Tomasz Andrzej Warchol
English educator, film critic
Born May 23, 1953, Gdynia, Poland; came to U.S., 1981; son of Andrzej and Krystyna (Wroblewska); married Bozena (Niemczyk); children: Joanna, Monika.
Education: Master of Arts (M.A.), A. Mickiewicz University, Poznan (Poland), 1977; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1984.
Career: senior assistant, University of Gdansk (Poland), 1977-81; assistant, University of Massachusetts, 1982-84; assistant prof., 1984-1990, associate prof., 1990 -, associate director, Cinema Arts Program, 1986 -, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro.
Author: co-author, Hundbook of Soviet and East European Films and Filmmakers, 1992; numerous articles on Polish, Czech and Hungarian cinema in: Sight and Sound, The New Orleans Review; various articles in professional journals.
Member of: British Film Institute; International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts; Society for Cinema Studies; South Atlantic Modern Language Association (MLA).
Honors: felIowship, Fulbright-Hays Foundation, 1981, Kosciuszko Foundation, 1983.
Languages: Polish, English, Russian.
Hobbies: film, sports, children.
Office: Georgia Southern University, Department of English/Philosophy, LB 8023, Statesboro, GA 30460.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.