arts, 120–129, 2023, Belgrade. Belgrade: Faculty of Contemporary Arts in Belgrade, University Business Academy in Novi Sad, 2023. November 27, 2021, Belgrade, 2023. ISBN: 978-86-87175-42-6

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