Regina Grol-Prokopczyk
Comparative literature educator
Born Jan. 19, 1945, Poland; came to U.S., 1968; daughter Teofil and Maria (Pinczuk); children: Hanna, Benjamin.
Education: Master of Arts (M.A.) (in English), University of Warsaw (Poland), 1967; Master of Arts (M.A.), 1970, Ph.D., 1973, State University of New York (SUNY), Binghamton (NY).
Career: lecturer, Technical University of Warsaw. 1967-68; visiting associate prof., State University of New York (SUNY), Binghamton, 1973-74, Rutgers University, New Brunswick (NJ), 1976-77; associate prof., 1974 -92, prof., 1992 -, Empire State College, State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo (NY); visiting associate prof., Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY), 1990-91.
Author: translation, U. Koziol, Poems, 1989, A. Frajlich, Between Dawn & the Wind, 1991; numerous translations and articles in Polish, Canadian, and American journals.
Member of: American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS); American Association of Teachers of Slavic and Eastern European Languages (AATSEEL); American Association of University Women (AAUW); Polish Cultural Foundation (auditor, 1979-80, board directors member, 1982-84), Buffalo; PEN Club; Kosciuszko Foundation; Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (P.I.A.S.A.)
Honors: Outstanding Young Woman of America, 1976; life member, Dobro Slovo - National Slavic Honor Society, 1977; grants: National Endowment for Humanities (NEH), 1978, 1981, 1986, 1987,1992, State University of New York (SUNY), 1988; research fellowship, American Association of University Women (AAUW), 1981-82; travel award, New York State and United University Professors, 1989, National Endowment for the Arts, 1993
Languages: Polish, English, Russian, French, Hebrew, Yiddish, German, Italian
Hobby: theater
Office: Empire State College, State University of New York (SUNY), 564 Franklin St., Buffalo, NY 14202
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996