Dr. Iwona Sadowska is head of the Polish program and teaches Polish and Russian language, Slavic literatures, and film studies in the Department of Slavic Languages and with the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies (CERES) in the School of Foreign Service . She is the author of Polish: A Comprehensive Grammar , published by Routledge. This book is the most extensive description of the Polish language system published internationally and is unique in addressing gender issues in the language. A newly revised and expanded second edition of Polish: A Comprehensive Grammar is under contract with Routledge to be published in 2024.
For her outstanding commitment to the educational advancement of students at Georgetown University, Prof. Sadowska was awarded the 2015 Dorothy Brown Award for Excellence in Teaching . In 2022, Prof. Sadowska received a Georgetown Faculty Career Champion Award in recognition of mentorship, inspiration, and impact on students. She has been honored seven times at the annual Georgetown College Honors Ceremony for teaching. Prof. Sadowska has served as an elected member of the Georgetown University Faculty Senate since 2013 and was awarded Georgetown University Doyle Fellowships for 2015–16 and 2018–19. At Georgetown, she has made media appearances, including with NPR, the Polish evening news (TVP1), Polsat News , and in print. She has led film screenings and discussions, language conversation hours, and guest lecture events, including with former Polish President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Lech Walesa, former Polish President and Georgetown Distinguished Scholar Aleksander Kwasniewski, and former U.S. Ambassadors to Poland Victor Ashe and Stephen Mull .
Prof. Sadowska holds a Ph.D. from Trinity College Dublin. Her fields of research include higher education studies, critical pedagogy, and film studies. Prof. Sadowska has previously worked on linguistics projects with the University of Maryland, College Park. She has lived, worked, and traveled in over 50 countries and traversed Eurasia overland from the Pacific to the Atlantic via Central Asia and the Caucasus.
Academic Appointment(s)
- Primary
- Associate Teaching Professor, College - Department of Slavic Languages