Center for American Studies

Degrees:

PhD - 2022 –Maria Curie Sklodowska University in Lublin; Afrofuturism in Contemporary American Music Video: Themes, Aesthetics, Politics.

MA - 2016 – Maria Curie Sklodowska University in Lublin; Sound Design as Narrative Device in Contemporary American Film.

BA - 2014 – Maria Curie Sklodowska University in Lublin: Interchangeability of Ghetto Spaces in American Hip-Hop Music

Research interests:

• American popculture (music video)
• Afrofuturism and speculative media
• Black Studies, Africana Studies
• audiovisual media and cyberculture

Membership in scholarly societies:

Polish Association for American Studies (since 2018)

Grants and fellowships:

2018 – EAAS Transatlantic Travel Grant for Graduate Students, University of California, Riverside, USA.
2018 – Conference Travel Grant; Fantastic Ninth annual conference of the Gesellschaft für Fantastikforschung na Universytecie we Fryburgu, Szwajcaria.
2016 – winner of the 2nd Prize in Poland’s contest for the Best MA Thesis in American Studies.

Major Publications:

1. “Janelle Monáe.” In: Fifty Key Figures in Cyberpunk Culture, ed. Anna McFarlane et al., Routledge, 2022, pp. 123–26
2. Kolor skóry i etniczność w narracjach audiowizualnego cyberpunka”. Teksty Drugie. Teoria literatury, krytyka, interpretacja, ed. Ryszard Nycz et al., no 6 (2021). ISSN 0867-0633, pp. 125-141.
3. “Capturing the Future Back in Africa: Afrofuturist Media Ephemera.” Extrapolation. Special Issue. “Beyond Afrofuturism” ed. Isiah Lavender III, Lisa Yaszek. No. 61. Liverpool University Press, UK. 2020. ISSN: 0014-5483.
4. “Bleak Futures in Two East African Films.” Vector. British Science Fiction Association’s Magazine. Special Issue: “African and Afrodiasporic SF,” ed. Polina Levontin and Michelle Clarke, #289 (August 2019). ISNN: 0505-0448 Great Britain.
5. “Nancy Schreiber.” Hollywood Heroines: The Most Influential Women in Film History. ed. Laura Bauer. ABC-CLIO Press. Santa Barbara, CA, USA. December 2018.
6. “Live 2.0 – wykorzystanie rzeczywistości wirtualnej w muzyce „na żywo”.” [in Polish] MUTE 2: Live. Muzyka / Uniwersytet / Technologia / Emocje. AT Wydawnictwo. Kraków. September 2018.
7. “Revisiting the Aesthetics of Protest: Socially Conscious Music Videos.” In Media Res. Contemporary Music Video. MediaCommons: A Digital Scholarly Network . Media Commons Press. USA. May 2018. http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/imr/2018/05/13/revisiting-aesthetics-protest-socially-conscious-music-videos
8. “A Glitch in the Matrix: A Reflection on Shabazz Palaces’ ‘Welcome to Quazarz’ or a New Wave of Afrofuturist Music Videos.” MOSF Journal of Science Fiction, Special Issue titled: “Afrofuturism” Vol. 2, #2, (January 2018), p. 8-9. ISSN 2474-0837. ed.: Heather McHale. Alexandria, VA, USA. January 2018.
9. “‘Kaboom! Guess That Must Spell Doom!’: Dystopia and the Post-Apocalypse in Hip-Hop Music Videos.” Vector. British Science Fiction Association’s Magazine. Special Issue titled: “The Music Issue,” ed. Anna McFarlane and Glyn Morgan, #286 (summer 2017). Wielka Brytania.
10. “My City, My ‘Hood, My Street: Ghetto Spaces in American Hip-hop Music.” New Horizons in English Studies. #2 (2017), p. 114-126. Wydawnictwo UMCS.
11. “Creative Use of Sound in the Cinematic Adaptation of The Great Gatsby (2013).” New Horizons in English Studies. #1 (2016). e-ISSN: 2543-8980, p. 79-86. Wydawnictwo UMCS.
12. “#BlackLivesDontMatter – postapokalipsa i polityka w teledysku Señorita Vince’a Staplesa’” [in Polish] Annales UMCS, Sectio FF Philologiae, Vol 34, #2 (2016), ISSN: 0239-426X, p. 91-100. Wydawnictwo UMCS.

Courses taught:

1. Practical English – Vocabulary and Conversations
2. Practical English – Translations
3. Practical English – Academic Writing
4. New Media and Cyberculture

Other:

1. Fulbright Mentor Program for English Teaching Assistants at MSCU (since 2018).
2. Organizer of Ask an American series.
3. Co-organizer of Media in America, America in Media Conference.
4. Social Media Manager for New Horizons in English Studies journal.

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Non-academic interests:

English for the IT sector; podcast; educational content creation; American English pronunciation; technology and software testing.