Barbara Wejnert

Sociologist, educator

Born Feb. 3, 1956, Sierakow Wielkopolski, Poland; came to U.S., 1986; daughter of Alfred and Leokadia (Szyk); child: Cyprian.

Education: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), 1979, Master of Arts (M.A.), 1980, Ph.D., 1985, A. Mickiewicz University, Poznan (Poland).

Career: assistant prof., A. Mickiewicz University, 1984-86, University of Florida, Gainesville, 1986-87; associate prof., Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, 1987-94; visiting prof., Cornell University, Ithaca (NY), 1992-94.

Author: Student Movement in Comparison, 1994; co-author, Social Movements, 1994; co-editor, Post Communist Democracy and Women, 1995; articles in: Social Movements, Conflict and Change, 1988, Research on Russia and Eastern Europe, and Journal of GFF.

Member of: president, Georgia Sociological Association (vice president, 1991-92); council member, F. Znaniecki Foundation; International Sociological Association; American Sociological Association; Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (P.I.A.SA.).

Honors: fellowship at Linden University (Netherlands), 1980; grants, Georgia Humanities Council, 1991, National Endowment for Humanities (NEH), 1992, 1993.

Languages: Polish, Russian, English.

Hobbies: bicycle, reading, classical music.

Home: 414 Cayuga Heights Road, Ithaca, NY 14850.

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.