Donald E. Pienkos

Professor Emeritus

Office: NWQ B, Room 5589
Phone: (414) 229-4505
e-mail: dpienkos@uwm.edu

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:

PolSci 215: Ethnicity, Religion, and Race in American Politics - Syllabus (pdf 455kb), Online (pdf 158kb)
PolSci 302: Politics of Easter Europe - Syllabus (pdf 82kb)
PolSci 310: Politics of the Soviet Union and It Successor States - Syllabus (pdf 750kb)

Research Interests:

Russian and East European politics, foreign policy, and American ethnic group politics.

Selected Publications:

Numerous scholarly publications on politics, political parties, elections in democratic Poland, and the expansion of NATO and the European Union into Eastern Europe.

Recent Articles:
"Consensus and Division over Poland's Entry into the European Union," East European Quarterly, vol. 37 (Winter, 2004).

"Interesting Times: Polish Politics and Elections, 1989-2001," The Polish Review, vol. 46 (Winter, 2001).

"Witness to History: Polish Americans and the Genesis of NATO Enlargement," The Polish Review, vol. 44 (Fall, 1999).

Books:
'In the Ideals of Women is the Strength of a Nation': A History of the Polish Women's Alliance of America (Columbia University Press, 2003, with Angela Pienkos).

PNA: A Centennial History of the Polish National Alliance of the United States of North America. New York: Columbia University Press, 1984, Second updated edition published in 2000.

For Your Freedom Through Ours: Polish American Efforts on Poland's Behalf, 1863-1991. New York: Columbia University Press, 1991.