Phone: 501-686-7347 Dr. Vuk joined The Office of Educational Development at UAMS on September 1, 2009. She received a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Mississippi State University that provided her with knowledge in statistics, research design, program evaluation, measurement, psychometrics, students' learning, and teaching. She obtained her MD from the University of Zagreb Medical School in Croatia in 1982 and worked as a family physician in Croatia for three years. In 1989, she completed residency training in physical medicine and rehabilitation at the University of Zagreb and became board certified in Croatia. She has lived in the U.S. since 1991. In the U. S. A., Dr. Vuk's career took on a different path. Before joining OED, Dr. Vuk taught numerous educational psychology courses at Mississippi State University. She received her Master's Degree in counseling from Mississippi State University in 1999 and worked with clients and college students who suffered from a variety of mental health problems. In her work at UAMS, Dr. Vuk has the opportunity to combine these diverse skills in a broad range of projects. Service Dr. Vuk serves as an evaluator of the Arkansas Aging Initiative (AAI) project, the Schmieding Caregiver Training grant, the Arkansas Geriatric Educational Center (AGEC) grant, and the Pre-Doctoral Training Family Medicine grant. Dr. Vuk's strength in evaluation of educational and health programs stems from the combination of her two backgrounds in medicine and educational psychology. She works with faculty on the development of evaluation and research designs, surveys, questionnaires, interviews, and data analyses. She also serves on the Assessment Committee of the College of Pharmacy and provides consultation on program evaluations to the College of Nursing. Teaching Dr. Vuk teaches in the Genetic Counseling master's program at the College of Health Related Professions. She presents at students' Research Principles workshops, assists students with research design and statistical analyses of their projects, and serves on students' thesis committees. Dr. Vuk's main philosophy in teaching is emphasis on students' critical thinking, problem solving, collaborative learning, and intrinsic motivation. Dr. Vuk presented at the Teaching Scholars program in 2009/10 and the College of Pharmacy faculty development workshop in June 2010. Scholarship Dr. Vuk's research and scholarly interest has focused on college students' behavior on self-tailored tests in relation to their metacognitive abilities, self-efficacy, and test anxiety. Her future goal is to conduct similar research at UAMS with the purpose of improving assessment, teaching, and student learning. She presented papers and posters at conferences at the regional, national, and international levels. Recent Presentations Morse, D. T., & Vuk, J. (2012, April). An exploratory study of bias in estimation of examinee proficiency from self-tailored tests. Paper presentation at American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, Canada. Vuk, J., Overton-McCoy, A., White, S., & McAtee, R. (2011, November). Evaluation of a multi-site caregiver training program in rural Arkansas: Challenges and lessons learned. Round table discussion presented at the Annual Conference of the American Evaluation Association (AEA), Anaheim, CA. Morse, D., & Vuk, J. (2011, November). Consequences of letting students mildly customize their own exams: They’ll like it better and get higher scores. Paper presented at the Mid-South Educational Research Association, Oxford, MS. Sledge, R., Long, S., & Vuk, J. (2011, November). Comparison perceptions of classroom instruction: Traditional and distance education. Poster presented at the Mid-South Educational Research Association, Oxford, MS. Vuk, J. (2011, June). Self-efficacy, test anxiety, and self-reported test taking ability: How do they differ between high and low achieving students? Poster presented at the Sixth Self-Biennial International Conference, Quebec City, Canada. Vuk, J., (2009, August). Question omitting procedure on multiple choice exams and content validity of test: Implications for teaching. Paper presented at the American Psychological Association, Division 15, Conference on the Teaching of Educational Psychology, Toronto, Canada. Vuk, J., & Morse, D. T. (2009, April). College students' behavior on self-tailored, multiple choice exams. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA. Vuk, J. (2007, November). College students' behavior on multiple choice, self-tailored exams in relation to metacognitive ability and perceived item difficulty. Paper presented at the Mid-South Educational Research Association, Hot Springs, AR. Publications Vuk, J. & Morse, D. T. (2012). College students' behavior on self-tailored, multiple-choice examinations. Innovative Teaching, 1,4. Vuk, J., & Morse, D. T. (2009). College students' behavior on multiple choice, self-tailored exams. Research in the Schools, 16(1), 45-51.
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