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Bozena Nowicka McLees

Title/s:  Director of Polish Studies

Office #:  Crown Center 217F

Phone: 773.508.2864

Email: bmclees@luc.edu

Degrees

  • A.B.D. University of Illinois in Chicago, Polish Literature, 1984
  • M.A. University of Illinois, Polish Language and Literature, 1981
  • B.A. University of Illinois, Business, Polish History and Literature, 1980

Research Interests

  • Polish Language, Culture, Literature and History 
  • Polish Diaspora and Bilingualism 
  • Teaching Polish Language in the U.S.
  • Polish Immigration 
  • Polish Drama
  • Polish Film

Courses Taught

  • POST 395 Capstone 
  • LITR 282 Polish Drama 
  • LITR 200 European Masterpieces 
    • Polish Short Story 
    • Post-World II Polish Literature
  • POLS 101 Elementary Polish 
  • POLS 102 Elementary Polish 
  • POLS 103 Intermediate Polish 
  • POLS 104 Intermediate Polish 
  • POLS 250 Advanced Polish, Composition and Conversation 
  • POLS 251 Advanced Polish, Composition and Conversation 
  • POLS 270 Contemporary Polish Culture in the Original Language 

Selected Publications

  • Language Diversity in the USA edited by Kim Potowski, Chapter: Polish in the United States, Cambridge University Press, 2010
  • Translation: Poems from Vade-Mecum by Cyprian Kamil Norwid, The Polish Review, vol. XXVIII, no. 3, New York 1983