Language: Polish
Research/Language Interests: Language teaching methodology. Teaching of Polish language through literature and media. Polish Film.
About: Ewa Miernowska received her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1996 and joined the Department of Slavic Languages, where she taught Polish language and culture. She initiated the Polish major at UW–Madison and developed advanced Polish courses that incorporated literary texts and various forms of media. In 1993, she founded the Annual Polish Film Festival, one of the first film festivals held on the UW–Madison campus.
Affiliated Departments: Department of French and Italian
Education:
• University of Wisconsin—Madison, Ph.D., Thesis on Albert Cohen’s novels. Minor: Distributed (Department of French and Italian and Jewish Studies) (1996)
• Warsaw University, Master’s degree with distinction, Thesis on Maurice Scève poetry (1980)