JAMES S. PULA

378 Ballenisle Court ▪ Chesterton, IN 46304 ▪ Cell (219) 448-3214 ▪ jpula@pnw.edu

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Ph. D., 1972, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. Major in American history.

M. Ed., 1979, University of Maryland, College Park, MD. Major in higher education administration.

M. A., 1970, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. Major in American history.

B. A., 1968, SUNY-Albany, Albany, NY. Major in Social Sciences and minor in Education.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Professor of History, 2004-present, Purdue University Northwest. Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Purdue University North Central (name changed to Purdue

University Northwest in 2016 due to unification of two campuses), 2004-2006. Dean, Graduate and Continuing Education, Utica College of Syracuse University, and Professor of

History, 1999-2004. Dean, Metropolitan College, The Catholic University of America, and Professor of History, 1993 to

1999. Associate Dean and Associate Professor of History, SUNY-Empire State College, Saratoga Springs,

NY, 1990-1993. Director, Division of Career and Interdisciplinary Studies, and Associate Professor, SUNY-

Binghamton, Bingham-ton, NY, 1986-1989. Associate Dean and Director of Continuing Education and Summer Session, and Associate Professor

of History, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY, 1980-1986. Director of Administration, Southeastern University, Washington, DC, 1979-1980. Lecturer, University of Maryland University College, College Park, MD, 1975-1979. Assistant Professor, Voorhees College, Denmark, SC, 1973-1975.

PUBLICATIONS

Books Authored United States Immigration, 1800-1924: A History in Documents (Peterborough, Canada: Broadview

Press, forthcoming). The Civil War from Its Origins to Reconstruction (Jefferson, NC: McFarland Publications, 2019). Under the Crescent Moon with the Eleventh Corps in the Civil War. From Gettysburg to Victory (El

Dorado Hills, CA: Savas Beatie Publishing, 2018). Under the Crescent Moon with the Eleventh Corps in the Civil War. From the Defense of Washington to

Chancellorsville (El Dorado Hills, CA: Savas Beatie Publishing, 2017). Immigration & Immigrant Communities (1790-2016) (Amenia, NY: Grey House Publishing, 2017). New York Mills (Mount Pleasant, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2013). Co-authored with Eugene E.

Dziedzic. For Liberty and Justice: A Biography of Brig. Gen. Włodzimierz B. Krzyżanowski (Utica, NY: Ethnic

Heritage Studies Center, distributed by Syracuse University Press, 2008).

New York Mills: The Evolution of a Village. Ethnic Heritage Studies Center, Utica College; distributed by Syracuse University Press, 2004. Co-authored with Eugene E. Dziedzic.

Thaddeus Kościuszko: The Purest Son of Liberty. Hippocrene Press, 1998. The Sigel Regiment: A History of the 26th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, 1862-1865. Savas Publishers,

1998. Winner of the Gambrinus Prize in History from the Milwaukee County Historical Society. Polish Americans: An Ethnic Community. A volume in Twayne Publishers’ (Macmillan) Immigrant

Heritage of America Series, 1995. Winner of the 1996 Oskar Halecki Prize for the best book on Polish American history and culture.

United We Stand: The Role of Polish Workers in the New York Mills Textile Strikes,, 1912 and 1916. Columbia University Press, East European Monographs Series, 1990. Winner of the 1991 Oskar Halecki Prize for the best book on Polish American history and culture. Co-authored with Eugene E. Dziedzic.

For Liberty and Justice: The Life and Times of Wladimir Krzyżanowski. Chicago: Polish American Congress Charitable Foundation, 1978.

The History of a German-Polish Civil War Brigade. San Francisco: R&E Research, 1976. The French in America. Dobbs Ferry, NY: Oceana Publications, 1975. Books Edited Purdue University North Central: The History of a Regional Campus (Washington, DC: Academic

Consulting, 2019), co-edited with Joseph Coates. PAHA: A 75th Anniversary History of the Polish American Historical Association (New Britain, CT:

Polish American Historical Association, 2017). The Polish American Encyclopedia (Jefferson, NC: McFarland Publications, 2011). Winner of the

2012 Oskar Halecki Prize for the best book on Polish American history and culture. With Courage and Honor: The Role of Oneida County in the Civil War (Ethnic Heritage Studies Center,

distributed by Syracuse University Press, 2010), co-edited with Cheryl A. Pula. The Origins of Modern Polish Democracy (Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2010), co-edited, with

M. B. Biskupski and Piotr Wróbel. Ethnic Utica. Ethnic Heritage Studies Center, Utica College of Syracuse University, 2002 (revised and

expanded 2nd edition). Polish History in America to 1908. The Catholic University of America Press, 1993. An edited

English-language translation of Wacław Kruszka’s 13-volume Historya Polska w Ameryce published between 1905 and 1908. This work was funded by two grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and published in four volumes. Volume I appeared in 1993, Volume II in 1995, Volume III in 1998, and Volume IV in 2001.

Poland and Europe: Historical Dimensions. Proceedings of the Fiftieth Anniversary International Congress of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America. Volume I. Columbia University Press, East European Monographs, 1994.

The Polish Diaspora: Proceedings of the Fiftieth Anniversary International Congress of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America. Volume II. Columbia University Press, East European Monographs, 1994.

Heart of the Nation: Polish Culture and Literature. Proceedings of the Fiftieth Anniversary International Congress of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America. Volume III. Columbia University Press, East European Monographs, 1994.

Ethnic Utica. Ethnic Heritage Studies Center, Utica College of Syracuse University, 1994. The Memoirs of Ludwik Żychliński. Columbia University Press, East European Monographs, 1993.

Translated from the Polish by Eugene Podraza. Polish Democratic Thought From the Renaissance to the Great Emigration: Essays and Documents.

Columbia University Press, East European Monographs, 1990. Co-edited with M. B. Biskupski.

Ethnic Rochester. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1985. Published as a Sesquicentennial Celebration project of the City of Rochester, New York.

Grantsmanship in Gerontology. Washington, DC: Academic Consulting, Inc., 1981. The Memoirs of Wladimir Krzyżanowski. San Francisco: R&E Research, 1978. Other Editorial Work

Editor, The Gettysburg Magazine, 2014-present. Editor, Polish American Studies, the scholarly journal of the Polish American Historical Association,

1982-2015. Editor, The Polish Review, 2013-14; Associate Editor 2014-present. Advisory Board, “Polish and Polish-American Studies Series,” Ohio University Press, 2003-present. Editor, The Polish Review, Vol. 57, Nol. 3 and Vol. 57, No. 4 (2012). Co-Editor, The Polish Review, Vol. 57, No. 1 and Vol. 57, No. 2 (2012). Contributing Editor, Multicultural America: The Hispanic Americans (New York: Facts on File, 2010),

Rodney P. Carlisle, General Editor. Editor, PAHA Newsletter, published quarterly by the Polish American Historical Association, 1988-

1994 and 1997-1998. Issues & Options: Energizing for the Future. Edited with Thomas Kowalik. Washington, DC: National

University Continuing Education Association, Region II, 1988. Edited proceedings of the 1988 Region II annual conference.

Polish Folkways in America, by Eugene Obidinski and Helen Zand (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1987). Served as general editor.

Challenge and Change. Washington, DC: National University Continuing Education Association, Region II, 1986. Edited proceedings of the 1986 Region II annual conference.

An Index to Polish American Studies, 1944-1973. Chicago: Polish American Historical Association, 1977.

Articles “‘Death is Not a Wedding’: The Cemetery as a Polish American Communal Experience,” in Allan

Amanik and Kami Fletcher, eds., Till Death Do Us Part: American Ethnic Cemeteries as Borders Uncrossed (Jackson, MS: University of Mississippi Press, 2020), 35-83.

“The ‘Fourth Partition’ and the Restoration of Polish Independence,” Rocznik Przemyski, Vol. 55, no.

3 (2019), 9-29.

“When Policy Meets Politics: An Analysis of U.S. Immigration Issues, 1998-2018,” Studia Migracyjne-Przegląd Polonijny, No. 3/173 (2019), 93-118.

“Polish Settlers at Early Jamestown,” Encyclopedia Virginia, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, July 2019 (electronic copy at: https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Polish_Settlers_at_Early_Jamestown).

“Nathaniel Wilson Records His March to Gettysburg,” Gettysburg Magazine, Issue 61 (July 2019), 102-04.

10 Articles in Russell M. Lawson and Benjamin A. Lawson, eds., Race and Ethnicity in America: From Pre-contact to the Present (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO), 2019.

26 Articles in Shaping North America, James E. Seelye, Jr., and Shawn Selby, eds. (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2018).

“Polish Participation in the Anti-Slavery Crusade,” Polish American Studies, Vol. LXXV, no. 1 (Spring 2018), 7-40.

“Tadeusz Kościuszko w amerykańskiej pamięci historycznej,” in Piotr Hapanowicz, ed., Rozważny i romantyczny w 200 rocznicę śmierci Tadeusza Kościuszki (Kraków: Muzeum Historyczne Miasta Krakowa, 2017), 159-92.

“Celebrating the Past, Preparing for the Future,” PAHA: A 75th Anniversary History of the Polish American Historical Association (New Britain, CT: Polish American Historical Association, 2017).

“Tadeusz Kościuszko w amerykańskiej pamięci historycznej,” Mówia wieki, No. 8 (August 2017), 20-23.

“Français or Polski?” Polish American Studies, Vol. LXXIV, No. 2 (Autumn 2017), 33-36. “‘A Most Obstinate Resistance’: The Defense of Blocher’s Knoll,” Gettysburg Magazine, No. 57 (July

2017), 15-28. “Is the New Immigration Really New? A Comparison of 1910 and 2010,” in Agnieszka Małek and

Dorota Praszałowicz, eds., The United States Immigration Policy and Immigrants’ Responses: Past and Present (Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2017).

“Were There Really Poles in New-Netherland?” Polish American Studies, Vol. LXXIII, no. 2 (Autumn 2016), 35-55.

“Remembering Victor Greene,” Polish American Studies, Vol. LXXIII, no. 2 (Autumn 2016), 25-29. “Whose Bones Are Those? A Study of the Evidence for the Pułaski Burial,” Georgia Historical

Quarterly, Vol. C, No. 1 (Spring 2016), 68-87. “Civil Rights for Some, Stereotyping for Others: Two Views of the Open Housing Movement of the

1960s,” Studia Migracyjne-Przegląd Polonijny, Vol. XLI, no. 4 (2015), 121-132. “Kto prawdę mówi, wielu słów nie potrzebuje,” Polish American Studies, Vol. LXXII, No. 1 (2015): 5-

6. “Kościuszko’s Influence as an American Military Leader,” The Polish Review, Vol. 58, No. 3 (2014): 5-

23. “‘Fellow Cadets’ — Charles Petigru’s Dedication of the Kościuszko Column at West Point,” The Polish

Review, Vol. 58, No. 3 (2014): 95-106 (edited with an introduction). “The Great Pułaski Hoax,” Polish-American Journal, November 2014. “Al Capone’s Polish Business Manager,” Mowia wieki (University of Warsaw), March 2014. “Remembering Poland, But Not Polonia: The Development of Polish American Historical Memory,”

Studia Migracyjne—Przegląd Polonijny, Vol. XL, no. 1, 107-118. “Ethnic Cooperation in Antebellum America,” East Central Europe in Exile: Between Cooperation and

Conflict (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing), 2013. “A Passion for Humanity: Founding the New England Hospital for Women and Children,” The Polish

Review, Vol. 57, no. 3 (2012), 67-82. “Poles and Polish Americans to 1870,” in Elliott Robert Barkan, ed., Immigrants in American History:

Arrival, Adaptation, and Integration (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2012), Vol. I, 143-53. “Poles and Polish Americans, 1870-1940,” in Elliott Robert Barkan, ed., Immigrants in American

History: Arrival, Adaptation, and Integration (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2012), Vol. II, 547-61.

“Poles and Polish Americans, 1940-Present,” in Elliott Robert Barkan, ed., Immigrants in American History: Arrival, Adaptation, and Integration (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2012), Vol. III, 1193-1204.

“‘Eagles Over England’: The Kościuszko Squadron in the Battle of Britain,” Studia Historica Gedanensia (2011), 285-301.

“Beginnings in America: Precolonial to 1859,” Multicultural America, Volume IV, The Asian Americans (New York: Facts on File Publishing, 2011), 1-24.

“Postwar Immigration: 1950 to 1959,” Multicultural America, Volume IV, The Asian Americans (New York: Facts on File Publishing, 2011), 103-23.

“New Immigrants: 1970 to 1979,” Multicultural America, Volume IV, The Asian Americans (New York: Facts on File Publishing, 2011), 141-166.

“The Colonial Era: Beginnings to 1776,” Multicultural America, Volume 6, The European Americans (New York: Facts on File, 2011), 1-26.

“The American Revolution: 1775 to 1783,” Multicultural America. Volume I, The Hispanic Americans (New York: Facts on File, 2010), 19-37.

“The Early National Period and Expansion: 1783 to 1859,” Multicultural America, Volume I, The Hispanic Americans (New York: Facts on File, 2010), 39-58.

“The Civil War to the Gilded Age: 1859 to 1900,” Multicultural America, Volume I, The Hispanic Americans (New York: Facts on File, 2010), 59-81.

“Bruce Bielaski and the Origin of the FBI,” Polish American Studies, Vol. LXVIII , no. 1 (Spring 2011), 43-57.

“Polish-American Catholicism: A Case Study in Cultural Determinism,” U.S. Catholic Historian, Vol. 27, no. 3 (Summer 2009), 1-19.

“Polish Workers and Strikes, 1900-1937,” in Aaron Brenner, Benjamin Day and Immanuel Ness, eds., The Encyclopedia of Strikes in American History (Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, Inc., 2009).

“Przyjmijmy ich z otwartymi ramionami ... 1608-1919” (Let the Arms of Our Nation Be Opened ... 1608-1919), in Henryk Szlajfer, ed., My Naród: 90 lat stosunków dyplomatycznych między Polską a USA (Warsaw: Archiwum Ministerstwa Spraw Zagranicznych, 2009), 6-21.

“Jamestown’s 400th Anniversary,” Polish American Studies, LXV, No. 2 (Autumn 2008), 9-15. “The Polish Presence in Jamestown,” Polish American Journal, September 2008. “Tadeusz Kościuszko: a Case Study in Constructed Historical Symbolism” in The Polish Review, LIII,

no. 2 (2008), 159-182. “Fact vs. Fiction: What Do We Really Know About the Polish Presence in Early Jamestown,” The

Polish Review, LIII, no. 4 (2009), 477-493. “The Relevance of Kościuszko’s Legacy Today,” U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY, May 2, 2009. “Polish American Contributions to American Life,” in Mariusz M. Brymora, ed., 400 Years of Polish

Immigrants in America 1608-2008 (Washington, DC: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Poland, 2008).

“The Fifth German Rifles at Gettysburg,” Gettysburg Magazine, No. 37 (July 2007). “Forgotten Ancestors: Nineteenth Century Antecedents of Modern Polonia,” Polish American Studies,

LXIV, No. 1 (Spring 2007), 47-62. “Rochester Polonia’s Amazing Exhibition,” PAHA Newsletter, October 2006. “Fighting for Time: Carl Schurz on the First Day at Gettysburg,” Gettysburg Magazine, No. 35 (July

2006), 26-35. “The Second Great Awakening: Abolitionism in Oneida County,” Mohawk Valley History, Vol. 2, No. 2

(2006), 12-47. “Marketing Graduate Programs for Success,” co-authored with Kate Cominsky, NAGAP Journal

(Spring 2006), National Association of Graduate Admissions Professionals. “‘Only Honorable Marks’: The 117th New York at Fort Fisher,” Mohawk Valley History, Volume 2,

2004. “‘A Branch Cut Off From Its Trunk’—The Affects of Immigration Restriction on American Polonia,”

Polish American Studies, Vol. LXI (Spring 2004). “The Great Cemetery War: The Bishop of Syracuse vs. the Societies of St. Stanislaus and St. Casimir,”

Mohawk Valley History, Volume 1, 2004. “The Writing on the Walls: Badger Graffiti in Civil War Virginia,” Wisconsin Magazine of History,

2003. “Polonia w Stanach Zjednoczonnych do 1914 roku,” Diaspora polska (Kraków: Jagiellonian

University Press, 2001). “‘Not As a Gift of Charity’: Ernestine Potowska Rose and the Married Woman’s Property Laws,”

Polish American Studies, Vol. LVIII, No. 2 (Autumn 2001).

“Engineering American Independence: The Role of Tadeusz Kościuszko in the Northern Campaign,” Occasional Papers, Polish Studies Program, Central Connecticut State University, 2000.

“Bullets Came as Thick as Hail: The 26th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry at Gettysburg,” Gettysburg Magazine, Vol. 23 (July 2000).

“Battle in the Swamp: Cogswell’s Federal Brigade at Averasboro,” Civil War Regiments, 1998. “Image, Status and Integration in American Society: The Polish Experience,” Journal of American

Ethnic History, Fall 1996. “The Anatomy of Immigrant Strikes,” The Polish Review, XLI, No. 3 (Fall 1996). “The Progressives, the Immigrant, and the Workplace: Defining Public Perceptions, 1900-1914,”

Polish American Studies, LII, No. 2 (Autumn 1995), 57-69. “Consortial Approaches to Educational Programming,” with Dr. Larry Maher, Conference

Proceedings, National Conference on the Adult Learner, 1994. “Cultural Determinism in the Founding of the Polish National Catholic Church,” PNCC Studies, Vol.

15, 1994. “Demographic Factors in the Formation of Sacred Heart of Jesus Polish National Catholic Parish in

New York Mills, New York,” PNCC Studies, Vol. 14, 1993. “Everyone Calls Us Racists,” Gwiazda Polarna, 1993. “American Perceptions of Immigrant Education,” American Studies, Vol. XIII, 1993. “Black-Polish Tensions: The Reaction of Blacks and Poles to the Civil Rights Movement,” Fiedorczyk

Lecture, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT, April, 1992. “A Review of Research on Polish America, 1968-1988,” Ethnic Forum, Vol. 9, 1989. “A Review of Research on the Polish National Catholic Church, 1978-1988, With Suggestions for

Future Studies,” PNCC Studies, Vol. 9 (1988). “Creating Integrated, Student-Centered Curricula,” proceedings of the 1988 annual meeting of

Region II, National University Continuing Education Association, pp. 20-23. “Wacław Kruszka: A Polonia Historian in Perspective,” Polish American Studies, XLIV, No. 2 (Autumn

1987). “Developing an Interdisciplinary Graduate Degree for Adults,” Proceedings from the Fifth Annual

Conference on Non-Traditional and Interdisciplinary Programs (Fairfax, VA: George Mason University, 1987).

“Commentary on ‘Poland, Pulaski and Warsaw,’” Working Papers, a publication of The Seminar on New York State History (Albany: The New York State Education Department, 1985).

“Gaining Access to Corporate Education Programs,” Non-Traditional and Interdisciplinary Programs, George Mason University, 1984.

“A Consortial Approach to Working with Business and Industry,” Continuum, January, 1983. “Arthur Grabowskii: Soldier, Educator, Enigma,” Polish American Studies, XXXIX, No. 1, 1982. “The Assimilated Polish Americans,” American Polonia: The Cultural Issues (Detroit: American

Council of Polish Cultural Clubs, 1981. “United States Immigration Policy and the Dillingham Commission,” Polish American Studies,

XXXVII, No. 1, 1980. “The American Will of Thaddeus Kościuszko,” Polish American Studies, XXXIV, No. 2, 1977. “Bicentennial Sketches,” a collection of essays on topics dealing with the Revolutionary War

published by the University of Maryland, 1976. I contributed six. “The Sigel Regiment,” German-American Studies, VIII, 1974. “Culture and Human Values” and “The Media and American Society,” two interdisciplinary teaching

modules published by the Institute in Service to Education, 1974. “The Real Riddle of Chancellorsville,” Poland, October, 1972. “Krzyżanowski’s Civil War Brigade,” Polish American Studies, XXIX, No. 2, 1972. Audio/Video Works

Chair, “Celebrating Our Journeys,” a five-year ethnic heritage exhibit at the Oneida County Historical

Society. Consultant for forthcoming documentary on Thaddeus Kościuszko in the American Revolution. “Polish Americans and the Civil Rights Movement,” Voice of America, May, 1994. “The Poles in New York,” a videotape presentation prepared under a grant from the New York

Council for the Humanities, 1985. “Rochester Remembers,” a series of historical minutes prepared for and broadcast over WXXI-TV

during the Rochester Sesquicentennial, 1984. Reviews

I have published over fifty reviews in the Journal of American History, the American Historical Review, Polish American Studies, The Polish Review, The Journal of American Ethnic History, The Journal of Sociology, Naród Polski, Straż, and America: History and Life.

SELECTED PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS “Roman Pucinski: Fourteen Years of Congressional Leadership,” Loyola university, Chicago, IL,

November 15, 2019. “Tadeusz Kościuszko Prevents a War,” Seventh World Congress on Polish Studies, Gdańsk, Poland,

June 2019. “Polonizing an Anglo Village,” American Historical Association annual meeting, Chicago, IL, January,

2019. “When Policy Meets Politics: An Analysis of U.S. Immigration Issues, 1998-2018,” conference on

“American Ethnicity: Old and New Immigration Flows, Old and New Challenges,” Polish Institute of Science and Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland, June 2018.

“The Springtime of Nations Come to America,” forthcoming at the annual meeting of the American Historical Association/Polish American Historical Association, Washington, DC, January 2018.

“Tadeusz Kościuszko in American Memory” in honor of UNESCO designating 2017 as “The Year of Kościuszko,” keynote address given at a conference at the Polska Akademia Umiętności, Kraków, Poland, June 2017.

“Thomas Lewinski: America’s Forgotten Architect,” annual meeting of the American Historical Association, Denver, Colorado, January 2017.

“Is the New Immigration Really New? A Comparison of 1910 and 2010,” conference on American Ethnicity: Old and New Immigrants, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland, June 2016.

“Polish Participation in the Anti-Slavery Crusade,” Polish American Historical Association annual meeting, Atlanta, GA, January 2016.

“Educating Polonia’s Second Generation, 1920-1940,” Chicago Catholic Immigrants Conference, Loyola University, Chicago, November 13, 2015.

“The Kościuszko Squadron in the Battle of Britain,” Kościuszko Commemorative Conference, U. S. Military Academy, West Point, NY, May 1, 2015.

“New Amsterdam or New Gdańsk? Polish Settlers in New Amsterdam, 1624-1664,” co-presented with Pien Versteegh (Windesheim University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands), annual meeting of the American Historical Association/Polish American Historical Association, New York City, January 2015.

“Kościuszko’s Influence as an American Military Leader,” Fifth World Congress on Polish Studies, University of Warsaw, June 2014.

“Civil Rights for Some, Stereotyping for Others: Two Views on the Open Housing Movement of the 1960s,” conference on American Ethnicity and East European Immigration, Polski Akademia Nauk and the Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland, June 2014.

“Polonia’s Fruitless Fight to Influence American Foreign Policy,” National Endowment for the Humanities Seminar for College Faculty, Columbia University, June 2014.

“Defining a Changed American Polonia in the 21st Century,” 70th Annual Meeting of the Polish American Congress, Buffalo, New York, May 2014.

“Polish Organized Crime in Chicago,” conference on “MAFIAs Realities and Representations of Organized Crime,” Calandra Italian American Institute, April, 2014.

“Bringing Closure: Polish American Adaptations of End-of-Life and Cemetery Customs,” annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians, Atlanta, Georgia, April, 2014.

“Kosciuszko’s Efforts to Free His Homeland,” U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York, April 2014.

“Kościuszko’s Role in the Construction of West Point” at the annual Kościuszko commemoration at West Point in April 2013.

“New Orleans Polonia in 1860,” annual conference, AHA/PAHA, New Orleans, January 5, 2013. “Ethnic Cooperation in Antebellum America” conference at the University of Gdańsk in June 2012. “Researching Migration Through Documentary Record,” University of Gdańsk, June 2012. “Waterloo: The Battle That Changed European History,” to the History Club, New York Mills, NY,

June 2012. “Remembering Poland, But Not Polonia: The Development of Polish American Historical Identity”

conference at the Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland, May 2012. “From Oppressed to Oppressor — Without Even Trying” at Calandra Institute Italian American

Conference, New York, New York, April 2012. “Kościuszko Returns to America” at the annual Kościuszko commemoration at West Point in April

2012. “The Mysterious Death of Davy Crockett as an Historical Problem,” Social Science Department

Colloquium, March 22, 2012. “Greasy Thumb: The Underside of Chicago Polonia,” Polish American Historical Association annual

conference, Chicago, January 7, 2012. “Cultural Determinism and the Shaping of Polish American Education,” American Historical

Association annual conference, Chicago, January 8, 2012. “Thaddeus Kościuszko and the Northern Campaign,” U.S. Military Academy, West Point, April 30,

2011. “Bruce Bielaski and the Development of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,” annual conference of

the AHA/PAHA, Boston, January 2011. “Becoming American: Cultural Challenges and Adaptations Among Early Poles in Central

Wisconsin,” annual conference of the Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences, Milwaukee, WI, June 4-5, 2010.

“Grunwald-Žalgiris-Tannenburg,” U.S. Military Academy, West Point, April 30, 2010. “The Relevance of Kościuszko’s Legacy Today,” U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY, May 2, 2009. “Kościuszko’s Contribution to Nathaniel Greene’s Campaigns in the Carolinas,” U.S. Military

Academy, West Point, May 1, 2009. “Kościuszko’s Role in the Southern Campaign,” annual conference of the Polish Institute of Arts &

Sciences, Jersey City, NJ, June 2009. “Wacław Kruszka: A Centennial Retrospective on Polonia's First Historian,” annual meeting of the

American Historical Association/Polish American Historical Association, New York City, January 2009.

“Influence and Integration: A Comparison of European Immigration in Argentina and the United States,” Universidad Nacional de La Plata, October 2008.

“Writing Community History,” invited presenter in the “Mohawk Valley Writing Project” at Utica College, Utica, New York, July 2008.

“Tadeusz Kościuszko: A Case Study in Constructed Historical Symbolism,” annual conference of the Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, June, 2008.

“Polacy w Jamestown,” annual meeting of the “X Zjazdu Nauczycieli Polonijnych i Komitetów Rodzicielskich,” Boston, May, 2008.

“The Kościuszko Squadron in Two Wars,” U.S. Military Academy, West Point, April 2008. “Introducing the Polish Experience Into American History,” invited paper at the conference on

“Teaching the Polish Experience” sponsored by the Kościuszko Foundation and the Józef Piłsudski Institute, New York, March 2008.

“Becoming American: Cultural Challenges and Adaptations Among Early Poles in Central Wisconsin,” at the “Journeys to American Identities” conference, University of Wisconsin, February 2008.

“Jamestown: The Case of the Missing Polish Settlers,” annual meeting of the American Historical Association/Polish American Historical Association, Washington, DC, January 2008.

“Influence and Integration: A Comparison of European Immigration in Argentina and the United States,” Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina, October 2008.

“Writing Polonia History” panelist at the annual meeting of the American Historical Association/Polish American Historical Association, Washington, DC, January 2008.

“For Your Freedom and Ours,” public presentation to the History Club, Whitesboro, NY, November 19, 2007.

“Políticas de Identidad Mestiza en América Latina,” annual conference of the Centre de Recherches Latino-Américaines, Poitiers, France, October 2007.

“The History of the Polish Presence in America from Jamestown Through the Post Civil War Era” for the Celebrating Diversity Series at the Harold Washington Library Center, Chicago, IL, October 6, 2007.

“What Evidence Do We Have of the Poles in Jamestown?” at the annual meeting of the Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences at Georgetown University, June 15-16, 2007.

The Kościuszko Squadron: American Flyers Fight for Poland 1919-1920,” at the annual meeting of the Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences at Georgetown University, June 15-16, 2007.

“For Your Freedom and Ours: The Kościuszko Squadron in Three Wars,” invited annual Fiedorczyk Lecture, Polish Studies Program, Central Connecticut State University, forthcoming, April 2007.

“Kościuszko’s Significance to American Independence,” U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY, forthcoming, April 2007.

“General Krzyżanowski ― a 120-Year Retrospective,” annual meeting of the American Historical Association/Polish American Historical Association, Atlanta, January 2007.

“How Did Davy Die? Unraveling an Alamo Mystery,” public presentation made to the History Club, Whitesboro, NY, November 2006.

“Kościuszko at Saratoga,” annual meeting of the American Historical Association/Polish American Historical Association, Philadelphia, January 2006.

“The Effects of Immigration Restriction on Polonia,” annual meeting of the American Historical Association/Polish American Historical Association, Seattle, WA, January 2005.

“Tadeusz Kościuszko as Polish American Symbol,” Conference on Polish American Studies, Polish Studies Program, Central Connecticut State University, 2004.

“Nationalism vs. Integration: The Education of Second Generation Polonia,” annual conference of the Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, 2003.

“Kościuszko at West Point,” an invited lecture at a dinner honoring Lt. Gen. Edward L. Rowny at the United States Military Academy, West Point, 2002.

“Kościuszko at Saratoga,” Saratoga Battlefield National Park, 2002. “Oneida County, Hotbed of Abolitionism,” Oneida County Historical Society, 2002.

“The 117th New York Infantry at Fort Fisher,” Gen. Daniel Butterfield Civil War Roundtable, 2002. “Critical Issues in Continuing Education,” a roundtable discussion piece at the Region II meeting of

the University Continuing Education Association, 2001. My portion dealt with issues involved in selecting and implementing distance learning.

“Rev. Wacław Kruszka: The Milwaukee Enigma,” annual conference Polish American Priests’ Association, Milwaukee, 2001.

“Kościuszko’s Contributions to the American Revolution,” invited speaker, Northeastern University, 2001.

“Ernestine Rose and the Married Woman’s Property Laws,” American Historical Association meeting, Boston, 2001.

“The Development of Abolitionism in the ‘Burned Over District’,” Capitol Civil War Roundtable, 2001.

“The Sigel Regiment,” Wilmington (DE) Civil War Roundtable, 2001. “New York at Gettysburg,” Norwich Civil War Roundtable, 1999. “Tadeusz Kościuszko in Philadelphia,” National Park Service, Philadelphia, December, 1997. “The Eleventh Corps at Gettysburg,” Daniel Butterfield Civil War Roundtable, October, 1997. “Developing Services for Adult Students,” College Board Regional Meeting, Philadelphia, April, 1997. “Kościuszko’s Role in the Northern Campaign,” American Historical Association, December, 1996. “Mobility vs. Heritage: The Education of Polonia’s Second Generation,” International Conference of

Immigration Scholars, Krakow, Poland, June, 1995. “Interethnic Relations: Poles and Italians in America,” annual meeting of the Polish Institute of Arts

and Sciences, New York, June, 1995. ‘”Tadeusz Kościuszko in the American Revolution: A Reappraisal of the Northern Campaign,” annual

meeting of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America, American University, Washington, D.C., June, 1994.

“’Why is it That Only the Poles Cause Trouble?’: Cultural Determinism in the Formation of the Polish National Catholic Church,” annual conference of the American Catholic Historical Association, College of the Holy Cross, April, 1994.

“Demographic Factors in the Formation of Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish,” annual conference of the Polish National Catholic Church Commission on History and Archives, Scranton, PA, October, 1992.

“The Eleventh Corps at Chancellorsville,” New York Civil War Roundtable, September, 1992. “The Effects of U. S. Government Policy on Polish Americans, 1900-1925,” 50th Anniversary

International Congress of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America, Yale University, June, 1992.

“Black-Polish Tensions: The Reaction of Blacks and Poles to the Civil Rights Movement,” annual Fiedorczyk Lecture, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT, April, 1992.

“Immigrant Labor on Strike: The Case of the New York Mills Corporation,” Oneida Historical Society, Utica, NY, April, 1992.

“Image, Status and Integration in American Society: The Polish Experience,” annual meeting of the American Historical Association and Polish American Historical Association, Chicago, December, 1991.

“The Politics of Slavery,” New York Civil War Roundtable, October, 1991. “American Stereotypes of Immigrant Education,” annual meeting of the Polish Institute of Arts and

Sciences, Georgetown University, June, 1991. “A Comparison of the American and Polish Constitutions, 1789 and 1791,” Villa Maria College

symposium on the United States Constitution. Sponsored by a grant from the New York Council for the Humanities, December, 1989.

“Legal Issues During the American Civil War,” New York Civil War Roundtable, October, 1989.

“The Impact of U. S. Immigration Restrictions on the Development of Polish American Communities,” Invited Paper at the Third International Conference of Polish Scholars, Warsaw and Krakow, July, 1989.

“Evaluating Undergraduate Degree Programs,” George Mason University Conference on Non-Traditional and Interdisciplinary Studies, May, 1989.

“A Review of Historiography Relating to the Polish National Catholic Church,” Annual Meeting of the PNCC Commission on Archives and History, Philadelphia, PA, November, 1988.

“Grant vs. Lee: A Study in Generalship,” New York Civil War Roundtable, December, 1988. “Creating Integrated, Student-Centered Curricula,” 1988 annual conference of Region II, National

University Continuing Education Association. October, 1988. “Wacław Kruszka: A Polonia Historian in Perspective,” a paper given at the annual meeting of the

Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in New York, May, 1987. “Developing a Graduate Degree for Adults,” a paper given at the annual conference on Non-

Traditional and Interdisciplinary Studies in Virginia Beach, May, 1987. “Polish Contributions to American Democracy,” a presentation made before the Binghamton Rotary

Club, February, 1987. “Polish Democratic Thought and the Constitution of the 3rd of May,” a presentation made before the

Kopernik Society of Broome County, April, 1987. “The First Day at Chancellorsville,” a presentation made before the Norwich Civil War Roundtable,

April, 1987. “A Taxonomy of Excellence for Continuing Education,” annual meeting, Region II, NUCEA, October,

1986. “Linking Business, the Professions and Academe: Successful Partnership Models,” annual national

meeting of the Association for Continuing Higher Education, Philadelphia, PA, October, 1986. “Recent Trends in Polonia Research,” International Conference on Poles Abroad, Krakow, Poland,

July, 1986. “Immigration Restriction and the Dillingham Commission,” a paper presented at the Skalny Lecture

and Artist Series, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY, June, 1986. “Linking Business with Higher Education,” annual meeting of the New York Association for

Continuing/Community Education, Rochester, NY, May, 1986. “Characteristics of Excellence in Continuing Higher Education,” annual national meeting of NUCEA,

Portland, OR, April, 1986. Invited participant in the Conference on Adult Learners and National Priorities, which brought

together recognized leaders in education, business, state and federal government, and the professions to discuss national priorities and strategies for enhancing adult and continuing education opportunities during the next decade. Arlington, VA, November, 1985.

“A Partnership Model for Technical Education,” National Conference on Technical Education, March, 1985.

“Polish American Studies in Historical Perspective,” annual meeting of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences, May, 1985.

“The Dillingham Commission and the Restriction of Polish Immigration,” presentation at the Skalny Lecture and Artist Series, Rochester, NY, April, 1985.

“Developing Access to Corporate Education Programs,” 2nd Annual National Conference on Non-Traditional/ Interdisciplinary Programs, June, 1984.

“The U. S. Immigration Commission: A Case Study of Nativism in Government,” annual conference of New York State historians, June, 1984.

“Casimir Pulaski in Historical Perspective,” annual Pulaski Day Address funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, Rochester, NY, October, 1984.

“Uniting Business and Academe: A Consortial Approach,” annual meeting of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, Philadelphia, PA, December, 1983.

“The Rochester Computer Education Consortium,” annual meeting of Region II, NUCEA, October, 1983.

“American Immigration Policy in Light of the Dillingham Commission,” Polish American Historical Association, December, 1978.

“Legal Aspects of the Civil War,” Civil War Roundtable, Misawa, Japan, 1976. “The Redemption of Wladimir Krzyżanowski,” Polish American Historical Association, Atlanta,

1975. “New York Mills: A Community Study,” a paper presented as a participant in a group sociological

project sponsored jointly by the Rockefeller Foundation and the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences.

HONORS AND AWARDS 2019 … U. S. Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award for 2018, May 2019. 2019 … Ralph Peters, noted cable news expert on military and international affairs, dedicated his

recent book Darkness at Chancellorsville to me in honor of my “pioneering work on the vital, dramatic, and long-slighted roles played by immigrant and freedom fighters from central and eastern Europe in our Civil War.” Spring 2019.

2019 … Distinguished Service Award, Polish American Congress, November 2019. 2017 … Purdue University Northwest Outstanding Faculty Research Award. 2017 … The Tadeusz Kościuszko Medal, from Polonica Technica for research into the engineering

career of Tadeusz Kościuszko. 2015 … Polski Uniwersytet Ludowy – Award “in recognition of the history research done for the

Polish-American community.” 2014 … Krzyż Oficerski Orderu Zasługi Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej [Officer’s Cross of the Order of

Merit of the Republic of Poland] awarded by Pres. Bronisław Komorowski of the Republic of Poland, Warsaw, Poland, June 2014. The order is awarded for distinguished contribution to international cooperation or cooperation between Poland and other countries.

2014 … Oskar Halecki History Award, presented by the Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences, June 2014.

2012 … Oscar Halecki Prize for The Polish American Encyclopedia. 2012 … Rudewicz Medal for “Ourstanding Scholarly Contributions” to Polish-American Studies. 2011 … Award, Polonia Technica, for “Outstanding Accomplishments.” 2008 … Installed as a “Fellow of the Association,” University Continuing Education Association, for

“distinguished service and achievements in continuing higher education.” 2003 ... Honorary Member, Board of Directors, Friends of Kościuszko at West Point. 2003 … “Award for Excellence” in credit program development from University Continuing

Education Association, for graduate program titled “Apprenticeship Teacher Certification Program.”

2000 … “Award for Excellence” in credit program development from University Continuing Education Association, for online graduate program titled “Economic Crime Management.”

2000 … Distinguished Service Award, Polish American Historical Association. 2000 … Honorary Member, Iron Brigade Society, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 1999 … Gambrinus Prize in History for The Sigel Regiment: A History of the 26th Wisconsin Volunteer

Infantry, 1862-1865, Milwaukee County Historical Society. 1999 … Michael Dziedzic Award for contributions to Polonia, Kopernik Memorial Association. 1998 ... Distinguished Service Award, American Council for Polish Culture. 1997 ... Award from the Educational Opportunity Center/College Board for contributions and

support of outreach education in Washington, D.C.

1997 ... Award from the Community Preservation and Development Corporation for promoting education among low income residents of Washington, D.C.

1996 ... Oscar Halecki Prize presented by the Polish American Historical Association for Polish Americans: A Community History, the most outstanding book published on Polish American history and culture during the previous two years. The only two-time recipient in the history of the award.

1995 ... Award for “outstanding contributions” from Adelante, Inc., a Latino community service agency in Washington, D.C.

1991 ... Oscar Halecki Prize, presented by the Polish American Historical Association for United We Stand: The Role of Polish Workers in the New York Mills Textile Strikes of 1912 and 1916, the most outstanding book published on Polish American history and culture during the previous two years.

1988 ... Mieczysław Haiman Award, presented by the Polish American Historical Association for outstanding achievement in historical research and publication on the Polish experience in America.

1987 ... Award for “outstanding service” from the Buffalo (NY) Polish Arts Club. 1986 ... Award for outstanding service to Region II, National University Continuing Education

Association. 1985 ... National award for outstanding service to professional education from the National

University Continuing Education Association. 1985 ... Award for outstanding service to the Rochester area business community from the

Rochester Computer Education Consortium. 1984 ... Award for outstanding service from the Rochester Sesquicentennial Committee. 1983 ... Award for excellence in educational programming for the development of a certificate

program in gerontology, Region II, NUCEA. 1982 ... National award for innovative programming between business and academe, Division of

Business, Industry and Labor, NUCEA. 1981 ... Award for excellence in non-credit business programming, Region II, NUCEA. 1977 ... Publication award, University of Maryland University College. 1976 ... Publication award, University of Maryland University College. 1974 ... Doctoral dissertation award, The Kosciuszko Foundation, New York City. 1973 ... Dr. Stanislaw Chylinski Fellowship (The Kosciuszko Foundation). 1972 ... Phi Alpha Theta national history honorary. 1971 ... Amicus Poloniae award for historical research from the Polish government.

RESEARCH ACTIVITY/PROPOSALS FOR FUNDING

2019 … Obtained grant from the Polish Narodowe Centrum Nauki (National Science Center;

proposal No. 432891) for research on a documentary history of the Polish presence in the United States. Co-PI with Prof. Joanna Wojdon, University of Wrocław; Prof. Adam Walaszek, Jagiellonian University, Kraków; and Prof. Anna Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann, Eastern Connecticut State University.

2019 … PNW Travel grant to attend Seventh World Congress on Polish Studies at the University of Gdańsk, June 2019.

2006-10 … Raised $54,000 to fund preparation of an encyclopedia on Polish American history and culture (subsequently published in 2011).

2008 … Principal Investigator & Grant Writer, $1,000 from the Rosenstiel Foundation for the support of research and editing an encyclopedia on Polish Americans.

2008 … Principal Investigator & Grant Writer, $500 from the Józef Piłsudski Institute of America for the support of research and editing an encyclopedia on Polish Americans.

2008 … Principal Investigator & Grant Writer, $500 from the Polish Institute of Arts & Science of America for the support of research and editing an encyclopedia on Polish Americans.

2007 … Principal Investigator & Grant Writer, $15,000 from the Kościuszko Foundation for the support of research and editing an encyclopedia on Polish Americans.

2007 … Principal Investigator & Grant Writer, $15,000 from the Polish American Historical Association for the support of research and editing an encyclopedia on Polish Americans.

2007 … Principal Investigator & Grant Writer, $3,000 from the Polish Studies Program, Central Connecticut State University, for the support of research and editing an encyclopedia on Polish Americans.

1997 ... Obtained $121,000 contract for training public housing managers in the District of Columbia.

1993-99 ... Increased outside support for Metropolitan College at the Catholic University of America from about $100,000 in 1992-93 to $435,000 in 1998-99.

1995 ... Grant of $30,000 to support a “visiting faculty in residence” position at The Catholic University of America.

1993 ... Obtained a $9,000 grant from The Louis Skalny Foundation Trust for the support of publication efforts by the Polish American Historical Association.

1990 ... Developed proposals to computerize the library and archive collections of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences and the Piłsudski Institute, and for the development of a Polish American Encyclopedia.

1989 ... Submitted a proposal to The Louis Skalny Foundation for the subvention of the journal Polish American Studies. It was funded for $9,000.

1988 ... Submitted a proposal to the Kościuszko Foundation for support of travel expenses to bring scholars from Poland to the American Historical Association meeting. It was funded for $3,000.

1987 ... Submitted a proposal to the Polish Women’s Alliance of America for the translation and editing of Historya Zwiazku Polek w Ameryce, the two-volume history of their organization. It was funded for an initial translation grant of $2,300.

1986 ... Submitted a proposal to the Louis Skalny Foundation Trust for refunding of the Institute for Polish Studies at St. John Fisher College. It was funded for $50,000 over five years.

1984 ... Submitted a proposal to the Rochester Sesquicentennial Committee for the funding of a series of essays on ethnic groups in the history of Rochester, NY. It was funded in the amount of $1,500.

1984 ... Submitted a proposal to the National Endowment for the Humanities for the translation and editing of Part II (volumes 6-13) of Wacław Kruszka’s Historya Polska w Ameryce. It was funded in the amount of $15,500 for two years.

1983 ... Submitted a proposal to the New York Council on the Humanities to support the production of a audio/video presentation on the history and contribution of the Poles to New York State. It was funded for $1,500.

1981 ... Submitted a proposal to the Louis Skalny Foundation for a subvention of the journal Polish American Studies. It was funded for $15,000.

1981 ... Submitted a proposal to the National Endowment for the Humanities for the translation and editing of Part I (volumes 1-5) of Wacław Kruszka’s Historya Polska w Ameryce. It was funded in the amount of $13,000 for 18 months.

1981 ... Submitted a proposal to the Louis Skalny Foundation for the establishment of a Polish Studies Program at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, NY. The proposal was funded for three years in the amount of $100,000.

1980 ... Submitted a proposal to the New York State Education Department for the establishment of an HEOP program at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, NY. The proposal was funded in excess of $400,000.

PROFESSIONAL OFFICES

Editor, The Gettysburg Magazine, 2014-present. Editor, Polish American Studies, 1982-2015. Program Chair and Congress Vice Chair, Fifth World Congress on Polish Studies, Warsaw, Poland,

June 2014.Editor, The Polish Review, 2013-14. Founding Editor, Mohawk Valley History, 2003-04. Board of Directors, Polish American Historical Association, 1978-present. Serve on several

committees and chair of the Publications Committee (1982-present). Board of Directors, Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1989-present. Serve on various committees

and chair of the Program Planning Committee for four annual meetings. Secretary to the Board of Directors, Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences, 1994-present. Advisory Board, Friends of Kościuszko at West Point, 2004-present. Advisory Board, The American University in Poland, 2003-present. Alternate Representative from Region II, UCEA, to the national board of directors, 2002-present. Chair, Division of Budget and Finance, National University Continuing Education Association

(national office), 1987-1989. Board of Directors, NUCEA, 1989. Chair, Membership Committee, Region II, NUCEA, 1987-1989. Chair, Finance Committee, Region II, NUCEA, 1986-1987. Chair, Ad Hoc Committee for By-Laws Revision, Region II, NUCEA, 1986-1987. Chair, Region II, NUCEA, 1985-1986. Vice Chair, Region II, NUCEA, 1984-1985. Secretary/Treasurer, Region II, NUCEA, 1983-1984. Trustee, International Sister Cities Committee, 1981-1986. Chair, Continuing Education Committee, Rochester Area Colleges Consortium, 1982-1984. Vice Chair, Rochester-Krakow Sister Cities Committee, 1981-1986. President, Polish American Historical Association, 1981. Vice President, Polish American Historical Association, 1980.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS American Historical Association Organization of American Historians Society of Civil War Historians Indiana Civil War Discussion Group Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences Polish American Historical Association Polish Museum of America Kosciuszko Foundation Józef Piłsudski Institute for the Study of the Modern History of Poland Oneida County Historical Society Friends of Kościuszko at West Point Kościuszko Squadron Commemorative Committee, New England Air Museum and Central

Connecticut State University

Advisory Board, Ohio University Press Series on Polish and Polish American Studies Advisory Board, The American University in Poland Advisory Board, JSTOR Electronic Databases Advisory Board, The History Cooperative, University of Illinois