Janine R. Wedel
Anthropologist, author, policy analyst
Born Oct. 9, 1957, Newton (KS), U.S.; daughter of Arnold and Dolores (Lehman).
Education: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Bethel College, North Newton (KS), 1978; Philipps - Universitat, Marburg (Germany), 1976-77; Master of Arts (M.A.), Indiana University, Bloomington, 1980; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1985.
Career: Federal Trade Commission, Washington (DC), 1981; consultant, Institute of Sociology, University of Warsaw (Poland), 1982-84; visiting scholar, School of Business, University of California, 1986-87; international economist, consultant, 1987, international trade analyst, 1987-93, U.S. International Trade Commission, Washington; Fulbright prof., Department of Social Sciences, Catholic University of Lublin (Poland), 1989-90, Institute of Applied Social Sciences, University of Warsaw, 1991-92; associate professorial lecturer (international affairs), Elliot School of International Affairs, 1991-92, associate research prof., 1994 -, George Washington University, adjunct prof., Graduate Public Policy School Georgetown University, 1993 -, Washington.
Author: The Effects of Regulation on the Home Improvement Industry, 1982; The Private Poland, 1986; The Unplanned Society: Poland During and After Communism, 1992; Remarking Eastern Europe through Foreing Aid? 1995; associate producer, The Kwitny Report (documentaries on U.S. policy in Eastern Europe), 1989, AIDS in Poland (documentary), 1990; numerous articles, i.a. in: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, World Monitor, and scholarly journals.
Member of: Association of Public Policy and Management; American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS); American Anthropological Association; American Political Science Association; Fulbright Alumni Association.
Honors: Young Alumnus award, Bethel College, 1992; fellowship, National Defense Foreign Language and Area Studies, 1979-81, Kosciuszko Foundation, 1979-81, 1983-85, Fulbright Fellowship, 1982-84, 1989-90, 1991-92, International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX), 1985-86, 1988, National Endowment for Humanities (NEH), 1987-89, Wilson Center, 1988, 1994, German Marshall Foundation, 1990, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, 1994, MacArthur Foundation, 1994-95, National Science Foundation (NSF), 1994-97.
Affiliation: Democrat. Mennonite.
Languages: English, Polish, German, French, Russian.
Hobbies: singing, folk music.
Office: George Washington University, Department of Sociology, 2129 G Street NW, Washington, DC 20052.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.