Among my awards are the following: the Columbia College Chicago Excellence in Teaching Award (2017); a Fulbright Teaching Fellowship (Poland 2011); a Fulbright Research Fellowship (Germany 1992); the Harmonia Grant from the Polish National Science Center (Narodowe Centrum Nauki), which funded a multi-year study of the impact of social media on the experience of international students; both the Creative Arts Prize and the Swastek Prize (for best scholarly article of the year in Polish American Studies) from the Polish American Historical Association; the DAAD fellowship at the Albert-Ludwigs Universitaet in Freiburg, Germany; an NEH Grant for the Understanding American Communities Project; Faculty Development and Technology Grants; and the Dissertation Fellowship of the American Association of University Women.

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Emeriti Professor Award, Columbia College Chicago, 2025.

An emeriti title is bestowed upon those individuals who, while at Columbia, make significant contributions to the culture of their times in keeping with the College’s overall mission. This designation signifies a career marked by vision and leadership, whereby the designee had a marked impact on the lives of those within the Columbia community and actively shaped the future of the College, while also serving as a model for their professional peers outside of the College.

Suzanne McBride
Interim Senior Vice President and Provost Columbia College Chicago 2025

Winner, Excellence in Teaching Award, Columbia College Chicago, 2017.

Superior Achievement Award for Scholarly Book, Illinois State Historical Society Best of Illinois History Awards 2021 (for Poles in Illinois).

Harmonia Research Grant (Narodowe Centrum Nauki /National Science Center, Poland), 2012-14.

Fulbright Teaching Fellowship in American Cultural Studies to Poland, 2011-12.

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I was impressed with the way you guide students through a learning process that incorporates rigor, mentoring, passion, and ultimately engagement. Your ability to help students to personalize their learning and find immediacy in a wide range of ancient, modern, and post-modern texts is truly remarkable.

Stanley T. Wearden
Senior Vice President & Provost, Columbia College Chicago 2017

Creative Arts Prize, Polish American Historical Association, 2006. (For contributions in the field of creative arts by individuals who have promoted an awareness of the Polish experience in the Americas.)

Research Fellow, PIAST Institute of Polish & Polish-American Affairs, 2004 – 2014.

Joseph V. Swastek Prize, Polish American Historical Association, 2004. (Best scholarly article of the year in Polish American Studies.)

Curriculum Development Grant, for Development of Multicultural Ethics course, “Diversity & Values,” Columbia College Chicago, Summer 2000.

Second Prize, BEA International Faculty Interactive Multimedia Competition (Juried), 2000.

Faculty Development Grant, “Urban Images: A Multimedia Textbook,” Columbia College Chicago, Fall 1999.

Technology Fellowship, “Urban Images: Interactive Syllabus and Instructional Materials,” Columbia College Chicago, Spring 1999.

Carthage College Faculty Research Grant: “Ethnicity, Religion, and Nationalism: Philosophy in the ‘New’’ Eastern Europe,” Summer Research Semester at Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, 1997.

U.S. Delegate, Citizen Ambassador Program of the Eisenhower Foundation, Philosophy Delegation to Russia and Central/East Europe, 1995.

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Grant for the Kenosha Public Library Series in Cultural Studies, “Reading the Past into the Present,” as Professor/Consultant for the Understanding American Communities Program, 1995.

Interdisciplinary Curricular Development in Philosophy & The Arts, Carthage College, 1994.

Instructional Development Grant: Integrating Cultural Studies into the Curriculum, Carthage College, 1993.

Fulbright Research Fellowship in Philosophy to Germany, 1992.

Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst (DAAD) Research Fellowship to Albert Ludwigs Universität, Freiburg, Germany, 1992.

American Dissertation Fellowship, The American Association of University Women, 1991-1992.

Graduate Research Assistantship to the Arthur J. Schmitt Chair at Loyola University Chicago, 1986.