Wykształcenie:
- Uniwersytet Śląski
Studia Doktoranckie, w zakresie literatury amerykańskiej 2013- do nadal
- New World Teachers, Puerto Vallarta, Meksyk
Certyfikat Nauczania EFL – maj – lipiec 1999
- Appalachian State University, Boone, Północna Karolina, USA
Magister historii, 1991 – 1995
Licencjat, wiedza o społeczeństwie/pedagogika, 1984 – 1990
Doświadczenie zawodowe:
1 Lektor Języka Angielskiego, Uniwersytet Śląski, październik 2013 – do nadal
2 Lektor Języka Angielskiego, Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa w Raciborzu, 2006 – 2014
3 Lektor Języka Angielskiego, Uniwersytet Śląski, październik 2000 – wrzesień 2007
4 Lektor Języka Angielskiego, NKJO w Sosnowcu, październik 2005 – czerwiec 2006
5 Lektor Języka Angielskiego, VIKING, wrzesień 2004 – czerwiec 2005
6 Lektor Języka Angielskiego, Europa2000, październik 2002 – czerwiec 2004
7 Lektor Języka Angielskiego, American Academy Of English, wrzesień 1999- czerwiec 2002
8 Wykładowca, Catawba Valley Community College, sierpień 1995 – kwiecień 1999
9 Wykładowca, Appalachian State University, wrzesień 1992 – maj 1995
10 Nauczyciel historii, Alexander Central High, styczeń 1991 – czerwiec 1992
Zainteresowania naukowe:
Literatura i kultura amerykańska; historia amerykańska; historia militarna; stosunki rasowe
Publikacje:
The Riddle of Thule: In Search of the Crypto-History of a Racially Pure White Utopia. Crytophistories (Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015), pp. 127-142.
The Excess of Tolerance: American White Nationalist Fiction and the Backlash against Political Correctness. Poisoned Cornucopia: Excess, Intemperance and Overabundance across Literatures and Cultures (Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2014), pp. 205-218.
Mr. Turner’s Fears and Fantasies: The Turner Diaries and White Fear in America. Fearful Symmetries: Representations of Anxiety in Cultural, Literary and Politcal Discourses (Katowice: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego, 2013), 266-275.
Caught in the Spider’s Web and Falling Down the Rabbit’s Hole: Adolf in Wonderland and Altering Perceptions współautor Weronika Starnes. Studia Filologiczne, tom 3 (Raciborz: PWSZ Raciborz, 2010), 153-162.
Brothers in Arms: Maxim Magazine, The Man Show and the Return of Knuckledragger Culture to American Society. Political Correctness: Mouth Wide Shut? (Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2009), 215-223.
A Wargamer’s Guide to the Armies of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Wars of Partition 1792 and 1794 współautor D. Schorr (Fleetwood, NJ: On Military Matters Press, 2003).
Udział w konferencjach naukowych:
- Ties and Knots: Bridges Between Cultures, Uniwersytet Śląski, Sosnowiec września 18-19 2014, The Ties of Revolution and Redemption, the Knots of Race and Class: An Examination of Two ‘Revolutionary’ American Novels.
- CryptoHistory, Uniwersytet Śląski, Sosnowiec 20-23 listopada 2013, The Riddle of Thule: In Search of the Crypto-History of a Racially Pure White Utopia.
- Grievings, Uniwersytet Śląski, Ustroń 20-23 września 2013, The Weeping Widow: The Act of Grieving in the Reconstruction South as Viewed in Select Southern White Nationalist Novels.
- Poisoned Cornucopia: Excess, Intemperance and Overabundance across Literatures and Cultures, Uniwersytet Opolski, Opole 12-14 września 2012, The Excess of Tolerance: American White Nationalist Fiction and the Backlash against Political Correctness.
- American Identity and Its Representations Today, Wyższa Szkoła Języków Obcych Im. Samuela Bogumiła Ledego w Poznaniu, Poznań 14-15 października 2011, Hold Back This Day Forever: Representations of White Nationalism in Ward Kendall’s 'Hold Back This Day’.
- Civilization and Fear: Writing and the Subject/s of Ideology, Uniwersytet Śląski, Ustroń 22-25 września 2010, Mr. Turner’s Fears and Fantasies: 'The Turner Diaries’ and White Fear in America.
- Political Correctness – Mouth Wide Shut?, Uniwersytet Śląski, Ustroń, 23-25 września 2004, Brothers in Arms: Maxim Magazine, The Man Show and the Return of Knuckledragger Culture to American Society.
Korektor periodyków/książek:
1 Journal of Physical Education & Health: Social Perspective [vol. 2, Issue 4 – 2013]. Red. Jerzy Pośpiech. Wyd. Opole University of Technology. ISSN: 2084-6002
2 Nature(s): Environments We Live By in Literary and Cultural Discourses Red. Jacek Mydla, Tomasz Gnat, Agata Wilczek. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego [ISBN: 978-83-226-2256-8]
3 Hours Like Bright Sweets in A Jar: Time and Temporality in Literatures and Cultures Red. Alicja Bemben, Sonia Front [Wydawnictwo Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2015]
4 Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich 2014, t. 5, cz. 1. Red. Bożena Tokarz. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego [i t. 4, cz. 3, cz. 2, cz. 1. ISSN: 1899-9417]
5 Literatura I Kultura Popularna. Instytut Filologii Polskiej Uniwersytet Wrocławski. Red. Prof. UWr Anna Gemra. Wroclaw: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego. [ISSN: 0867-7441]
Znajomość Języków :
Angielski, native speaker
Polski, słaba
Niemiecki, słaba
Education
- University of Silesia, Poland
Ph.D., American Literature, pending
- New World Teachers, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Teaching EFL Certificate – May – July 1999
- Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, USA
M.A. History, 1991 – 1995
B.S. Secondary Education/Social Studies, 1984 – 1990
Employment
- English Lecturer, University of Silesia, Poland, October 2016-present
- Teaching Assistant/English Lecturer, University Of Silesia, Poland, October 2013-September 2016
- Teaching Assistant/English Lecturer, Panstwowa Wyzsza Szkola Zawodowa [a vocational college] in Raciborz, Poland, 2006-2014
- Teaching Assistant/English Lecturer, University Of Silesia, Poland, October 2000-September 2007
- English Lecturer, NKJO in Sosnowiec [a college specializing in the humanities], Poland, October 2005 – June 2006
- English Lecturer, VIKING [private language school], Poland, September 2004 – June 2005
- English Lecturer, Europa2000 [private language school], Poland, October 2002 – June 2004
- English Lecturer, American Academy Of English, Poland, September 1999 – June 2002
- Teaching Assistant, Catawba Valley Community College, NC, USA, August 1995 – April 1999
- Teaching Assistant, Appalachian State University, NC, USA, September 1992 –May 1995
- History Teacher, Alexander Central High, NC, USA, January 1991 – June 1992
Fields of interest
American Literature and Culture; American History; Military History; Race Relations, Nationalism
Publications
- The Riddle of Thule: In Search of the Crypto-History of a Racially Pure White Utopia. Crytophistories (Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015), pp. 127-142.
- The Excess of Tolerance: American White Nationalist Fiction and the Backlash against Political Correctness. Poisoned Cornucopia: Excess, Intemperance and Overabundance across Literatures and Cultures (Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2014), pp. 205-218.
- Mr. Turner’s Fears and Fantasies: The Turner Diaries and White Fear in America. Fearful Symmetries: Representations of Anxiety in Cultural, Literary and Political Discourses (Katowice: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego, 2013), pp. 266-275.
- Caught in the Spider’s Web and Falling Down the Rabbit’s Hole: Adolf in Wonderland and Altering Perceptions. Coauthored with Weronika Starnes. Studia Filologiczne, vol. 3 (Raciborz: PWSZ Raciborz, 2010), pp. 153-162.
- Brothers in Arms: Maxim Magazine, The Man Show and the Return of Knuckledragger Culture to American Society. Political Correctness: Mouth Wide Shut? (Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2009), pp. 215-223
- A Wargamer’s Guide to the Armies of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Wars of Partition 1792 and 1794 eds. D. Schorr and J.E. Starnes (Fleetwood, NJ: On Military Matters Press, 2003).
Academic Conferences
- Ties and Knots: Bridges Between Cultures, University of Silesia, Sosnowiec 18-19 September 2014, The Ties of Revolution and Redemption, the Knots of Race and Class: An Examination of Two ‘Revolutionary’ American Novels.
- CryptoHistory, University Of Silesia, Sosnowiec 20-23 November 2013, The Riddle of Thule: In Search of the Crypto-History of a Racially Pure White Utopia.
- Grievings, University Of Silesia, Ustroń 20-23 September 2013, The Weeping Widow: The Act of Grieving in the Reconstruction South as Viewed in Select Southern White Nationalist Novels.
- Poisoned Cornucopia: Excess, Intemperance and Overabundance across Literatures and Cultures, University Of Opole, Opole 12-14 September 2012, The Excess of Tolerance: American White Nationalist Fiction and the Backlash against Political Correctness.
- American Identity and Its Representations Today, Wyższa Szkoła Języków Obcych Im. Samuela Bogumiła Ledego in Poznań , Poznań 14-15 October 2011, Hold Back This Day Forever: Representations of White Nationalism in Ward Kendall’s 'Hold Back This Day’.
- Civilization and Fear: Writing and the Subject/s of Ideology, University Of Silesia, Ustroń 22-25 September 2010, Mr. Turner’s Fears and Fantasies: 'The Turner Diaries’ and White Fear in America.
- Political Correctness – Mouth Wide Shut?, University Of Silesia, Ustroń, 23-25 September 2004, Brothers in Arms: Maxim Magazine, The Man Show and the Return of Knuckledragger Culture to American Society.
Editor/Proofreader of Journals/Books
- Journal of Physical Education & Health: Social Perspective [vol. 2, Issue 4 – 2013]. ed. Jerzy Pośpiech. Wydawnictwo Opole University of Technology. ISSN: 2084-6002
- Nature(s): Environments We Live By in Literary and Cultural Discourses eds. Jacek Mydla, Tomasz Gnat, Agata Wilczek. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego [ISBN: 978-83-226-2256-8]
- Hours Like Bright Sweets in A Jar: Time and Temporality in Literatures and Cultures eds. Alicja Bemben, Sonia Front [Wydawnictwo Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2015]
- Przekłady Literatur Słowiańskich 2014, t. 5, cz. 1. ed. Bożena Tokarz. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego [i t. 4, cz. 3, cz. 2, cz. 1. ISSN: 1899-9417]
- Literatura I Kultura Popularna. Instytut Filologii Polskiej Uniwersytet Wrocławski. Red. Prof. UWr Anna Gemra. Wroclaw: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego. [ISSN: 0867-7441]
Linguistic Competencies
- English, native speaker
- Polish, fair
- German, fair