CURRICULUM VITAE MA in Liberal Arts/Humanities
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KAZIMIERZ ROBAK 17525 Brandywine Dr. Lutz, FL 33549 [email protected] (813) 909-4755 CURRICULUM VITAE EDUCATION: M.A. in Liberal Arts/Humanities. University of South Florida, Tampa FL. May 2009. Thesis: Cultural Response to Totalitarianism in Select Movies produced in Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland Between 1956 and 1989. Major Professor: Maria Cizmic, Ph.D. M.A. in History. University of South Florida, Tampa FL. May 2005. Thesis: The World War I in Poland Ended in 1923. Major Professor: Graydon A. Jack Tunstall, Jr., Ph.D. M.A. in Polish and Slavic Philology. University of Warsaw, Poland, June 1973. Thesis: Common Linguistic Errors in Contemporary Media. Major Professor: Bronisław Wieczorkiewicz, Ph.D. Non-Degree. Oriental Philology, Indian Department. Two semesters. University of Warsaw, Poland, 1971-73. ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS: University of South Florida Humanities and Cultural Studies – Adjunct (from Fall 2009), GTA (till Spring 2009) Freedom in Eastern Europe (HUM 4938) – Spring 2014, Summer, 2013; Fall 2012, Summer 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2010 Introduction to Theater as Culture (HUM 2930) – Fall 2012 Twentieth Century Totalitarian Systems in Central-Eastern Europe through Film and Literature (HUM 4938) – Fall 2010, Fall 2009, Fall 2008, Fall 2007, Fall 2006 Modern Theater (HUM4938) – Spring 2012, Summer B 2011 World Film Postwar (HUM4938) – Spring 2010 Art Against Regimes (HUM 4938) – Spring 2009 The Twentieth Century (HUM 3252) – Spring 2008, Spring 2007 World Language Education - Adjunct Directed Study on Polish Literature and Culture (FOL 4905) – Fall 2005 St. Petersburg College Humanities – Instructor Humanities: East-West Synthesis (HUM 2270) – Fall 2012 Western Humanities I (HUM 2210) – Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall, 20010, Spring 2010, Fall 2009, Summer 2009, Spring 2009, Fall 2008, Spring 2007, Fall 2006 Western Humanities II (HUM 2233) – Spring 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2006 Strayer University – Tampa Westshore Humanities – Instructor Contemporary International Problems (POL 300) – Winter 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2010 Robak 2 History and Methods in Science (HUM 300) – Winter 2011 NOVA Southeastern University, The Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences; Tampa FL History - Instructor American History to 1865 (HIST 1030) – Fall 2008, Summer 2008, Fall 2007, Summer 2007, Fall 2006, Summer 2006, Spring 2006, Fall 2005, Fall 2004 American History since 1865 (HIST 1040) – Spring 2010, Spring 2007, Spring 2006, Summer 2005, Spring 2005 ONLINE course – American History to 1865 (HIST 1030) – Summer 2006 ONLINE course – American History since 1865 (HIST 1040) – Summer 2006 UNESCO Educational Project International Class Afloat – Instructor World History and Humanities – Aug. 26 – Nov. 2, 2013 World History – 1983-1989 Western Heritage and Humanities – 1983-1989 World Literature and Ancient Cultures and Civilizations – 1983-1989 DISTINCTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS: Certificate of Excellence in recognition of Outstdanding Service and Support of the Student Body and Student Leadership. St. Petersburg College, September 14, 2011. Certificate of Recognition for outstanding performance as a GTA leading to departmental nomination for the Provost’s Award for Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Teaching Assistant. USF, April 2009. Member of National Association for Humanities Education, since 2008. Member of Phi Alpha Theta, National History Honor Society, since 2003. Alumni Association member, University of South Florida, since 2005. Member of Outstanding Honor Student Society at University of South Florida, since 2004. Graduated with honors at University of Warsaw, Poland, 1973. RESEARCH: BOOK CHAPTERS: Linguistic Patterns of Politeness in Middle Class’ American English [Szablony grzecznościowe w języku amerykańskiej klasy średniej]. Grzeczność na krańcach świata [Politeness in the World Languages]. Warszawa, Poland : Wydawnictwa Akademickie i Profesjonalne, 2007. Power and Art in Fascism and Nazism. Proc. of the Annual Meeting of Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery, Colorado State University-Pueblo; Colorado Springs, CO, 2006. Robak 3 Navigation in the Mediterranean Sea in the 15th and 16th Centuries. Proc. of the Annual Meeting of Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery, Colorado State University-Pueblo; Colorado Springs, CO, 2005. 95-102. Class Afloat – The UNESCO Pedagogical Project at Sea. The Polonia Almanac. Warszawa, Poland, Interpress, 1986. 281-290. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS: Pirates of the Caribbean: History Beats the Fiction. SCOLAS, Miami, FL, March 8-10, 2012. Two Affairs with Totalitarianism: Frida Kahlo and Leni Riefenstahl. SCOLAS, San Juan, PR, March 8-10, 2011. Dealing With Soviet-Imposed Reality in Select Movies Produced in the Soviet Bloc between 1956 and 1989. Phi Alpha Theta 2008 Biennial Convention, Albuquerque, NM, Jan.3-5 2008. Existence, Non-Existence and Co-Existence in Collective Memory: The Paradoxical Case of Antonio López de Santa Anna. III Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Hispanic/Latin American Literatures, Linguistics and Cultures; Department of Romance Languages & Literatures of University of Florida; Gainesville, FL; October 11-13, 2007. Poland and Ukraine during and after World War I. 2006 Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference; Saint Leo University; Saint Leo, FL; April 1, 2006. An Argentinean Story of Witold Gombrowicz. Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Hispanic/Latin American Literatures, Linguistics and Cultures; Department of Romance Languages & Literatures of University of Florida; Gainesville, FL; October 13-15, 2005. The Struggle for the Polish Borders after World War I. The Fourth Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium, the College of Arts and Sciences Graduate Committee, University of South Florida; Tampa, FL; April 8, 2005. War After the War: Uprisings in Upper Silesia after World War I. 2005 Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference, University of South Florida; Tampa, FL; April 1-2, 2005. Mediterranean Highway of the Renaissance. Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery, Colorado State University – Pueblo; Colorado Springs, CO; March 10-12, 2005. The Universal Immature Provincialism of Witold Gombrowicz. World Language Education Research Colloquium, University of South Florida; Tampa, FL; March 26, 2004. In Poland, WWI ended in 1923. 2003 Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference, Stetson University; DeLand, FL; March 28-29, 2003. SELECT ARTICLES: Leni y Frida: dos aventuras con el totalitarismo. Encuentros, Volumen 10. No. 02 julio/diciembre 2012. Universidad Autónoma del Caribe, Barranquilla, Colombia. Zamykanie kół. Wywiad-rzeka z Jerzym Porębskim [Closing the Circles. An Extended Interview with Jerzy Porębski]. The Żeglujmy Razem Website. 2012. <http://www.zeglujmyrazem.com/?page_id=5620> Robak 4 Na wyspie Wagnera [On the Wagner’s Island]. The Żeglujmy Razem Website. 2012. <http://www.zeglujmyrazem.com/wp-content/uploads/2100/Wydarzenia/Wgner Rally 2012/KRobak/Robak, Kazimierz - Na wyspie Wagnera.pdf> Ciekawość żeglowania [Curiosity in sailing]. The Żeglujmy Razem Website. 2012. <http://www.zeglujmyrazem.com/?page_id=5436> Who Is Who: Jagoda Przybyłowska. The Żeglujmy Razem Website. 2011. <http://www.zeglujmyrazem.com/?page_id=2826> Who Is Who: Bernard Kuczera. The Żeglujmy Razem Website. 2011. <http://www.zeglujmyrazem.com/?page_id=2826> Who Is Who: Mamert Stankiewicz. The Żeglujmy Razem Website. 2010. <http://www.zeglujmyrazem.com/?page_id=1510> Who Is Who: Karol Olgierd Borchardt. The Żeglujmy Razem Website. 2010. <http://www.zeglujmyrazem.com/?page_id=1510> Book Reviews in the Literary Section. The Żeglujmy Razem Website. 2010-2012. <http://www.zeglujmyrazem.com/?page_id=250> Powrót Szkoły [The School Is Back]. Miesięcznik Jachting [Yachting Monthly], Warsaw, Poland. September 2009. Vol. 09/2009 (53), p. 28-31. Kuzmir in Chaim Goldberg’s painting. Spotkania z Zabytkami [Encounters with Antiquities], Warsaw, Poland. Vol. 3 (253), March 2008. 12-15. American Photography and Photographers at Christie’s. Gazeta Antykwaryczna [Art and Antiquarian Monthly], Cracow, Poland. Vol. 3 (72), March 2002. 31-33. American Art on the Auction Market. Gazeta Antykwaryczna, Cracow, Poland. Vol. 9 (66), September 2001. 28-30. Chaim Goldberg – His Art and Life (Monograph of a Painter). Gazeta Antykwaryczna, Cracow, Poland. Vol. 10 (55), October 2000. 6-10. Vol. 11 (56), November 2000. 8-11. Art in the Web. Gazeta Antykwaryczna, Cracow, Poland. Vol. 11 (56), October 2000. 67-68. Cemetery Art at the Metaire, New Orleans. Gazeta Antykwaryczna, Cracow, Poland. Vol. 7/8 (52/53), July/August 2000. 60-61. Rudolph Giuliani and Art in New York City. Gazeta Antykwaryczna, Cracow, Poland. Vol. 5 (50), May 2000. 34-35. Preservation of Language in the Light of the Last Polish Legislation. Spotkania z Zabytkami, Warsaw, Poland. Vol. 1 (155), January 2000. 28-30. Artistic Slaughterhouse – The British Artists at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. Gazeta Antykwaryczna, Cracow, Poland. Vol. 11 (56), November 1999. 38-41. American Antique Market. Gazeta Antykwaryczna, Cracow, Poland. Vol. 7/8 (40/41), July/August 1999. 38-39. Salvador Dalí in St. Petersburg, Fla. Gazeta Antykwaryczna, Cracow, Poland. Vol. 9 (42), September 1999. 44-47. Robak 5 Analysis of the US-Mexican relations during Bill Clinton’s Presidency. Tygodnik Solidarność [The Solidarity Weekly], Warsaw, Poland. Vol. 28, 1997. 7-19. The Hong Kong issue with reference to the British-Chinese relations and international law. Tygodnik