Bogna Wieslawa Lorence-Kot (Glowacka)
Historian, educator
Born May 22, 1933, Warsaw, Poland; came to U.S., 1954; daughter of Ludwik and Jadwiga (Napieralczyk); children: Matthew, Diane.
Education: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), 1966, Master of Arts (M.A.), 1968, San Francisco State University (CA); Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1980.
Career: exhibition guide, translator, United States Information Agency (USIA), Poland, 1973; instructor, Hobart & Smith, Geneva (NY), 1973-75; assistant prof., University of Hawaii, Hilo, 1982-83; assistant prof., University of Mississippi, Hattiesburg, 1983-86; prof., California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, 1987 -.
Author: Child Rearing and Reform: A Study of the Nobility in Eighteenth Century Poland, 1985; articles on Polish women.
Member of: Polish American Congress (P.A.C.), 1987-89; American Historical Association (AHA); Western Association of Women Historians; Institute for Historical Study; American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS).
Honors: grants, International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX), National Endowment for Humanities (NEH), 1984; Fulbright scholarship in Poland, 1992-93.
Affiliation: Democrat.
Languages: English, Polish, French.
Hobbies: history, psychology, baby-sitting.
Home: 1315 Mountain Boulevard, Oakland, CA 94611.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996