Adrijana Miladinović

Adrijana Miladinović is a Ph.D. candidate in Sociology at The Ohio State University whose work is driven by a deep commitment to interdisciplinary research and strengthening of interethnic understanding in Serbia, the U.S., and Kosovo. Her academic training spans language, culture, and sociology, with a B.A. in Japanese Language, Literature, and Culture from the University of Belgrade, and M.A. degrees in Sociology from Keio University, Japan, and The Ohio State University. This cross-regional and cross-disciplinary background informs her interests in identity, belonging, integration, and conflict.

Her research examines culture, race, and boundary-making in everyday life, with projects on immigrant integration in Japan, international students in the United States, and racial and cultural boundary formation across both contexts. Her current work focuses on conflict and violence, their aftermath, and identity reformation, including research on the genocide and gendered violence in Darfur, the everyday lives and peacemaking of Serbs in post-conflict Kosovo, and national identity and meaning-making in Serbia in the ongoing student protests.

Adrijana’s peer-reviewed publications include “From misconception to separation: How race affects international students’ belonging in the United States” (2026) and “The influence of Whiteness on social and professional integration: The case of highly skilled Europeans in Japan” (2020).