Ewa M. Thompson
Slavicist, educator, author
Born Kaunas, Lithuania; married James Thompson.
Education: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), University of Warsaw (Poland), 1963; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, Nashville (TN), 1967.
Career: prof., 1979 -, chairman, German and Slavic Department, 1987-90, Rice University, Houston (TX); consultant, panelist, National Endowment for Humanities (NEH), 1973 -.
Author: Russian Formalism and Anglo - American New Criticism: A Comparative Study, 1971; Witold Gombrowicz, 1979; Understanding Russia, 1987; editor, The Search for Self - Definition in Russian Literature, 1991.
Member of: Modern Language Association (MLA); American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS); American Association of Teachers of Slavic and Eastern European Languages (AATSEEL); editorial boards member, Modern Age, The Intercollegiate Review, Studies in Twentieth Century Literature, The South Central Review, and Znaki Czasu; Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (P.I.A.S.A.) (editor, The Sarmatian Review, Houston).
Honors: Silver Thistle award, Scottish Heritage Foundation, 1988.
Affiliation: Catholic.
Office: Rice University, P.O. Box 1892,6100 South Main, Houston, TX 77251.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.