John Joseph Bukowczyk (born 1950) is a professor of history at

Wayne State University Wayne State University (WSU) is a public research university in Detroit, Michigan. It is Michigan's third-largest university. Founded in 1868, Wayne State consists of 13 schools and colleges offering approximately 350 programs to nearly 25,000 ...

specializing in American immigration, history of American urban settlements and ethnic groups - in particular,

Polish Americans Polish Americans ( pl, Polonia amerykańska) are Americans who either have total or partial Poles, Polish ancestry, or are citizens of the Republic of Poland. There are an estimated 9.15 million self-identified Polish Americans, representing abou ...

. He also is the recipient of the Gold Cross of Merit of the Republic of Poland and of several awards from the

Polish American Historical Association The Polish American Historical Association (PAHA), founded in 1942, is a scholarly not-for-profit association dedicated to the study of Polish American history and culture. Originally a section of the larger Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in ...

(PAHA). He is also a member of the PAHA council (as of 2019). He has degrees from

Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...

(undergraduate in history and political science) and

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

(A.M., PhD American Hiatory).

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Homepage at WSULonger profile at WSU
1950 births American people of Polish descent American historians Historians of the United States Wayne State University faculty Living people Northwestern University alumni Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni {{US-historian-stub