dr Małgorzata Durska

Sociologist and economist. The recipient of numerous scholarship programs, e.g. Fulbright (Indiana University and New York University), Erasmus Sigma and U.S. Department of State. Academic researcher and lecturer at Executive MBA programs, consultant in business communication and business culture with a 3-year experience in an international advertising company at the position of a Creative Director. For many years served as a Deputy Director of the Institute of the Americas and Europe, a coordinator of academic mobility, and a coordinator of the Polish-American Entrepreneurship Program. Co-founder and the first director of Polish Professional Women Network Translator of business culture books. Currently serves as a General Director of the Polish Business Roundtable (PRB) and a President of The PRB Foundation. Privately: a mother of two grown-ups, traveler, blogger, cyclist, vegetarian and a maniac of good cinema.

Major research interests: Poverty in the US, American business culture, organizational cultures, gender issues in business, emotional history of American business.

Courses (selected)

Poor America

Key Readings in American Society

Intercultural Communication

White Trash

Communicating Effectively at the American Workplace

Business Culture in the U.S.

Organization Behavior