Polish Studies at Arizona State University

The Institution

Arizona State University is a metropolitan research university located in Phoenix area. It serves some 43,000 students at its Main campus in Tempe, another 5,000 at ASU West in Phoenix and 1,000 at the ASU East campus in Mesa. On the Main some 2,000 of the students are enrolled in the Barret Honors College. Polish Studies offerings are limited to a Freshman Seminar, but a number of the faculty have either interests pertaining to Poland or have studied there. Additionally, a Polish Students Association exists at the university.

Faculty

Czygrinow, Andrzej - Assistant Faculty of Mathematics, Arizona State University-West @

MSc, Adam Mickiewicz UniversityPoland1994
Ph.D.,Emory University 1998
Phone: . . . . . . . . / Fax: . . . . . . . . / Email: andrzej@math.la.asu.edu
MAJOR INTEREST: Mathematics

Gruzinska, Aleksandra - Assistant Professor of French, Arizona State University @

Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1973
Phone: (480)965-3873 / Fax: . . . . . . . . / Email: Gruzinska@asu.edu
MAJOR INTEREST: French and Polish Literature
POLAND-RELATED SCHOLARSHIP:
COURSE: - Freshman Seminar. Introduction To The Poetry in Translation of Wislawa Szymborska, Nobel 1996 for Literature.

Jackiewicz, Zdzislaw - Professor of Mathematics, Arizona State University @

M.S., Technical University of Gdansk (Poland);
Ph.D., University of Gdansk (Poland)
Tel: (480) 965-0082 / E-Mail: jackiewi@math.la.asu.edu
MAJOR INTERESTS: - Numerical analysis of ordinary differential equations. Numerical solution of functional differential equations. Numerical solution of Volterra integral and intego-differential equations. Waveform relaxation methods for differential systems.

Jackiewicz, Ela - Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, Arizona State University @

M.Sc., University of Gdansk, Poland
Tel: (480) 965-0074 / E-Mail: elajack@math.la.asu.edu
MAJOR INTERESTS: Statistics and finite mathematics

Pickus , David B - Lecturer in the Barrett Honors College, Arizona State University

Ph.D., University of Chicago
Phone: (480)727-664 / Fax: . . . . . . . . / Email: David.Pickus@asu.edu
MAJOR INTEREST: German and Jewish perceptions of Poland from the 18th century onwards.
POLAND-RELATED SCHOLARSHIP:
BOOKS:

• Dying with an Enlightening Fall: Poland in the Eyes of German Interllectuals 1764-1800, Lantham, Lexington Books, 2000

Wosinska, Wilhelmina - Senior Lecturer of Social Psychology, Arizona State University-West @

Ph.D., Jagiellonian University, Poland
Phone: (602)543-3011 / Fax: . . . . . . . . / Email: wilhelmina@asu.edu
MAJOR INTEREST: Culture Shock and Cultural Behaviors from a Social Psychological Perspective
POLAND-RELATED SCHOLARSHIP:
BOOKS:

• "The Differential Impact of Two Social Influence Principles on Individualists and Collectivists in Poland and the United States" with Caldini, R.B. and Barrett D.W. in The practice of social influence in multiple cultures Wosinski, W et al. Mahwah, NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2001.

PUBLICATIONS:

• "Compliance With a Request in Two Cultures: The Differential Influence of Social Proof and Commitment/Consistency on Collectivists and Individualists," with Cialdini R. B. et al. in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin vol. 25. 1242-1253, 1999

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