Leonard Polakiewicz

• Specialties
• Publications
• Activities
• Awards
• Courses

Specialties

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Specialties

• Russian language and literature
• Chekhov; 19th C. Russian Novel
• Polish language and literature

Publications

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Publications

Activities

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Activities

Professional

• Dir. UM-Herzen University, UM-Maria Curie Sklodowska Univ Exchanges: Faculty exchanges. 1986 - none
• Advisory Board Member: The American University in Poland. 2004-- - none
• Reviewer of Abstracts: 2005 AATSEEL Conference. 2005 - none
• Member: AATSEEL Committee on Testing and Professional Development. 2002 - none
• External Reviewer: M.A. Thesis, Monash University, Australia. 2005 - 2006
• Examiner for Polish: Yale University's Center for Language Study. 2005-- - none

Outreach

• Consultant: Pol-Am Newsletter Editorial Staff. 1990 - none
• Consultant: Twin Cities Saturday School of Polish. 1985 - none
• Consultant: Polish American Cultural Institute of Minnesota. 1990 - none

Research

• Western Critical Response to Chekhov's The Island of Sakhalin, Russian History--Historie Russe, Vol. 33, No. 1, 2006: Scholarly article. 2004 - 2006
• Taman' Lermontova, Vory Chekhova i intertekstual'nost', Chekhoviana, forthcoming 2006: Scholarly Article. 2003 - 2006
• Pozhiznennoe zakliuchenie i smertnaia kazn' u Chekhova, Univ. of Iuzhno-Sakhalinsk Press: Scholarly article. 2004 - 2006
• Polish-English bilingualism: a case study in individual language shift, International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies, forthcoming 2006: Scholarly article. 2004 - 2006
• Kniaginia Chekhova -- Diagnoz -- nartsissicheskoe rasstroistvo lichnosti: Scholarly article. 2005 - none

Awards

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Awards

• University College Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Minnesota, none - 1995
• President's Award for Outstanding Service, none - 2003
• National Teacher of the Year Award, American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languges, none - 1994
• National Council of Organizations of Less Commonly Taught Languages, Ronald Walton Award, none - 2006
• Morse Amoco/Alumni Teaching Award, University of Minnesota, none - 1992
• Maria Curie-Sklodowska University Distinguished Service Medal, none - 1992
• College of Liberal Arts Distinguished Teacher Award, none - 1978
• Herzen University (St. Petersburg, Russia), Distinguished Service Award, none - 2002
• Cavalier's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, none - 1999
• Academy of Distinguished Teachers, University of Minnesota, none - 1999

Courses

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Courses

• Plsh 1101-1102, 3001-3002 - Beginning and Intermediate Polish
• Plsh 5900 - Advanced Polish
• Russ 3/5407 - Stories and Plays of Anton Chekhov in Translation
• Russ 5409 - 19th Century Russian Novel in Translation
• Russ1101-1102, 3001-3002 - Beginning and Intermediate Russian
• Plsh 5900 - Topics: Advanced Polish Language and Culture