• Migration and indigeneity
• Transnational and transdisciplinary teacher education
• Research education
• Academic writing and publishing
• Generous scholarship
• Decolonizing and arts-based research methodologies
• Mindfulness and well-being in higher education

Book  

Opić, S., Bognar, B., & Ratković, S. (Eds.). (2017). New approaches to research methodology in education. Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb. 

Book Chapters 

Obradović-Ratković, S., Woloshyn, V., Winters, K-L., Ahmed, N., Govaris, C., Kaldi, S., Deliewen Afrikaner, C., & Doyran, F. (2020). Educating refugee students: Global perspectives and priorities. In D. R. Andron & G. Gruber (Eds.), Education beyond the crisis: New skills, children’s rights, and teaching contexts (pp. 193-216). Brill. 

McGinn, M. K., Ratković, S., Martinovic, D., & McQuirter-Scott, R. (2019). Creating, supporting, and sustaining a community of academic writing practice through annual residential academic writing retreats. In N. Simmons & A. Singh (Eds.), Critical collaboration communities: Academic writing partnerships, groups, and retreats (pp. 136-148). Sense Publishers. 

Sethi, B., & Ratković, S. (2018). Dissemination and social justice. In S. Kleinknecht, L. J. van den Scott, & C. Sanders (Eds.), The craft of qualitative research (pp. 342–349). Canadian Scholar’s Press. 

Ratković, S., Martinovic, D., & Norris, T. (2017). The role of curriculum documents in youth’s ideological upbringing: Consuming or loving the world? In G. Reis, M. P. Mueller, R. A. Luther, L. Siveres, & R. Oliveira (Eds.), Sociocultural perspectives on youth ethical consumerism (pp. 43–60). Springer Publisher. 

Ratković, S., & Sethi, B. (2017). Multisensory ethnography and a/r/tography: Mobilizing methodologies, disciplines, and knowledges. In S. Opić, B. Bognar, & S. Ratković (Eds.), New approaches to research methodology in education (pp. 167–189). Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb. 

Woloshyn, V., Kaefer, T., Savage, M., & Ratković, S. (2017). Exploring research methodologies: Mapping the Canadian education landscape as represented through two national journals. In S. Opić, B. Bognar, & S. Ratković (Eds.), New approaches to research methodology in education (pp. 223–266). Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb.  

Ratković, S., & Pietka-Nykaza, E. (2016). Forced migration and education: Refugee women teachers’ trajectories in Canada and the UK. In C. Schmidt & J. Schneider (Eds.), Diversifying the teaching force in transnational contexts: Critical perspectives (pp. 179–200). Sense Publishers.  

Ratković, S. (2015). Militarism, motherhood, and teaching: A Yugoslav-Canadian case. In N. Taber (Ed.), Learning gendered militarism in Canada (pp. 147–172). University of Alberta Press.  

Journal Articles  

Khirwadkar, A., Ibrahim Khan, S., Mgombelo, J., Obradović-Ratković, S., & Forbes, W. A. (2020). Reimagining mathematics education during the COVID-19 pandemic. Brock Education: A Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 29(2), 42–46. https://journals.library.brocku.ca/brocked/index.php/home 

Woloshyn, V., Savage, M., Ratković, S., Hands, C., & Martinovic, D. (2019). Exploring professors’ experiences supporting graduate student well-being in Faculties of Education. International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education, 8(4), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJMCE-02-2019-0028 

Ratković, S., McGinn, M. K., Martinovic, D., & McQuirter-Scott, R. (2019). A shared cabin in the woods: The presence and presents of writing in residential academic writing retreats. Writing & Pedagogy, 11(2), 165–194. https://doi.org/10.1558/wap.35630 

Armstrong, D., Tuters, S., & Ratković, S. (2019). Which hill would you die on? Examining the use of militaristic metaphors in social justice leaders’ discourse and practice. Journal of School Leadership, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1177/1052684619848092 

Ratković, S., Winters, K. L., Kitchings, S., Yang, S., Sprat, B., Ahmed, N., & Vinod, S. with Decolonizing Canada Trough Art and Artistry. (2018). Five poems: Artistic pedagogy of the migrant soul. Teaching and Learning Journal, 12(1), 15–31. 

Martinovic, D., Ratković, S., Spencer, T., Grierson, A., Cantalini-Williams, M., & Landon, S. (2017). Engaged scholarship in action: The journey of the School Board-University Research Exchange (SURE) Network. Engaged Scholar Journal, 3(2),39–58.   

Ratković, S., & Sethi, B. (2017). Visuals and poetry in migration research. Refugee Review, 3, 213–218. Accessible at https://espminetwork.com/ refugee-review-volume-3/  

Ratković, S., & Woloshyn, V. (2017). Doctoral education for a sustainable future: What’s a comprehensive portfolio got to do with it? Croatian Journal of Education, 19(3), 293–315. https://doi.org/10.15516/cje.v19i0.2709  

Editorials 

Opić, S., Bognar, B. & Ratković, S. (2017). Editor’s preface. In S. Opić, B. Bognar, & S. Ratković (Eds.), New approaches to research methodology in education (pp. 6–22). Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb. 

Ratković, S., Mogadime, D., & Spencer, T. (2015). Knowledge mobilization in Canadian educational research: Identifying current developments and future directions. Brock Education: A Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 25(1), 1–4. https://brock.scholarsportal. info/journals/brocked/home/ article/view/484  

Webinar  

Ratković, S., Kaldi, S., Ellis, C., Kovačević, D., Brewer, C. A., Ahmed, N., & Brady, J. with Cities of Migration (2018, May 31).In the classroom and beyond: Supporting refugee students[Video file]. http://citiesofmigration. ca/webinar/refugee-students/

Videos 

Ratković, S., Kovačević, D., Brewer, C. A., Ellis, C., Ahmed, N., & Brady, J (2018).Refugee students: Academic success[Video file]. Made by Frame. https://espminetwork.com /new-report-supporting-refugee-students-in-canada-building-on-what-we-have-learned-in-the-past-20-years/ 

Ratković, S., Kovačević, D., Brewer, C. A., Ellis, C., Ahmed, N., & Brady, J (2018).Refugee students: Belonging and wellbeing[Video file]. Made by Frame. https://espminetwork.com /new-report-supporting-refugee-students-in-canada-building-on-what-we-have-learned-in-the-past-20-years/ 

Ratković, S., Winters, K. L., Miranda, H., Dénommé-Welch, S., Longboat, C., Spratt, B., Vinod, S., Rana, B., Ahmed, N., Yang, S., Varghese, A., Scott-England, S., Sault, V., Ahmed, A., Ahmed, B., Kitchings, S., Taylor, M., Magowan, C., Di Cesare, D., & Ratković, I.  (2018). InTercultural WORKS [Video file]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUM3sHdBzr8  

Creative Scholarly Work 

Ratković, S., Winters, K. L., Miranda, H., Dénommé-Welch, S., Longboat, C., Spratt, B., Vinod, S., Rana, B., Ahmed, N., Yang, S., Varghese, A., Scott-England, S., Sault, V., Ahmed, A., Ahmed, B., Kitchings, S., Taylor, M., Magowan, C., Di Cesare, D., & Ratković, I.  (2018, March 19). InTercultural WORKS. Film screening, live performance, and conversation. Niagara Artists Centre, St. Catharines, ON. 

Ratković, S., Winters, K. L., Miranda, H., Dénommé-Welch, S., Longboat, C., Spratt, B., Vinod, S., Rana, B., Ahmed, N., Yang, S., Varghese, A., Scott-England, S., Sault, V., Ahmed, A., Ahmed, B., Kitchings, S., Taylor, M., Magowan, C., Di Cesare, D., & Ratković, I.  (2017, November 4). We want to paint on the walls of the cave: Stories from the contact zone. Research-based play performed at the Festival of Readers, St. Catharines, ON. 

Ratković, S., Winters, K. L., Dénommé-Welch, S., Miranda, H., Salerno, J., Kitchings,  

S., Taylor, M., Tian, S., Vinod, S., Rana, B., Brant, J., & Magowan, C. (2017, April 28, 29, & 30). We want to paint on the walls of the cave. Eleven performances at In the Soil Arts Festival, St. Catharines, ON. 

External  

Winters, K. L., Ratković, S., & Niagara Artists Centre. (2017). Painting on the walls of the cave: Building inter-cultural understandings through artistry. Multicultural Community Capacity Grant, Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration ($2,280). 

 Ratković, S., Kovačević, D., Brewer, C., & Ellis, C. (2017). Supporting refugee students in Canada: Building on what we have learned in the past 20 years. Knowledge Synthesis Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada ($24,996).  

Ratković, S. with Decolonizing Canada Through Art and Artistry. (2017). Decolonizing Canada through arts and artistry: We want to paint on the walls of the cave. In the Soil Arts Festival Grant ($500). 

Garbati, J. F., Faden, L., Ratković, S., Moukperian, S., Weber, L., & La Donna, K. A. (2016). Ph.D. graduates working in alternative academic (alt-ac) professions: What are the contributions of alt-ac professionals to their postsecondary institutions and society? Project Grant, Ontario Human Capital Research and Innovation Fund ($18,400). 

Ratković, S., Spencer, T., & Mogadime, D. with School Board-University Research Exchange (SURE) (2014). The 2014 CSSE Knowledge Mobilization Day. Knowledge Mobilization Grant, Ontario Association of Deans of Education ($10,000). 

 Armstrong, D., Ratković, S., & Brant. J. (2014). Equity talks: Aboriginal education. Education Event Grant, Second Story Press ($3,514).  

Internal   

Hands, C., Winters. K-L., & Obradović-Ratković, S. (2020). Playbuilding equitable arts education during and after a pandemic. Discretionary Strategic Initiative Fund ($2,000). 

Longboat, C., & Ratković, S. (2019). Mentorship and wellness in graduate education: Contemplating Indigenous and immigrant knowledges. Faculty of Education Graduate Research Assistant Development Fund ($1,811). 

Savage, M., Woloshyn, V., Ratković, S., Hands, C., & Bajovic, M. (2018). Mentorship and wellness conference: Supporting faculty and graduate student mental health and well-being. Faculty of Education Graduate Research Assistant Development Fund ($1,811) 

Woloshyn, V., Savage, M., Ratković, S., Hands, C., Bajovic, M., Martinovic, D., & Kaefer, T. (2018). Exploring perceptions of well-being and mentorship within Canadian and Croatian faculties of education.Brock Internal Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Grant ($4,983). 

Winters, K. L., & Ratković, S. (2017). Independent study in education: Experiencing arts-based knowledge mobilization. Brock University Experiential Education Course Development Grant ($1,706). 

Winters, K. L., Ratković, S., & Dénommé-Welch, S. (2017). Decolonizing Canada through arts and artistry: Refugee and Indigenous women’s voices. Faculty of Education Research and Development Fund ($1,000). 

Dénommé-Welch, S., Ratković, S., & Winters, K. L. (2017). Decolonizing Canada through arts and artistry: Refugee and Indigenous women’s voices. Faculty of Education Research and Development Fund ($1,000). 

Woloshyn, V., & Ratković, S. (2016). Promoting collaborative scholarship with the 

Department of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb, Croatia. Faculty of Education. Dean’s Discretionary Fund ($2,719). 

Graduate Courses 

• EDUC 5Q97: Culminating Seminar in Educational Studies  
• EDUC 5N99: Graduate Seminar in Education  
• EDUC 5P92: An Introduction to Educational Research  
• EDUC 5P94: Advanced Writing Seminar 

Undergraduate Courses 

• EDBE 8P77: Teaching, Research, & Education Inquiry I/S  
• EDBE 8Y43: Teaching, Research, and Educational Inquiry P/J/I  
• BECE 4F50: Early Childhood Education Honours Thesis  
• EDUC 4P01: Higher Level Thinking in Science and Mathematics 
• EDUC 8P02: Diversity Issues in Schooling 
• EDUC 8L09: Principles and Practices for Professional Certification (Pre-service Teacher Education)