Ann Hetzel Gunkel
As a public intellectual, I have been interviewed in numerous local and national media on food studies, Polish American topics, gender issues, and popular culture. I have appeared in documentary films as well as newspapers such as the Chicago Tribune and The Christian Science Monitor. I have has served as a Curator for Museum Exhibitions and Consultant to arts organizations, documentarians, and grantees of the National Endowment for the Humanities, among others. I am also an award winning designer of educational multimedia and a published documentary photographer whose works have appeared in scholarly journals, newspapers, films, TV and popular magazines. An award-winning pioneer in the field of digital multimedia memory arts, my graphic designs have been widely published throughout the arts and crafts industry, appearing in over 100 books and magazines. More recently,I have published photography and social media content on birds and conservation, particulary in support of endangered Great Lakes Piping Plovers.
I have served as Guest Editor for a special edition on Polka Studies of the scholarly journal, Polish American Studies, as well as serving on the Editorial Board of the scholarly journals Ad Americam (Poland) and Polish American Studies (US). I have Chaired several international scholarly conferences, served on the Academic Excellence Committee of the Board of my alma mater, Resurrection College Preparatory High School for Girls in Chicago, Illinois. I currently serve on the Board of the Chicago Audubon Society where I'm also Editor and Communications Chair. At my home institution of Columbia College Chicago, I am a Co-Founder and former Director of the Cultural Studies Program; I have served multiple terms as Humanities Coordinator as well as Coordinator of Women & Gender Studies and the Excellence in Teaching Committee. I serve actively on the Department Curriculum Committee and the Faculty Senate.
Among my awards and honors 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.
An award-winning author of educational multimedia, I have authored a variety of websites, blogs, and CD Roms. My digital artworks have been exhibited at A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago and Los Angeles Center for Digital Art. I have published numerous interactive syllabi (reviewed in juried festivals) and digital design CD Roms. My websites in the field of Polish American Studies have reached an international readership of over a quarter million.
I am also a published documentary photographer whose works have appeared in scholarly journals and popular magazines. An award-winning pioneer in the field of digital multimedia memory arts, my graphic designs have been widely published throughout the arts and crafts industry, including Legacy magazine, Creating Keepsakes magazine, Simple Scrapbooking, PaperKuts magazine & books, Memory Makers magazine & books, Woman's Day Scrapbooking & Paper Crafts, Scrapbook Trends, NanC and Co & Cantata Books, and Scrap & the City: Scrapbooking for Urban Divas & Small Town Rebels (Soho Publishing, 2006). I also served as a Contributing Editor and founding Editorial Board Member for Digital Scrapbooking Magazine.
Commentator, Not Quite White: Arabs, Slavs, and the Contours of Contested Whiteness Film by the Silk Road Project, 2012.
Co-Curator & Consultant, The International Accordion Festival / Trust for Mutual Understanding's Eastern Europe/American Musical Exchange Project, June – October 2005.
Consultant & Expert Commentator, Dom Polski: Dance Hall Days of Detroit Polonia, Documentary Film, Fall 2005 Premiere.
Consultant, The Polish Americans by Peg Hall. Heinemann Publishers, 2003.
Co-Curator & Exhibit Consultant, Squeezebox: Accordion Communities in the U.S. Witte Museum. Texas Folklife Resources, Guadalupe Cultural Center, and San Antonio Office of Cultural Affairs, Sept. 2002.
Documentary Film Consultant, Vrazels Polka Band, Texas Folklife Center, 2003.
"12 under 12." Time Out Chicago Kids, March 2012.
Expert Commentator, Not Quite White: Arabs, Slavs, and the Contours of Contested Whiteness. Film by Jamil Khoury and the Silk Road Project, Fall 2011 Premiere.
Interviewed/featured in a short Film promoting the Transatlantic Studies Program at Jagiellonian University (14 January 2012) (Topic: Teaching at Jagiellonian University) Promotional Film published online at TAS February 2012
Interviewed on Radiofonia 100,5 FM Krakow (22 November 2011) (Topic: American Thanksgiving)
Created and maintained a personal & family blog of our Fulbright Semester with 402 of total posts and 6200 page Views titled Gunkels w Polsce/Gunkels in Poland at :http://gunkelfamily.blogspot.com/
Article in @las Magazine The Annual Magazine of Liberal Arts & Sciences at Columbia College Chicago (Fall 2011/Spring 2012, 9).
"Lamb cake still just once a year treat." Chicago Sun Times Food Section. 31 March 2010. p.3A.
"A little lamb cake history." Chicago Sun Times Online. 31 March 2010.
"20 Great Towns & Neighborhoods to Live In," Chicago Magazine. April 2010. pp. 60-70.
"A Feast Like No Other." Chicago Sun Times. December 19, 2007. pp. N1-2.
"A Feast Like No Other," & "Meatless Feast." Chicago Sun Times News Group. December 19, 2007.
"Meet Our Team: Ann Hetzel Gunkel." Digital Scrapbooking. February/March 2008.
"Those Were The Days – Dance Hall Days." Polish American Journal. August 2007.
"From the Editor's Desk." The Polish Weekly / Tygodnik Polski. August 30, 2007.
"The Polish-Italian St. Joseph Connection." Chicago Sun-Times. Wednesday, March 7, 2007. p.3.
"PAHA Announces 2006 Award Winners." Polish American Journal. January 2007. p.10.
"Ann Hetzel Gunkel." Digital Scrapbooking. April/May 2007. p. 41.
"A Designer's Life." Scrap Girls Newsletter. January 29, 2007.
"The Uniform Rules: Well worn and much appreciated." Chicago Tribune. October 18, 2006. 5 C p. 4.
"Reasons to release your inner oddball." Fort Wayne (IN) News Sentinal. September 5, 2006.
"Reasons to release your inner oddball." Chicago Tribune. Sunday, August 27, 2006. Section 13, Pp. 1 , 10.
"Rockin' out Polka style: Chicago Polka group brings new meaning to tradition." Northwest Indiana Times. June 5, 2006.
"(Un)Covering Athletes." The New York Review of Magazines. Volume 6, Spring/Summer 2006. pp. 36-37.
"From Polka to Hip Hop with a Lot of Soul in Between." Floating Rock (Polka Magazine). No. 2. April 2006, p. 4.
"Maybe he's not from Mars after all: The perception that men are commitment-phobic is challenged by authors and researchers." Daily Southtown. February 8, 2006. Daily Southtown Online: http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/dsliving/081ldcov.htm
From Polka to Hip Hop with a Lot of Soul in Between. Television Film. Dir. Wojtek Sawa. March 2006.
"PAHA Polonian Program." Polish American Journal. January 2006. p. 11.
"A Taste of Home," New Jersey Herald News. December 24, 2005.
"Holiday Foods Bring a Taste of the Old Country." New Jersey Record December 24, 2005.
"Co proponuja historycy [To advocate history]." Nowy Dziennik. 17-18 December 2005.
"Review of Grade A Scraps Vol. 2." Tid Bytes Digital Scrapbooking Magazine. July 15, 2005.
"Review of Grade A Scraps Spring/Summer." Tid Bytes Digital Scrapbooking Magazine. July 2005
"How did comics turn so dark? The leap from Superman to "Sin City" either reflects a maturing audience or one reveling in violence." Denver Post. May 22, 2005. http://www.denverpost.com/favicon.ico/ci_2746161
"Hard to Stereotype Pope John Paul II." (Letter). Edison-Norwood Times. April 21, 2005. pp. 12-13.
"Write from the Heart." Simple Scrapbooks Magazine. July/August 2005.
"Featured Designer: Ann Hetzel Gunkel." Scrap Girls Newsletter. 17 February 2005. http://www.scrapgirls.com
"Ann Gunkel: Digital." The 2005 PK [PaperKuts] Power Book. Orem, Utah: Possibilities Publishing, 2004. pp. 102-108.
"Featured Member." National Scrapbooking Association. Dec. 5, 2004. http://nsa.gs/dispFeaturedMember.cfm?FID=17
"Seasonal Solutions: Goals." Creating Keepsakes Magazine, November 2004. Vol. 9, Issue, 11. p. 56
"Introducing the 2005 PK Power Team." PaperKuts Magazine. October/November 2004. pp. 92 – 106.
"Hornman: The Kind of Book Polonia Needs," in Polish Ameican Journal. June 2004. Vol. 93, No. 6. p. 16.
"Computer Tips: Video Capture to the Rescue," Creating Keepsakes Magazine June 2004 Vol. 9 Issue 6. p. 48.
"Life after Martha Stewart," in Chicago Tribune. Sunday March 28, 2004. Sect.15, Pp. 1 – 9. Also at Chicago Tribune Online Edition. http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/chi-0403280012mar28,1,1850782.story
"Life after Martha Stewart," in (Florida) Sun-Sentinal. March 28, 2004. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/local/chi-0403280012mar28,0,1295663.story?coll=sfla-business-headlines
"Polka Studies takes Center Stage at PAHA Conference," Polish American Journal. Vol. 93, No. 3, March 2004, pp.16.
"Digital Scrapping for Everyone," Women's Day Scrapbooking & Keepsakes. Vol. XIV, No. 1, Spring 2004. pp. 18-20.
"Same-sex marriage laws upset Chicago-area gays," The Columbia Chronicle. Feb 23, 2004 Vol. 37, Number 18. pp. 40-38.
"We can't help but wonder what did we get from six years of 'Sex'? Lasting messages for women," Chicago Sun Times, Feburary 20, 2004. Also at Chicago Sun Times Online, February 20, 2004. http://www.suntimes.com/output/entertainment/cst-ftr-impact20.html
"Wayne State University Press Releases Horn Man," Polish American Journal. November 2003. Vol. 92, No. 11. p. 17.
"The Daily Special," Chicago Reader. September 25, 2003. Vol. 32, No. 52, Sec.1, p. 35.
"Secrets of a Polka Scholar: Polka's wild side," Chicago Journal. September 25, 2003. Vol. 3, No.49, 4.
"Polka—the proletarian cool," Chicago Journal. September 25, 2003. Vol. 3, No., 49, p. 3.
"Gunkel to discuss polka's influence," Edison-Norwood Times. September 25, 2003. p. 73. Also appeared in: Park Ridge Herald Advocate, Niles Herald Spectactor, Edgebrook-Sauganash Review, Des Plaines Times, Norridge & Harwood Heights News, Mount Prospect Times, Skokie Review, Lincolnwood Review.
"Polka and Cultural Resistance," Chicago Tribune. September 24, 2003. Section 8, p. 6.
"Polka and Cultural Resistance at Columbia College," Polish American Journal. September 2003. Vol. 92, No.9. p. 17.
"Events," Polonia Today. September 2003.
"Love on the Big Screen." Elgin Courier News. July 31, 2003. Also at The Courier News Online. July 31, 2003. http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/couriernews/features/e31couples.htm
"The Music Makers of Detroit's Polonia," Polish American Journal. July 2003. Vol. 92, No. 7, p.17.
"Tradition colors Polish Easter feast." Pioneer Press. (Appeared in 49 Illinois Newspapers, including Edison-Norwood Times, Park Ridge Herald-Advocate, Evanston Review, et. al.) April 10, 2003. Pp. 1, 59. Also at Pioneer Press Online. April 10, 2003. http://www.pioneerlocal.com/cgi-bin/ppo-food?foodwhat=feature/04-10-03-feature
"Changing face of Hollywood's leading ladies," Elgin Courier News. March 23, 2003. Also at The Courier News Online. March 23, 2003.http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/features/e23women.htm
"Potpourri." Edison - Norwood Times Review. Thursday, February 27, 2003. p. 64.
"Did We Need a Sports Magazine for Women?" The Bergen Record (Bergen County, NJ). October 29, 2002.
"Magazine's demise stirs women's debate," High Point (NC) Enterprise. October 28, 2002. p.11.
"Did we need a sports magazine for women?" The Record (Hackensack, NJ). October 28, 2002. p. L7.
"Sports Illustrated Women is folding: Is that bad? Feminists are flummoxed: a reason to boo or cheer?" Daily Press (Victorville, CA). October 27, 2002.
"End of Sports Illustrated Women raises questions," The Idaho Statesman. October 25, 2002. p. 41.
"Magazine's demise stirs debate," The Columbian (Vancouver, WA). October 26, 2002. p. D6.
"SI Women's timely demise?" The Advocate (Stamford, CT). October 24, 2002.
"Cheers or jeers? Feminist groups divided over cancellation of Sports Illustrated Women," Missoulian (MT). October 24, 2002. p. 4.
"Cheers or jeers for magazine's end? Sex appeal became focus of women's Sports Illustrated," The Kansas City Star. October 23, 2002. p. F5.
"Demise of SI Women raises questions," Courier (Waterloo, IA). October 23, 2002.
"'Cheesy' approach doomed SI Women," The Buffalo News. October 23, 2002. p.7.
"Sports Illustrated Women is folding. Is that bad?" Wisconsin Journal Sentinel. October 23, 2002.
"Sports Illustrated Women is folding. Is that bad?" Chicago Tribune. October 21, 2002. Section 5. Also at Chicago Tribune Online. October 21, 2002. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/showcase/chi-0210210017oct21.story
"Cultural Studies: A stab at reality or slap at education?" Chicago Tribune. September 16, 2002. Section 5, Page 2.
"Summer Surprise: 'Greek Wedding' keeps growing," Christian Science Monitor. August 23, 2002, p.1. Also at Christian Science Monitor/csmonitor.com. August 23, 2002, p.1. http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0823/p01s02-ussc.html
"Web sites allow us to make cyber-pilgrimages near and far," The Catholic Observer. May 24, 2002, p.24.
"Boys Club at the Multiplex," The [Waukegan, IL] News Sun Online. May 19, 2002. http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/newssun/spotlight/e19boys.htm
"Boys Club at the Multiplex: How come summer movies reek of blood, gasoline and testosterone?" The [Aurora, IL] Beacon News Online. May 30, 2002. http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconnews/entertainment/a30boys.htm
"Boys Club at the Multiplex," Elgin Courier News. May 19, 2002.
"Mommie Dearest: literature, movies have not been kind to dear old Mom," Elgin Courier News. May 14, 2002. Also at The Courier News Online. May 14, 2002. http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/couriernews/spotlight/e12moms.htm
"The Immigrant Experience: Vilnius by any name..." Lithuanian Heritage. March/April 2002, Vol.9 No. 2, pp. 6-11.
"Old Easter customs still hold sway," Florida News-Press. March 27, 2002. Also at News-Press Online. March 27, 2002. http://www.news-press.com/news/today/020327blessing.html
"Easter, Polish Style,"The (Canton, OH) Repository, D1-2, March, 27, 2002. Also at CantonRep.Com. March 27, 2002. http://www.cantonrep.com/cantonrep01/menus.php?ID=37816&Category=4
"What is Dyngus Day?" Polonia Today, March 2002, Vol.91 No.3.
"Polish Christmas in Washington," New American Voices. Voice of America Radio & Website. Originally Broadcast December 24, 2001. http://www.voanews.com/newamericanvoices/navtext12-24-01.html
"A Legend Returns to Michigan," The Polka News Vol. 31, No. 23. December 5, 2001.
"Professors Zip Through Cyberspace: Newest Frontier Gives Educators New Challenges." Kenosha News24 May 1995.
"Piping Plover At Montrose Beach." Minding Nature. Vol. 13, No. 1, Spring 2020, 65.
Larix decidua pendula [Weeping larch]. Conifer Quarterly. Vol.29, No.3, Summer 2012, 3.
"Dog Meets World." Simple Scrapbooks. November / December 2006.
"Baranek," "Oplatek," "Paczek," "Pierogi," (Documentary Photographs). In Polish American Studies, Vol. LXII, No. 1, Spring 2005, 36-7, 41.
"Polka Happiness." (Documentary Photograph). In Polish American Studies, Vol. LXI. No. 2, Autumn 2004: 51.
"Polish American Street Processions." (Documentary Photographs). In Polish American Studies, Vol. LX. No.2, Autumn 2003.
"Stained Glass at St. John Cantius (Documentary Photograph)." In Lithuanian Heritage, March/April 2002: Vol. 9 No. 2: 1, 10.
"The Polish American Village at Wilno (Documentary Photograph)." In Lithuanian Heritage, March/April 2002, Vol. 9 No.2: 10.
"Polish Paper Cut (Digital Image)." New American Voices. Voice of America Radio Website. December 24, 2001. http://www.voanews.com/newamericanvoices/navtext12-24-01.html
"Corpus Christi in Krakow (Ethnographic Documentary Photograph)." In Crisis: Politics, Culture and the Church, May 2001.
"Swieconka in Chicago (Ethnographic Documentary Photograph)." In Crisis: Politics, Culture and the Church, May 2001.
"Snapshots: Digital Art Only." ARC Gallery. Chicago, Illinois. July 5 – 29, 2006. Five Works: "After Degas," "Beloved," "H20," "Zosia," "Camera Texts."
"Snap to Grid." Los Angeles Center for Digital Art (LACDA). September 14 - October 7, 2006. Two Works: "After Degas." "H20."
"A White Sox Story." The Best of Digital Scrapbooking 2010. p.72.
"Jan Trzeci." Digital Scrapbooking. August/September 2008. p. 21.
"Urban Self Portrait," "Perfect Moment," "Pierogi," "All About Eve/All About Me." Digital Scrapbooking. February/March 2008. pp.12-13; 77.
"Fabulous 40s" and "Results not Typical." Digital Scrapbooking. October/November 2007. P. 11.
"Results not Typical," "Fabulous 40s," "How I Became a Warrior," and "Altered Kitchen Objects." Digital Scrapbooking. June/July 2007. pp. 70-71.
"About a Boy," and "Precious Jewel." Digital Scrapbooking April / May 2007. pp. 41, 48.
"An Artist's Travel Journal." Legacy Magazine. December/January 2007. pp. 6-11.
"Love the Moment." The Kodak Book of Fast & Easy Scrapbook Pages. Arvada, CO: Cantata Books, Inc. 2007.
"St. Joseph's Day Table," and "51st Anniversary." Creating Keepsakes Idea Annual Volume 10. 2006.
"A Christmas Pretzel," "Polish Easter Basket," "First Day of Preschool," "Counting our Blessings," and "Wag the Dog." The Joy of Scrapbooking. Arvada, CO: Cantata Books, Inc. 2006. pp. 76, 129, 215, 216, 217.
"Flag of Mourning: Pope John Paul II." Legacy Magazine. October/November 2006. p. 88.
"Self Portrait," and "A White Sox Story." Simple Scrapbooks' Digital 5 2006. pp. 70-1, 91.
"Dance," and "Holiday Ecstasy." Scrap City: A Guide to Scrapbooking for Urban Divas and Small Town Rebels. New York: Sixth & Spring Press, 2006. pp. 92 - 95.
"Let Nothing You Dismay," "Scrapper’s Self Portrait," "Blueprint of Home," "At 4," "See Food Seattle," "Ann’s Arts and Crafts Studio." Graphic Scrapbook Pages. Denver, CO: Memory Makers Books, 2006.
"How to Make a Snow Angel." Ultimate Guide to Scrapbooking. Denver, CO: Memory Makers Books, 2005. p. 164.
"The 57 Chevy," and "The 69 Chevelle." Creating Keepsakes. January 2006. p. 84.
"Home Sweet Home." Legacy Magazine. February/March 2006. p. 82.
"Cafe Society," "Coffee Rules," and "Paczki Pals," Digital Scrapbooking Magazine, Fall 2005.
"Pure Love," "Fresh," "Explore the Web of Intrigue," and "Web of Intrigue." The Kodak Book of Scrapbooking Your Baby Photos. Arvada, CO: Cantata Books, Inc. 2006. pp. 27, 56, 92.
"A Cup of Hot Cocoa," "Live A-Bundt-ant-ly," "Rocket Science," "T Time," and "The Incredible Shrinking Woman." Simple Scrapbooks' Digital 4. 2005. pp. 61, 64, 68, 71, 97.
"Christmas Memories." Scrapbook Trends' Holidays. Orem, UT: Northridge Media, 2005. p. 117.
"True Blue Pal," "The Face," and "The Pastry and the Pup." Pet Friendly. Orem, UT: Possibilities Publishing, 2005. pp. 41, 82, 102, 110.
"Recipe for S'More Fun." Legacy Magazine. August/September 2005. Vol. 4 Issue 5. August/September 2005. p. 95.
"Autumn in New York," and "Opa and Me." Paperkuts Magazine. August/September 2005. pp. 34, 97.
"Polish Pottery," "Survivor: Preschool Edition," "The Two Mouse-keteers," "Horseradish," "Coffee & Cake," "Polish Legacy," "Family." Family Matters. Orem, Utah: Possibilities Publishing, 2005. pp. 49, 58, 65, 67, 74, 77, 117.
"Travels 2004," "Sing it, Sister." Simple Scrapbooks Magazine. July/August 2005. Write from the Heart Feature: p. 89; Virtual Page Feature: Online. PDF version.
"Take the Plunge," "Simple Delight of Fishing," "Stasiu's Summer Plums." Paperkuts Magazine. June/July 2005. pp. 64, 66, 89.
"Now I Know What Love Is," "A Gift of Lilacs," and "Crocuses." Paperkuts Magazine. April / May 2005. pp. 30, 69, 72.
"Dog Toys from Hell." Legacy Magazine. April / May 2005.
"Work." A Simple Guide to Digital Scrapbooking 3. 2005. p. 96.
"Groovy Hat," and "The Sweetest Shredder." Paperkuts' All Boy Pure Girl. Orem, Utah: Possibilities Publishing, 2005. pp.23, 61.
"Our Parish Church," and "Precious Flower." Women's Day Scrapbooking & Keepsakes. Vol. XV. No. 1, Spring 2005. pp. 22-25.
"Canine Cool," and "How to Make A Snow Angel." 501 Great Scrapbook Page Ideas. Denver: Memory Makers Books, 2005. pp. 79; 107.
"Busia & Dziadzia," and "Serving Tray." Paperkuts Magazine. February/March 2005. pp. 79, 102-3.
"Amor."Legacy Magazine. February / March 2005. p. 91.
"A Christmas Pretzel." Paperkuts Magazine. December / January 2005. p. 73.
"Goals." Creating Keepsakes Magazine, November 2004. Vol. 9, Issue, 11. p. 56.
"Real." PaperKuts Magazine. October / November 2004. p. 104.
"Perchance to Dream," "Smallish Things," and "Stara Kaczka." Baby, Oh Baby. Orem: Utah: Possibilities Publishing, 2004.
"Afire," "101 things I love," "Ascend," "Pint Sized Picasso," "Some Children See Him," "No One is More You-er Than You," "Miracle," "Spaghetti Carbonara," "Adore," and "Eyes." The 2005 PK [PaperKuts] Power Book. Orem, Utah: Possibilities Publishing, 2004. pp. 102-108.
"Holiday Delight", "Wonder", "Sweets for St. Joseph," in A Simple Guide to Digital Scrapbooking 2. 2004. pp. 74, 83, 85. Online Simple Scapbooks Magazine at http://simplescrapbooksmag.com.
"Digital Party Favors." Women's Day Scrapbooking & Keepsakes. Vol. XIV. No. 2, Fall 2004. p. 68.
"Polish Easter," "Family Traditions," and "Polish Easter Basket." Celebrating the Holidays Scrapbook Style. Denver, Co: Memory Makers Books. 2004. Page 64.
"Christmas Crafts." Tid-Bytes, September 2004. http://www.scrapbook-bytes.com
"The New York Book Project," "To Boldy Go…" and "The Midget Man March." It's All About Travel. Provo, Utah: Leisure Arts Books, 2004. pp. 9, 49, 61.
"True Friends," and "Bad Santa." It's All About Pets Provo: Utah: Leisure Arts Books, 2004. pp.3, 17.
"Jump for Joy." Memory Makers Super Scrapbook Pages. Summer 2004. p. 52.
"Project Greenlight." Creating Keepsakes Magazine, June 2004, Vol. 9, Issue 6, p. 48.
"Digital Design for Everyone: How to Eat a Brownie." Woman's Day Scrapbooking & Keepsakes. Vol. XIV. No. 1, Spring 2004. pp. 2, 18.
"Paczki Day." (Hot Bytes. What's Hot in Scrapping) In Tid-Bytes, November 2003. P. 25. http://www.scrapbook-bytes.com .
Academic Excellence Committee of the Board, Resurrection College Preparatory High School, Chicago, 2014- 2019.
Selection Committee, Polish Women's Hall of Fame of the PIAST Institute, 2017 - 2019.
Executive Council, Polish American Historical Association (PAHA), 2001 – 2017.
Chair, Working Group on Pedagogy, Cultural Studies Association (CSA US), 2013-14.
National Conference Chair, Polish American Historical Association (PAHA), 2009 – 2011.
National Vice President, Polish American Historical Association (PAHA), 2007 – 2009.
Director of Online Communications, Polish American Historical Association (PAHA), 2003 - 2007.
Research Fellow, Piast Institute, A National Institute of Polish & Polish American Affairs, Detroit, MI. 2004 - 2008.
Board of Directors, Piast Institute, A National Institute of Polish & Polish American Affairs, Detroit, MI. 2003 - 2008.
Board of Directors, Midwest Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, 2001 - 2012.
Doctoral and Masters Thesis Co-Director, Program in Applied Language and Cultural Studies, Universite Chouaib Doukkali (Morocco), 2015 – present.
International Advisory Board, Cultural Studies and Marxism Book Series, Rowman & Littlefield International Publishing, London, 2015 – present.
Member, Academic Excellence Committee of the Board, Resurrection College Preparatory High School, Chicago, IL, 2015 - 2019.
Editorial Board, Ad Americam: Journal of American Studies, 2012 – present.
Editorial Board, Polish American Studies, 2005 – present.
Associate Editor, Cultural Landscapes: A Journal of Cultural Studies, 2007 – 2014.
Editorial Reviewer, Bloomsbury (Journal) Publishing, London, 2014 – present.
Editorial Reviewer, Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 2012 – present.
Editorial Reviewer, Current Sociology, 2011- present.
Research Fellow, Piast Institute of Polish & Polish American Affairs, 2004 – present.
Director of Online Communications, Polish American Historical Association, 2003 - 2007.
Guest Editor, Special Journal Issue on Polka Studies, Polish American Studies, Autumn 2004.
Editorial Consultant, The Polish Americans by Peg Hall. Heinemann Publishing, 2003.
Editorial reader for Hypatia, an international scholarly journal of philosophy, 1995 - 2003.
Field Faculty Advisor, Norwich University Graduate Program (Women's Studies), 2001.
Editorial reviewer for Reflections: An Anthology of African American Philosophy, Wadsworth Press, 2000.
Panel Organizer, “Crossing Digital Borders – Negotiating Cultural Displacement: International Students in the U.S. and Poland,” Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America [PIASA] Fifth World Congress of Polish Studies, Warsaw University, June 2014. (refereed)
Seminar Participant, “Pedagogical Practices in Cultural Studies: Approaches to Teaching Concepts, Theories, and Methodologies,” Cultural Studies Association (CSA US), University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, May 2014.
Panel Organizer, “Cultural Studies Pedagogy: Pedagogy in Neo-Liberal Context,” Cultural Studies Association (CSA US), University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, May 2014.
Panel Organizer, “Cultural Studies Pedagogy: Emerging Scholars Thinking Hegemony and Pedagogy” Cultural Studies Association (CSA US), University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, May 2014.
National Conference Host Committee, Cultural Studies Association (CSA US), Chicago, May 2013.
Panel Chair, “Machinic Interventions: AI, Social Robotics, and Algorithmic Culture,” Cultural Studies Association (CSA US) Conference, Chicago, May 2013.
Panel Chair, “(Re)Thinking the PostHuman,” Cultural Studies Association (CSA US) Conference, Chicago, May 2013.
National Conference Host Committee, Cultural Studies Association (CSA US), Chicago, March 2011.
Panel Chair, "Mashups, Remixes, and Authorship: Making and Meaning," Cultural Studies Association (CSA) Conference, March, 2011.
National Conference Chair, Annual Meeting of the Polish American Historical Association (PAHA), San Diego, CA, 2010.
National Conference Chair, Annual Meeting of the Polish American Historical Association (PAHA), New York, NY, January 2009.
Area Chair, "Festivals and Food Studies," (MPCA/ACA) Midwest Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Conference, 2002 - 2012.
Panel Chair, "Cultural Studies and Education," (PCA/ACA) Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, New Orleans, April 2009.
Panel Chair, "Polish American Women," Polish American Historical Association, New York, NY, January 2009.
Panel Organizer, "Documentary Film Premiere: Dance Hall Days of Detroit Polonia." Polish American Historical Association, Washington, D.C., January, 2008.
Panel Organizer & Chair, "Crafting Ethnicity: Polish American Mixed Media Artists," Polish American Historical Association Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA, January 2006.
Panel Chair, "Polonian Presentation of Self," Polish American Historical Association Annual Conference, Seattle, Washington, January 2005.
Panel Organizer, "Reading Polka Literature: Music, Voice and Polish American Identity," Polish American Historical Association, Washington, DC, January, 2004.
Panel Organizer, "Polka Studies," Polish American Historical Association, Washington, DC, January, 2004.
Panel Organizer, "The Aesthetics of Ethnic Practice," School of Visual Arts Conference on Liberal Arts and the Education of Artists, New York NY, October 2003.
Panel Organizer, "Virtual Ethnicity: The Case of Polonia Online," Midwest Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, October, 2003.
Panel Chair, "Polonia Online: Ethnicity & Cyberspace," Polish American Historical Association, Chicago, IL, January, 2003.
Panel Chair, "Feast & Festival: Negotiating Ethnicity & Identity through Religious Celebration," Midwest Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October, 2002.
Panel Organizer & Chair, "Cultural Expressions of Polish Diaspora," at Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America Annual Conference, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, June, 2000.
Panel Organizer, "Polka Theory: Ethnic Urban American Music at the Millennium," at (ASA) American Studies Association, Detroit, October, 2000.
Panel Organizer & Chair, "Pedagogies of Virtual Narrative & Display," at The School of Visual Arts Annual Conference on Liberal Arts and the Education of Artists, New York, October, 2000.
Panel Organizer & Chair, "Rethinking Polonia: Cultural Expressions of Polish Diaspora," at Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America Annual Conference, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, June, 2000.
Panel Organizer, "Polka! Polka! Polka! Ethnic Music at the Millennium," at Polish American Historical Association Conference, Chicago, January 2000.
"Ethnicity, Religion, and Nationalism," Skola Letnia Kultury I Jezyka Polskiego, Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego, Krakow, Poland, (Jagiellonian University Summer School of Polish Language and Culture), Krakow, Poland, July-August, 1997.
Humanities Coordinator (2000-2007; 2015 - present)
Departmental Curriculum Committee (2015 - present)
Director of Cultural Studies (2008-2011)
Co-Founder, Cultural Studies Program
Departmental Search Committees(2000, 2004, 2012)
Undergraduate Thesis Supervision (2007 - present)
Director of Women & Gender Studies (2001- 2005)
Collegewide Teaching & Learning Committee (2019-2021)
Faculty Online Pedagogy Team (2019-2021)
Faculty Senate (2021 - present)
Winner, Excellence in Teaching Award, Columbia College Chicago, 2017.
Nominee, Excellence in Teaching Award, Columbia College Chicago, 2016.
Harmonia Research Grant (Narodowe Centrum Nauki /National Science Center, Poland), 2012-14.
Fulbright Teaching Fellowship in American Cultural Studies to Poland, 2011-12.
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 - present.
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.