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Kasia Polanska, Ph.D.

Kasia Polanska, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Sociology & Political Science

Arts and Sciences — Social Sciences

Education

  • Ph.D. in Sociology from University of Minnesota
  • M.A. in Latin American Studies, Stanford University
  • B.A. in Journalism, San Francisco State University

Biography

Kasia has worked at UAS Ketchikan as an Adjunct Instructor of Government and Sociology since 2007. She has also taught sociology and political science at the University of Minnesota, MN; Sacred Heart University, CT; and American Public University System, WV. Her past professional experience includes working for 7 years within the United Nations human rights treaty system as a Research Director of a non-governmental human rights organization.

Her teaching and research interests are wide-ranging and include general and political sociology, institutions, social problems, social psychology, race and ethnicity, ethnic conflict, human rights, Europe, Latin America

Kasia Polanska, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Sociology & Political Science

Arts and Sciences — Social Sciences

Kasia Polanska, Ph.D.