# North American Association of Teachers of Polish (NAATPl)

> North American Association of Teachers of Polish


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- [2025 NAATPl Polish Language Enrollment Survey Report](https://naatpl.org/2025-naatpl-polish-language-enrollment-survey-report/): The results of the 2025 NAATPl survey on Polish language enrollment are now available. This report analyzes the findings, presents them in both textual and visual formats, and offers a range of downloadable graphs and charts. It also features contributions from instructors, including textbooks and other materials used, additional teaching opportunities, and a list of scholarships for students enrolled in Polish language courses at the college and university level. Introduction Preliminary remarks In 2025, the NAATPl Polish Language Enrollment Survey was distributed to 39 institutions of higher education across Canada and the United States that have active or recently active […]
- [Best Wishes for the 2025 Holiday Season](https://naatpl.org/best-wishes-for-the-2025-holiday-season/): As the year comes to a close, we extend our heartfelt gratitude to our Polish language teaching community for your continued support, dedication, and engagement. May this holiday season bring you joy, and may the New Year be filled with inspiration and success in teaching and learning! Wesołych Świąt!Happy Holidays from all of us! North American Association of Teachers of Polish (NAATPl) Subscribe to email updates from naatpl Subscribe below to receive updates on new posts, including event and competition announcements, Polish teaching job openings, enrollment surveys, publications, blog articles on teaching Polish as a foreign language, and other news […]
- [Fall 2025 NAATPl Event: Polish Language Enrollment Survey Results](https://naatpl.org/fall-2025-naatpl-event-polish-language-enrollment-survey-results/): As the 2025–26 academic year is well underway, we take a closer look at Polish language enrollments across North American institutions. Following the 2025 NAATPl Polish Language Enrollment Survey (due December 1, 2025), we invite all Polish-teaching faculty and anyone interested to join us for a discussion summarizing this year’s survey results. The NAATPl 2025 Polish Language Enrollment Survey includes four sections: The event will begin with an official presentation of the results, followed by an open discussion. The meeting is open to all Polish language professionals, regardless of membership status, type of appointment, or institution, as well as anyone interested in […]
- [Call for Submissions: 2026 NAATPl Student Project Award](https://naatpl.org/call-for-submissions-2026-naatpl-student-project-award/): The North American Association of Teachers of Polish is pleased to announce a competition for the NAATPl Student Project Award. The contest seeks to recognize students’ original work that celebrates, promotes, and explores the Polish language and culture. We encourage creative submissions that demonstrate students’ engagement with the Polish cultural heritage through thoughtfully developed content. Format Projects may include (but are not restricted to) the following: Eligibility The competition is open to high school and university undergraduate students who study the Polish language in the United States or Canada. Awards Prizes may be awarded to individual or group projects.  Submission […]
- [2025 NAATPl Survey on Polish Language Enrollment](https://naatpl.org/2025-naatpl-survey-on-polish-language-enrollment/): With the 2025–26 academic year underway, it is time to take stock of Polish language enrollments across North American institutions. The North American Association of Teachers of Polish (NAATPl) invites all Polish-teaching faculty to participate in this year’s enrollment survey, which will remain open through December 1, 2025. The NAATPl 2025 Polish Language Enrollment Survey includes the following four sections: Survey responses will be accepted until December 1, 2025, and the results will be presented during NAATPl’s final event of the year on December 4, 2025, held via Zoom. This event is open to all Polish language professionals, regardless of […]
- [Job Announcement: Lecturer I - Polish (Winter 2026) at the University of Michigan](https://naatpl.org/job-announcement-lecturer-i-polish-winter-2026-at-the-university-of-michigan/): The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Michigan seeks applicants for a Lecturer I position to teach various levels of Polish language to begin January 7, 2026 thru April 30, 2026. Candidates are required to possess a graduate degree in Polish studies, Second Language Acquisition, Slavic Studies, or a related field, with a preference for a PhD. Please see below for the full job announcement, position description, and contact information. Job Summary The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Michigan seeks applicants for a Lecturer I position to teach various levels of […]
- [“Witamy do Polish Hill”: Three Rules of Thumb toward Better Student Polish by Oscar Swan](https://naatpl.org/witamy-do-polish-hill-three-rules-of-thumb-toward-better-student-polish-by-oscar-swan/): This blog post makes part of the Teaching Polish as a Foreign Language series. To submit your post for consideration, please read our call for blog posts here. At the edge of the hill marking the traditional Polish part of town in Pittsburgh, PA stands a decorative sign proudly proclaiming Witamy do Polish Hill, somebody’s idea of how to say, ‘Welcome to Polish Hill.’ Any Pole will tell you that the correct way to say this is Witamy w Polish Hill, but the sign has stood uncorrected in its place for some 45 years, an unwitting tribute to the communicative […]
- [Fall 2025 NAATPl Event: Reusable Polish Teaching Materials](https://naatpl.org/fall-2025-naatpl-event-reusable-polish-teaching-materials/): Creating additional instructional materials has become a standard practice for instructors and teachers of Polish as a foreign language (PFL), although such materials are often limited to specific grammatical or cultural topics. Reusable teaching materials (also known as reusable learning objects) address this problem by promoting the development of resources that can be adapted for use across different student levels and cohorts.
- [Survey Results: Regional Varieties in the Polish Language Classroom](https://naatpl.org/survey-results-regional-varieties-in-the-polish-language-classroom/): The North American Association of Teachers of Polish is pleased to announce the results of a survey on the incorporation and use of regional varieties in the Polish as a foreign language (PFL) classroom. The survey indicates that while students who use nonstandard or regional varieties are common in Polish courses, teaching materials that present these varieties are not frequent. The survey was conducted during the NAATPl Spring 2025 event on nonstandard and regional varieties in the Polish language classroom, which featured short presentations followed by an open discussion. In the survey, Polish instructors were asked about the frequency with […]
- [Call for Papers: "Glottodydaktyka jako okno i lustro" Conference at Polonicum, University of Warsaw](https://naatpl.org/call-for-papers-glottodydaktyka-jako-okno-i-lustro-conference-at-polonicum-university-of-warsaw/): Polonicum: Center for Polish Language and Culture for Foreigners at the University of Warsaw (Centrum Języka Polskiego i Kultury Polskiej dla Cudzoziemców) has released a call for papers for the conference Glottodydaktyka jako okno i lustro, which will take place in early 2026 at the University of Warsaw. Please see below for more details. The conference, convened to mark 100 years of teaching Polish as a foreign language at the University of Warsaw and the 70th anniversary of Polonicum, will be held on January 9–11, 2026. The organizers invite papers on a wide range of historical, pedagogical, and cultural topics, […]
- [Job Announcement: Instructional Professor (open rank) in Polish at the University of Chicago](https://naatpl.org/job-announcement-instructional-professor-open-rank-in-polish-at-the-university-of-chicago/): The University of Chicago is hiring a Polish Instructional Professor (open rank) to teach Polish language courses at all levels and occasional non-language courses in Polish culture or language pedagogy. Candidates are required to possess a graduate degree in Polish studies, with a preference for a PhD. Please see below for the full job announcement, position description, and contact information. Position Description The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures invites applications for a position as an Instructional Professor (open rank) in Polish language with an expected start date of September 1, 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter. The selected candidate […]
- [Welcoming New Board Members and 2025 Election Results](https://naatpl.org/welcoming-new-board-members-and-2025-election-results/): The North American Association of Teachers of Polish is pleased to announce the results of the popular vote following the 2025 election. As we welcome two new board members, we also express our gratitude to an outgoing board member for their leadership and continued dedication to the organization. The results were first shared with attendees at the 2025 General Meeting on February 22, held in conjunction with the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AATSEEL) annual meeting. Welcome to New Board Members We are pleased to announce the appointment of two new board members, Agnieszka Makles […]
- [Spring 2025 NAATPl Event: Odmiany regionalne na zajęciach języka polskiego](https://naatpl.org/spring-2025-naatpl-event-odmiany-regionalne-na-zajeciach-jezyka-polskiego/): Traditionally, textbooks for teaching Polish as a foreign language (PFL) have been written to promote standard-language knowledge and vocabulary. But what happens when PFL students arrive in the classroom with language skills in nonstandard or regional varieties, such as Kashubian (kaszëbsczi jãzëk), Podhalian, or Silesian (ślůnski)?
- [NAATPl Annual Members Meeting and Polish Teaching Events at AATSEEL 2025](https://naatpl.org/naatpl-annual-members-meeting-and-polish-teaching-events-at-aatseel-2025/): A general meeting of North American Association of Teachers of Polish (NAATPl) members and two presentations on the teaching of Polish as a foreign language (PFL) mark the 2025 American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AATSEEL) conference in February. 2025 annual NAATPl meeting As an affiliated organization, the North American Association of Teachers of Polish holds its annual members meeting during the AATSEEL conference each year. This year, the NAATPl general meeting will take place online on Saturday, February 22, at 1 pm CST / 2 pm EST. A Zoom meeting link will be distributed among […]
- [Call for Blog Posts: Teaching Polish as a Foreign Language](https://naatpl.org/call-for-blog-posts-teaching-polish-as-a-foreign-language/): The North American Association of Teachers of Polish would like to invite submissions to a new blog series: Teaching Polish as a Foreign Language. Leverage your experience in Polish as a foreign language (PFL) teaching and have your blog essay featured on our website! We are looking for authors from various backgrounds, including colleges and universities, Saturday school, bilingual immersion schools, and others. Topics include matters related to various aspects of teaching Polish as a foreign language, including (but not limited to) enrollment, technology in teaching Polish, teaching grammar communicatively, heritage speakers, mixed classes (heritage and non-heritage learners), theoretical approaches, […]
- [Fall 2024 NAATPl Lecture: Kultura popularna w nauczania języka polskiego](https://naatpl.org/fall-2024-naatpl-lecture-kultura-popularna-w-nauczania-jezyka-polskiego/): As popular culture expands through TV shows, social media, and video games, Polish-language students are increasingly engaged with these trends. This provides language instructors with a valuable opportunity to make their lessons more relevant and engaging. In this event, Dr. Piotr Kajak (University of Warsaw) will share practical strategies for integrating elements of popular culture into Polish language teaching, drawing on his extensive experience in the field. In our second Fall 2024 event, we welcome Dr. Piotr Kajak, Deputy Director of the Centre of Polish Language and Culture for Foreigners Polonicum at the University of Warsaw. Dr. Kajak will deliver […]
- [Fall 2024 NAATPl Event: ChatGPT and AI in the Polish Language Classroom](https://naatpl.org/fall-2024-naatpl-event-chatgpt-and-ai-in-the-polish-language-classroom/): Recent advancements in large-language models and artificial intelligence (AI), including but not limited to ChatGPT, have disrupted the language teaching landscape for both language teachers and students. To that end, we invite all Polish language teachers to share their activities, tips, and experiences from using artificial intelligence at our upcoming jarmark (virtual fair share) on the use of ChatGPT and AI in the Polish language classroom. In our first Fall 2024 event, we will discuss how AI-based tools can be used in our teaching practice, including their advantages and disadvantages. We are interested in how artificial intelligence can enhance the teaching of Polish […]
- [Call for Papers: (Re)Using Old Textbooks in the Polish Language Classroom Today](https://naatpl.org/call-for-papers-reusing-old-textbooks-in-the-polish-language-classroom-today/): Old textbooks are often obsolete in their portrayal of contemporary Polish society, ranging from topics such as traditional cuisine, rapid changes in technology, living standards, and ending with different forms of inequality and traditional gender roles. Yet, the textbooks provide a historical perspective, allowing students to explore the evolution of the Polish language in its cultural context. Following this year’s AATSEEL panel discussion in Las Vegas organized by the North American Association of Teachers of Polish (NAATPl), we are putting together an article forum on new approaches to old Polish textbooks and teaching materials. With several submissions already solicited, we […]
- [NAATPl Panel on (Re)Using Old Polish Textbooks at 2024 AATSEEL Conference](https://naatpl.org/naatpl-panel-on-reusing-old-polish-textbooks-at-2024-aatseel-conference/): The North American Association of Teachers of Polish (NAATPl) marked its presence at the 2024 American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AATSEEL) conference in Las Vegas with a critical pedagogy discussion on Polish-language textbooks. The panel, “New Approaches to the Old Discourse: How to (Re)Use Old Textbooks in Today’s Polish Language Classroom,” featured presentations by six Polish teaching professionals from American and Polish universities. The idea behind the panel was to share insights and offer suggestions on how old textbook materials can be used—and reused—to foster valuable discussions in Polish-language classrooms. The presentations and the discussion […]
- [Online, czyli zdalnie by Justyna Zych](https://naatpl.org/online-czyli-zdalnie-by-justyna-zych/): Here we are teaching Polish online as most teachers of any subject in the times of the pandemic. We transferred our tasks, group activities, and language games on Zoom, Google Meet, or MS Teams. “Uczymy zdalnie” or “w trybie zdalnym” as we would call it in Polish. It seems simpler to use English computer- and Internet-related terms that sound natural and obvious instead of wondering how they could be possibly replaced with a Polish word. But why would you miss out on the opportunity to include Polish versions of all these instructions typical for online teaching in your Polish language […]
- [Authentic Online Materials in Polish Classes by Izolda Wolski-Moskoff](https://naatpl.org/authentic-online-materials-in-polish-classes-by-izolda-wolski-moskoff/): Under the current circumstances, many of us have been searching the Internet for materials useful for online teaching. Whether your classes are synchronous, hybrid, or partially asynchronous, you might be on the lookout for something new, different, or fresh that will invigorate your classes and engage your students. Research shows that authentic materials might do just that. When preparing to write this post, I did some preliminary research to check whether my understanding of “authentic” matches that of others. What I found, not surprisingly, was that not everything I consider authentic meets everyone’s conception. There are numerous approaches to authenticity […]
- [Blended Courses Ease Shift to Virtual Instruction by Izolda Wolski-Moskoff](https://naatpl.org/blended-courses-ease-shift-to-virtual-instruction-by-izolda-wolski-moskoff/): (This entry was originally posted on the Center for Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, The Ohio State University, website here.) Throughout the semester, my students often expressed appreciation with the way the Polish language classes were taught and how so much material had already been moved online. While teaching in new circumstances was not without problems or unwelcomed surprises, I felt that having experience in teaching Polish in many different modes such as online, blended, and a distance course has certainly prepared me for the situation. The sirens went off in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, announcing a shift to virtual […]
- [Who We Are](https://naatpl.org/who-we-are/): The North American Association of Teachers of Polish (NAATPl, Pol. Północnoamerykańskie Stowarzyszenia Nauczycieli Języka Polskiego) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization registered in the state of Illinois and an affiliate organization of the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AATSEEL), the largest professional organization devoted to the studying and teaching of Slavic languages in North America. Members of the North American Association of Teachers of Polish include faculty, instructors, and Polish language practitioners from the United States, Canada, and Poland. To learn more, see our Wikipedia entry (new window). As a professional organization, we are interested in […]

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- [Marcin Dadan](https://naatpl.org/marcin-dadan/): University of Pittsburgh profilemrd230@pitt.edu MemberNorth American Association of Teachers of Polish Marcin Dadan is a Teaching Assistant Professor and Director of the Polish Studies Program at the University of Pittsburgh. He specializes in comparative and historical morphosyntax, fieldwork (Indic, Slavic, and Algonquian), comparative literature, and language construction (conlanging). He received his PhD in linguistics from the University of Connecticut, with a dissertation on the cross-linguistic trend of diachronic loss of obligatory syntactic fronting, such as in wh-questions. At the University of Pittsburgh, he teaches courses on Polish language, literature, and cinema.
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- [Aleksandra Majkowska Smith](https://naatpl.org/aleksandra-majkowska-smith/): Loyola University profileamajkowskasmith@luc.edu MemberNorth American Association of Teachers of Polish Aleksandra Majkowska Smith is a Polish philologist, a lecturer of the Polish language at Loyola University Chicago and Oakton College, and a radio journalist. She earned her master’s degrees in Polish philology from the University of Warsaw (one of her specializations is teaching Polish as a foreign language). Before moving to the United States, she worked at the Polonicum Centre of Polish Language and Culture for Foreigners at the University of Warsaw, the Warsaw School of Economics, and Lazarski University in Warsaw. Her research interests include the Polish language and […]
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- [Justyna Zych](https://naatpl.org/justyna-zych/): University of Warsaw profilej.zych@uw.edu.pl MemberNorth American Association of Teachers of Polish Justyna Zych is an assistant professor and deputy director at the Polonicum Centre of Polish Language and Culture for Foreigners at the University of Warsaw. She is also a member of the Team of Polish Language Abroad at the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), an expert of the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA), and a chair of the exams of Polish as a foreign language issued by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education. She completed her PhD in Literary Studies and two MAs in Polish […]
- [Jolanta Wróbel-Best](https://naatpl.org/jolanta-wrobel-best/): bestjwus@gmail.com MemberNorth American Association of Teachers of Polish Jolanta Wróbel-Best received double degrees in Polish language and literature as well as philosophy from Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland, and worked there as an assistant professor. Her Ph.D. dissertation on Polish modernism and Henri Bergson’s metaphysics was given a publishing award and printed as a book (Misteria czasu/Mysteries of Time 1999, 2012, 2nd edition). She is also the editor of the Wheels of Change: Feminist Transgressions in Polish Culture and Society (Warsaw University Press, 2021). Dr. Wróbel-Best’s interests incorporate a comprehensive approach to Polish studies, teaching Polish as a second language […]
- [Łukasz Wodzyński](https://naatpl.org/lukasz-wodzynski/): University of Wisconsin–Madison profilelukasz.wodzynski@wisc.edu Board MemberNorth American Association of Teachers of Polish Łukasz Wodzyński is an Assistant Professor of Polish at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He received his Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of Toronto. He taught Polish and Russian languages, literatures, and cultures at the University of Toronto, University of British Columbia, and McMaster University. Former Acting Director of Polish Language and Literature Program at the University of Toronto. His research interests revolve around modernist and contemporary Polish and Russian literatures, postcommunism, the romance mode, and representations of adventure experiences in modern fiction.
- [Svetlana Vassileva-Karagyozova](https://naatpl.org/svetlana-vassileva-karagyozova/): University of Kansas profilesvk@ku.edu MemberNorth American Association of Teachers of Polish Svetlana Vassileva-Karagyozova is an associate professor at the University of Kansas where she teaches upper-level courses in Polish and Czech as well as in West Slavic literature, cultures, and film. She holds a PhD in Comparative Slavic Literature from the Sofia University in Bulgaria. Dr. Vassileva-Karagyozova authored the book “Coming of Age under Martial Law: The Initiation Novels of Poland’s Last Communist Generation.” Her research interests include 20th and 21st-century Polish and Czech literature and film, trauma theory, gender, and post-humanist studies.
- [Ewa Małachowska-Pasek](https://naatpl.org/ewa-malachowska-pasek/): University of Michigan profileewamm@umich.edu MemberNorth American Association of Teachers of Polish Ewa Małachowska-Pasek is a collegiate lecturer in Polish and Czech Studies at the University of Michigan and a certified ACTFL OPI tester for Polish. She holds a PhD in Linguistics from the Institute of Polish Language at the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN) in Kraków, Poland, and a dual MA in Philosophy and Polish Philology from the University of Warsaw. Her research interests include Romani Studies, Polish language acquisition, lexicography, and cultural linguistics. She is a co-editor of the first five fascicles of “The Dictionary of the 17th and […]
- [Oscar Swan](https://naatpl.org/oscar-swan/): University of Pittsburgh profileswan@pitt.edu Honorary MemberNorth American Association of Teachers of Polish Oscar Swan is a professor of Polish and advisor of the Polish Studies minor at the University of Pittsburg. He received his PhD in Slavic Linguistics from the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of textbooks in Polish, Russian, Slovak, and Old Church Slavic. Among his recent books are “Kaleidoscope of Poland: A Cultural History” (2015), a translation of “Customs and Culture in Poland under the Last Saxon King” by Jędrzej Kitowicz (2019), and “The Short Story in a Polish Context” (2024), the last reflecting on […]
- [Lydia Roberts](https://naatpl.org/lydia-roberts/): University of California, Los Angeles profilelydia.h.roberts@ucla.edu MemberNorth American Association of Teachers of Polish Lydia Roberts is a doctoral student in the Department of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Languages and Cultures at UCLA. She is interested in the literature of East and Central European prisons and labor camps in the 20th century. She is currently writing a dissertation about the Soviet labor camps of the 1920s. Lydia has taught introductory Russian, introductory Polish, and content courses related to Slavic history and culture. She was awarded a Eugene V. Cota-Robles Fellow upon entry to her doctoral program and is currently a […]
- [Agnieszka Makles](https://naatpl.org/agnieszka-makles/): Rutgers University profileagnieszka.makles@rutgers.edu Board MemberNorth American Association of Teachers of Polish Agnieszka Makles is a Polish language lecturer at Rutgers University. She holds an MA in Foreign Language Teaching from Michigan State University following an earlier MA in Pedagogy from Jan Długosz University in Częstochowa, Poland. Her research interests include the application of corpus linguistics to language teaching, the use of authentic texts in instruction, and heritage language learners. Agnieszka is also co-founder/field researcher for the Texas Polish Dialect Project, focused on documenting the unique Polish language variety in Central Texas. Finally, she co-directs the Kościuszko Squadron, a Polish culture […]
- [Katarzyna Majchrowicz-Wolny](https://naatpl.org/katarzyna-majchrowicz-wolny/): University of Illinois Chicago profilekmajch3@uic.edu MemberNorth American Association of Teachers of Polish Katarzyna Majchrowicz-Wolny is a Ph.D. student and Polish language instructor at the UIC Polish, Russian, and Lithuanian Studies Department. Her literary research interests include environmental humanities, energy humanities, posthumanism, and climate change. She is particularly interested in the unfolding redefinition of humanity in 20th and 21st-century science fiction. In her teaching, she incorporates kinetic and sensory experiences into language learning activities, encouraging the students to explore the connection between language, body, and the environment. She is also interested in developing project-based language teaching methods. She holds a BA […]
- [Alina Klin](https://naatpl.org/alina-klin/): Wayne State University profilea.klin@wayne.edu MemberNorth American Association of Teachers of Polish Anna Klin is an associate professor emerita of teaching in Polish at Wayne State University in Detroit where she taught Polish language, culture, literature, and film. She holds a PhD in Southern Slavic Literatures from the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland. Dr. Klin is a recipient of the NAATPL Instructor Award for Exemplary Teaching and Learning Materials.
- [Bernadeta Kamińska](https://naatpl.org/bernadeta-kaminska/): University of Texas at Austin profileBernadetaKaminska@austin.utexas.edu MemberNorth American Association of Teachers of Polish Bernadeta Kamińska is a lecturer in the Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. She teaches Polish language at all levels, courses in Polish literature and Polish Cinema. She is a native speaker, lived in Poland until 1989, studied in Poland and West Berlin (Germany). Her current interests include foreign language pedagogy, second-language acquisition. She administers Polish placement tests to all students who intend to continue studying Polish at UT or students who want to test out of a language requirement. 2018 NAATPl Award […]
- [Iryna Kovalchuk](https://naatpl.org/iryna-kovalchuk/): Harvard University profileikovalchuk@fas.harvard.edu MemberNorth American Association of Teachers of Polish Iryna Kovalchuk teaches Polish language (elementary, intermediate, advanced levels) at Harvard University and Ukrainian language and culture at MIT. She is also a translator and a cultural manager. Prior to coming to the US, she worked at the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in Warsaw, where she managed the Eastern Partnership program, promoting Polish culture in Eastern Europe and the Southern Caucasus by organizing and supporting multi-annual projects in the fields of theater, film, visual arts, and music. Iryna’s pedagogical interests focus on incorporating art, culture, and body movement into Polish language […]
- [Piotr Kajak](https://naatpl.org/piotr-kajak/): University of Warsaw profilep.kajak@uw.edu.pl MemberNorth American Association of Teachers of Polish Piotr Kajak is an assistant professor and deputy director of the Polonicum Centre of Polish Language and Culture for Foreigners at the University of Warsaw where he teaches Polish as a foreign/second/heritage language. He is also an expert of the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) and an examining board member of the State Commission for the Certification of Proficiency in Polish as a Foreign Language issued by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. He obtained his PhD in Cultural Studies and Polish as a Foreign Language […]
- [Małgorzata Dzwonowski](https://naatpl.org/malgorzata-dzwonowski/): mdzwonowski@ccc.edu MemberNorth American Association of Teachers of Polish
- [Katarzyna Dziwirek](https://naatpl.org/katarzyna-dziwirek/): University of Washington profiledziwirek@uw.edu MemberNorth American Association of Teachers of Polish Katarzyna Dziwirek is a professor of Polish at the University of Washington in Seattle. She holds her PhD from the University of California, San Diego, and her MA in English from the University of Łódź. Her areas of study include syntax, morphology, typology, corpus linguistics, cross-cultural semantics and pragmatics, and bilingualism.
- [Agnieszka Dziedzic](https://naatpl.org/agnieszka-dziedzic/): University of Pennsylvania profileadzie@upenn.edu MemberNorth American Association of Teachers of Polish Agnieszka Dziedzic is a lecturer of Polish at the University of Pennsylvania and a music teacher at an elementary school in Wilmington, Delaware. She received her MEd at the University of Białystok, Poland, and a Certificate in Instructional Technologies and Online Learning from the Penn Language Center. She has been interested in new technologies for teaching foreign languages.
- [Paulina Duda](https://naatpl.org/paulina-duda/): Brown University profilePaulina_Duda@Brown.edu MemberNorth American Association of Teachers of Polish Paulina Duda is a visiting assistant professor of Polish language and culture at Brown University as well as an assistant professor at the New Media Arts Department at the Polish Japanese Academy of Information Technology in Warsaw. She received her PhD from the University of Michigan in 2017, her MA from the University College London, and her BA from the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. Her scholarly work focuses on the intersection of nationalism and filmmaking in Poland, film production and distribution under communism, the director’s role in society as well […]
- [Andrzej Brylak](https://naatpl.org/andrzej-brylak/): University of Southern California profilebrylak@usc.edu MemberNorth American Association of Teachers of Polish Andrzej Brylak is a postdoctoral scholar teaching Polish language, literature, and culture at the University of Southern California. He received his PhD in Slavic Studies at the University of Illinois Chicago and his MA in Jewish Studies at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland. His primary field of research is Polish and Eastern European modernity, especially in the post-WWII context. He is also interested in the impact the recent migration to Poland has on the Polish language.
- [Wayles Browne](https://naatpl.org/wayles-browne/): Cornell University profileewb2@cornell.edu MemberNorth American Association of Teachers of Polish Wayles Browne is a professor emeritus at Cornell University where he taught Polish from 1976 to 2012. He also taught Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian and other Slavic courses. Dr. Browne is a linguist, working on syntax, morphology and phonology of Slavic languages.
- [Ewa Bachmińska](https://naatpl.org/ewa-bachminska/): Cornell University profileeb583@cornell.edu MemberNorth American Association of Teachers of Polish Ewa Bachmińska is a senior lecturer of Polish at Cornell University where she teaches all levels of Polish and a film analysis course Animals in Global Cinema. In the past, she taught German and Spanish. She holds an MA in Applied Linguistics from Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland, an MA in Music (Vocal Jazz), and an MA in Spanish, both from the US. Currently, she’s a PhD candidate in Animal Science with minors in Slavic Linguistics, Film Studies, and Wildlife Conservation at Cornell. Her research is about including animals in […]
- [Current Members](https://naatpl.org/membership/current-members/): Executive Board Regular Members
- [Krzysztof E. Borowski](https://naatpl.org/krzysztof-e-borowski/): University of Wisconsin–Madison profileborowski3@wisc.edu Board Member, President (2024, 2025)North American Association of Teachers of Polish Krzysztof E. Borowski is a Lecturer in Polish Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, specializing in Polish language and culture. He earned his Ph.D. in Slavic Languages and Literatures from the University of Kansas and holds an MA in Slavic Languages and Literatures from the University of Wrocław, Poland. Previously, he has taught Polish at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Kansas. His pedagogical interests focus on new technologies in the teaching of Polish language and culture. In February 2024, he presented at […]
- [Łukasz Siciński](https://naatpl.org/lukasz-sicinski/): Indiana University profilelsicinsk@iu.edu Board MemberNorth American Association of Teachers of Polish Łukasz Siciński is a senior lecturer in the Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures at Indiana University Bloomington. He received his PhD from the University of Toronto where he studied Polish and Czech literatures. He teaches Polish language, literature, and film. His current research interests include 20th-century Polish literature, philosophy of language, postwar Polish cinema, and contemporary Czech cinema.
- [Michał Wilczewski](https://naatpl.org/michal-wilczewski/): Northwestern University profilemichal.wilczewski@northwestern.edu Board Member and TreasurerNorth American Association of Teachers of Polish Michał Wilczewski is a historian of modern East-Central Europe who specializes in Poland and Polish culture. At Northwestern, he regularly teaches Polish language, literature, culture, and history courses. He also serves as the faculty advisor of the Polish American Student Alliance (PASA) and is a Faculty Associate for Willard Residential College. Michał holds a Ph.D. in history from the University of Illinois at Chicago, an MA in history from Michigan State University, and a BA in sociology from La Salle University. He is the recipient of a 2013-2014 Fulbright IIE […]
- [Izolda Wolski-Moskoff](https://naatpl.org/izolda-wolski-moskoff/): University of Chicago profileizolda@uchicago.edu Former President (2020–2024)North American Association of Teachers of Polish Izolda Wolski-Moskoff holds a Ph.D. in Slavic linguistics from The Ohio State University, where she researched heritage Polish and taught Polish language and culture courses. She has taught Polish at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Pittsburgh’s intensive summer program, and the University of Illinois Chicago, where she built and led a program serving a diverse urban student population. Her work focuses on both the linguistic features of heritage Polish and the experiences of the Polish diaspora, including the chapter Poles and Their Language in the U.S. […]
- [Become a Member](https://naatpl.org/become-a-member/): Thank you for your interest in joining the North American Association of Teachers of Polish. Memberships are due by the end of each calendar year. Our memberships run from January 1 to December 31. To join or renew your membership, please fill out this form (new window): https://forms.gle/npaTpB7wp7BRNpQN9
- [History](https://naatpl.org/history/): The North American Association of Teachers of Polish (NAATPl) was founded on May 2, 2015 during the Professional Development Workshop for Instructors of Polish organized by the Polish Language Program of the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
- [Bylaws](https://naatpl.org/bylaws/): (adopted at the annual AATSEEL conference in Austin, Texas, January 8, 2016) Amendments to Bylaws (adopted electronically on August 11, 2020) 1. Name The Organization shall be known as the North American Association of Teachers of Polish / NAATPl. 2. Members The members of the Association shall be such persons who teach or have taught in the past the Polish language in North American educational institutions. 3. Mission The North American Association of the Teachers of Polish is an organization constituted to promote Polish language teaching in North America. The mission of the Organization includes, but is not limited to:• […]
- [Mission & Objectives](https://naatpl.org/mission-objectives/): Our mission is to create and maintain an active community of Polish language teachers in North America and to promote excellence in language teaching, learning, and research. Our main objectives include:
- [Contact](https://naatpl.org/contact/): Questions? Get in touch. Email us Our email address naatplorganization [at] gmail.com
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