Donald Pienkos
Professor Emeritus
Degrees
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison
M.A., University of Wisconsin, Madison
B.A., DePaul University
Teaching Interests
Teaches courses on “The Politics of the Soviet Union and Its Successor States,” “Politics of Eastern Europe,” and the Department’s course for the Cultural Diversity requirement, “‘Race, Religion and Ethnicity in American Politics.”
Courses Taught
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PolSci 215 – Ethnicity, Religion and Race in American Politics
Syllabus
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PolSci 302 – Politics of Eastern Europe
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PolSci 310 – Politics of the Soviet Union and its Successor States
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Awards and Recognition
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.