University of Students (UniS), an international online student university, since 2021
Dialogic Pedagogy Society (DPS), a non-profit international organization – founder since 2020
EARLI – The European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, Leuven, Belgium, Since 2018
Škogled – Society for urban-educational neighborhood redevelopment, Belgrade, Serbia, Since 2016
Udruženje pedagoga Srbije (Association of Serbian Educators), since 2015
Dialogic Pedagogy Journal Community (DPJ), since 2012
Open Syllabus Education and Research Professional Community (OSE) - http://diaped.soe.udel.edu/OSER/, since 2011
ASSITEJ Serbia –International Association of Theatre for Children and Young People, since 1990s
Professional Interest Group for Socio-Cultural Approach in Education (PIG), since 2006
Center for Drama in Education (CEDEUM), Belgrade, Serbia, since 2000
International Drama/Theater and Education Association (IDEA), since 2000
International Society for Culture and Activity Research (ISCAR), since 2004
International Society for Cultural Research and Activity Theory (ISCRAT), 1996 - 2003
American Educational Research Organization (AERA), since 1998
The East Side Institute for Short Term Social Therapy, since 1994
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI), 1993 - 2000
Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), 1993 - 2000
Society for Text and Discourse, 1993 - 1995
American Psychological Association, (APA), since 1992
XMCA – Mind, Culture Activity – Society for the socio-cultural approach to human development, since 1988
Society for the Advancement of Field Theory (SAFT), since 1988
The Association for the Anthropological Study of Play (TASP), since 1988
Jean Piaget Society, 1986 - 1995
Udruženje psihologa Jugoslavije (Yugoslav Psychological Association), since 1975
Cultural Diversity, Schooling, and the Teacher, undergraduate course for education students, University of Delaware
Child Development, undergraduate course for psychology students, Chestnut Hill College
Educational Psychology lower division undergraduate course for the School of Professional and Continuing Studies, Chestnut Hill College
Family and Community Partners lower division undergraduate course for the School of Professional and Continuing Studies, Chestnut Hill College
Democracy and dialogue in education, graduate course for graduate doctoral students of education, Belgrade University, Belgrade, Serbia (part of the program of the Fulbright Scholarship Award)
Early Childhood Theory/Curriculum graduate course for in-service or future teachers acquiring a Master’s degree, Chestnut Hill College
Early Childhood Development and Education graduate course for in-service teachers acquiring a Master’s degree, Chestnut Hill College.
Creative Arts Methods, upper division undergraduate course for early education majors, Chestnut Hill College.
Culturally Responsive Practices in Special Education graduate course for in-service teachers in Special Education obtaining a Master’s degree, Chestnut Hill College.
Research Methods and Evaluation in Education, graduate course for in-service teachers acquiring a Master’s degree, Chestnut Hill College.
Developmental Psychology – Early Childhood, lower division undergraduate course for education majors, Chestnut Hill College.
Educational Psychology – middle years, lower division undergraduate course for education majors, Chestnut Hill College.
Special Education Student Teaching I (practicum), graduate course for in-service teachers acquiring a Master’s degree in Special Education, Chestnut Hill College.
Learning Theories, graduate course for students acquiring Master’s Degree in Technology in Education, Chestnut Hill College.
Technologically Rich Learning Environments, graduate course for students acquiring Master’s degree in Technology in Education, Chestnut Hill College.
Cultural Diversity in Communal Contexts, a lower division undergraduate course for elementary teacher education pre-service teachers; University of Delaware.
Cultural Diversity, Schooling And Teaching, a lower division undergraduate course for elementary teacher education pre-service teachers; University of Delaware.
Human Development, lower division undergraduate course, Lehigh University.
Finding and evaluating statistical data, undergraduate course for continuing education students, Philadelphia University.
Drama, Play, Myths, Stories and Traditional Children’s games, creative workshops for children age 4 – 12 years, Cultural Educational Center “ZMAJ”.
Children's culture as a product: arts, games, language, and folklore, graduate course in the International Program: Childhood and Culture, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
Children's culture as a process: the role of play and metaphor in cultural production, graduate course in the International Program: Childhood and Culture, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
Colloquia on Language and Creativity, Rutgers University, Honors Program.
Cooping Parent Teacher in an innovative elementary school Project Learn School Community, organizing and teaching creative classes in math games, drama and games, and storytelling for children in K-5.
Creativity in Language Development, graduate course in the Interdisciplinary Studies in Human Development, GSE, University of Pennsylvania.
Developmental Aesthetics, graduate course in the Interdisciplinary Studies in Human Development, GSE, University of Pennsylvania.
Modes of Inquiry, graduate course in the Interdisciplinary Studies in Human Development, GSE, University of Pennsylvania.
Metaphor: Genesis and Development, graduate course in the Interdisciplinary Studies in Human Development, GSE, University of Pennsylvania.
Human Development, graduate course for Master Degree and in the Interdisciplinary Studies in Human Development, GSE, University of Pennsylvania.
1General Psychology, undergraduate course, University of Novi Sad, Yugoslavia, Department of Education.
Developmental Psychology, undergraduate course, University of Novi Sad, Yugoslavia, Department of Education.
Educational Psychology, undergraduate course, University of Novi Sad, Yugoslavia, Department of Education.
Cognitive Development, undergraduate course, University of Novi Sad, Yugoslavia, Department of Education.
1Methods and Statistics in Psychology, undergraduate course, University of Novi Sad, Yugoslavia, Department of Education.
2021–present Co-Founder of the University of Students (UniS) - http://universityofstudents.org/
2021– present Elected Secretary/Treasurer of Dialogic Pedagogy Society
2021– present re-elected Deputy Editor-in-Chief for Dialogic Pedagogy: An International Online Journal (http://DPJ.pitt.edu).
2020– present Co-Founder of Dialogic Pedagogy Society
2018 – present Initiator and Main Editor of “Issues of dialogic pedagogy and democratic education”, a special issue of Dialogic Pedagogy: An International Online Journal.
2017 – 2021 re-elected Deputy Editor-in-Chief for Dialogic Pedagogy: An International Online Journal (http://DPJ.pitt.edu).
2017 Fall Member of the Faculty Senate Executive Board, Chestnut Hill College., Philadelphia, USA.
2017 Fall Member of the Faculty Development Committee, Chestnut Hill College., Philadelphia, USA.
2016 Co-founder of Škogled – a NGO with a mission to improve quality of life in urban environments and create opportunities for learning, research and exchange of ideas in areas of education, culture, art, architecture, urban studies and design.
2016 Co-coordinator and the chair of a Colloquium “Životna problematika dece u obrazovnoj delatnosti” [Ontological issues of children’s lives as the center of the educational praxis], Institute for Cultural heritage, Belgrade, December 7, 2016
2016 Co-author and program co-coordinator for the project “Play of creative projects,” a series of 12 group research sessions involving past and current teachers and cultural leaders of the programs for young children, working on discussing the archival and new records of these programs (videos, photographs, interviews, current presentations, etc.), with a purpose to collect data for a research project “A New Sensibility for a child.” This was also a part of a project of The Institute for Cultural Heritage, Serbia, to develop a database and Internet access to these programs.
2016 Program co-coordinator for the 2016 International Conference of The Association for the Study of Play (TASP)
2014 Program coordinator for 2014 Dialogic Pedagogy Institute and member of the organizing committee for The Fourth International Interdisciplinary Conference on Perspectives and Limits of Dialogism in Mikhail Bakhtin, at The University of Waikato, Te Whare Wananga o Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
2013 – 2015 Member of the Library Committee and Chestnut Hill College.
2012 – present Editor and reviewer for the Journal of Institute for Educational Research, Belgrade, Serbia
2012 – present Elected Deputy Editor-in-Chief for Dialogic Pedagogy: An International Online Journal (http://DPJ.pitt.edu).
2012 – present Administrator, coordinator and co-designer of "DiaMoodle – Dialogic Class Web Environment" on the Moodle platform (Moodle is an "open-source PHP web application for producing modular internet-based courses that support a modern social constructionist pedagogy").
2012 Foundational work on a new international journal in education – "Dialogic Pedagogy: an International Open Access Journal" (http://diaped.soe.udel.edu/dp-map/?reload=1&page_id=566) and (http://dpj.pitt.edu)
2012 Conference organizer and Co-chair: mini-Bakhtinian Conference in Education: Promises and Challenges in Dialogic Pedagogy (http://diaped.soe.udel.edu/dp-map/?reload=1&page_id=766) .
2011 – present Member of the IRB committee at Chestnut Hill College.
2011 – 2013 Member of the Core Curriculum Committee at Chestnut Hill College.
2010 – 2013 Member of the Implementation of the Core Curriculum Committee at the Chestnut Hill College
2009 – 2010 Member of the Faculty Life Committee at the Chestnut Hill College
2009 Invited guest speaker at a book launch for Holzman, L. (2008). Vygotsky at Work and Play, Routledge, New York (http://loisholzman.org/2009/02/vygotsky-at-work-and-play-is-launched/)
2011 – present Member of the Editorial Board of "Psihologija", Journal of the Serbian Psychologists, Belgrade, Serbia.
2006 – 2008 Board Member, Mt. Airy Community Computer Center, a nonprofit organization, Philadelphia, PA.
2004 – 2008 Chair of the Cultural-Historical Special Interest Group, American Educational Research Association.
2002 – 2010 Founder and President of the Cultural Educational Center “ZMAJ” for children of the former Yugoslavian origin, New York, NY.
2002 – 2004 Member of Executive Board of The Association for the Study of Play
1997 Guest Editor of the Journal of Russian and Eastern European Psychology: Children, Theater, Education, (1997) vol. 35, no. 3, May-June.
1991 – 2000 Newsletter editor & Board member, SAFT Newsletter, Society for the Advancement of Field Theory, Philadelphia, PA. Preparing and organizing Conferences, Seminars and other activities.
2002 – 2004 Chair of the Administrative Committee, Project Learn School Community, a cooperative school, Philadelphia, PA. Leading administrative activities and projects.
1975 – 1976 Consultant for Department for Social Sciences and Humanities “Tribina”, Students’ Cultural Center, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Organized 10 lectures “Psychology at the Borders of Other Sciences”.
1975 – 1978 Member of the Editorial Board for the Graduate Students’ Center for Translations in the Humanities, Chief Editor for translations in psychology.
1973 – 1975 Member of the Editorial Board and Editor for Psychological Bulletin - a professional journal of the psychology students at the University of Belgrade.