Marta Ochyra-Olchawa
Part-Time Instructor
Polish and European Literature
Email: mochyraolchawa@luc.edu
Office: Crown Center 206C
Phone Number: 773-508-7368
Research Interests
- Polish language, Literature, History, and CUlture
- Polish Disapora and Bilingualism
- Polish School of Reportage
- Political Science and International Relations
- Cold War and Polish People's Republic, PRL
- American and Balkan Studies
Courses Taught
- LITR 200 European Masterpieces:
- Polish Short Stories
- Polish Literature of the Cold War
- Post-World War II Polish Literature
- POLS 101 Elementary Polish
- POLS 102 Elementary Polish
- POLS 103 Intermediate Polish
- POLS 104 Intermediate Polish
Publications
- “From Brussels to Sarajevo: Why Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina are Home to Islamic terrorists”, The Huffington Post, November 2016.
- “Triangle of the Future: NATO-Croatia-European Union,” Contemporary Transatlantic Relations, Janusz Cisek (ed.), Krakow 2010.
- “Islam in the Balkans: ethnic conflicts”, Maska, Krakow 2008.
- “Mohammed in the Balkans,” Per Aspera Ad Astra vol. IV, Krakow 2008.
- “Religious and Ethnic Changes in the Balkans during the Turkish Expansion,” Student Historical Notebooks 11, Krakow 2007.
Loyola Service
- Faculty reviewer of the annual Undergraduate Student FORUM, a competition of papers on Central and Eastern Europe
- Cooperation with the Jan Karski Educational Foundation in promoting the Karski legacy https://www.jankarski.net/en/news/karski-the-beacon-of-hope.html
Service Outside Loyola
- Polish Language School of the Jagiellonian University, Burr Ridge, IL 2016-2018
- Certificate for completing the workshop “I read, and I like it!” for parents and teachers of bilingual children organized by the Jagiellonian University and the Academic Quality Council, Chicago 2016
Education
- Ph.D. Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, 2019
- Summer School of Croatian Language and Culture, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia June-July 2010
- M.A. American Studies, Institute of American Studies and Polish Diaspora, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, 2008
- B.A. Balkan Studies, Institute of History, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, 2007
- B.A. Political and International Studies, B. Janski College, Krakow, Poland 2004