Halina Stephan (Konopacka)
Slavicist, educator
Born Aug. 24,1943, Lwow, Poland; daughter of Jan and Janina (Wasilewska); married Alexander Stephan; child: Michael.
Education: Bachelor of Art (B.A.), Mundelein College, Chicago (IL), 1966; Master of Arts (M.A.), 1968, Ph.D., 1975, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Career: assistant prof., 1975-81, associate prof., 1981-85, University of Southern California, Los Angeles; associate prof., University of Florida, Gainesville, 1985 -.
Author: Lef and the Left Front of the Arts, 1982; numerous articles and book reviews in professional journals.
Member of, i.a.: American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS); American Association of Teachers of Slavic and Eastern European Languages (AATSEEL); Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (P.I.A.S.A.).
Honors: grants, American Philosophical Society, 1988, International research and Exchange Board (IREX), 1989, Hays - Fulbright Foundation, 1989-90.
Languages: Polish, English, Russian, German.
Hobbies: travel, gardening, hiking.
Office: University of Florida, Department of Germanic & Slavic Languages & Literatures, 263 Dauer Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.