Justyna Budzik

Dr. Justyna Budzik is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of English Philology, Jagiellonian University, with affiliations at the Institute of American Studies and Polish Diaspora. She holds a PhD in Literary Studies (2011) from Jagiellonian University's Faculty of Polish Studies, with MA and BA degrees in Cultural Studies and Literary Translation from the same institution.

• Researcher at Polish Publishing Fund in Canada (2007)
• Guest lecturer at Polish Consulates in Toronto (2015-2017) and New York (2017)
• Teaching staff member (2005-2017), research & teaching staff since 2016

Her research focuses on Polish émigré literature in North America, bilingualism, multiculturalism, intertextuality in émigré poetry, Anglo-American literary influences, dialogical nature of literature and art, and literary translation's role in diaspora works. She has presented extensively at international conferences including PIASA Annual Conferences (2019, 2018) and various Polish academic institutions.

Key research projects include "The Dialogicality of Literature and Art – Poetic and Essay Ekphrases in the Works of American and Polish Writers Living in North America" (2022) and syncretism studies in Polish-American literature. Her publications include monographs like In the Theatre of the World. The Artistic Homelands of Elżbieta Wittlin Lipton (2021) and At Home and Alienated. On the Situation of Polish Writers in Canada (2013), with numerous chapters in collective works and scientific articles in journals like 'Perspektywy kultury' and 'Studia Migracyjne'.