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Donald Pienkos

  • Professor Emeritus, Political Science

Education

  • Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison
  • M.A., University of Wisconsin, Madison
  • B.A., DePaul University

Courses Taught

  • POL SCI 215 - Ethnicity, Religion and Race in American Politics
  • POL SCI 302 - Politics of Eastern Europe
  • POL SCI 310 - Politics of the Soviet Union and its Successor States

Teaching Interests

  • The Politics of the Soviet Union and Its Successor States
  • Politics of Eastern Europe
  • Race, Religion and Ethnicity in American Politics

Awards

  • Officer's Cross of Merit from the President of Poland, November 2010

Selected Publications

Pienkos, Donald E. “Multiple entries” The Polish American Encyclopedia Ed. Pula, James, Biskupski, M.B.B., Galush, William E., Jaroszynska-Kirchmann, Anna D., Napierkowski, Thomas J., Pease, Neal, Pienkos, Donald E., Pula, Cheryl, and Radzilowski, John. McFarland Publishers. (2011).
Pienkos, Donald E. “The Polish American Congress, Polish Americans, and the Politics of Anti-Communism” Anti-Communist Minorities in the U.S Ed. Zake, Ieva. New York: Palgrave-Macmillan. (2009): 25-42.

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