Anna D. Kirchmann

Biography

Anna D. Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann is a Distinguished Professor of History and a CSU Professor. She received her M.A. in history from Marie Curie Sklodowska University in Lublin, Poland, and her Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. She served as chair of Eastern’s History Department in 2013-17. She retired in 2022 and was granted Professor Emerita status.

Research Interest

• Migration and ethnic history
• Food studies
• Urban history

Of Note

Anna D. Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann is past president of the Polish American Historical Association, and serves as Editor-in-Chief of the scholarly Polish American Studies. She received numerous awards for her scholarship and service to the profession.

Book Publications

Polish American Voices: A Documentary History, 1608-2020. Edited by Anna D. Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann, and James S. Pula (New York: Routledge, 2024).

The Polish Hearst: Ameryka-Echo and the Public Role of the Immigrant Press. (Champaign, Ill.: Illinois University Press, 2015).

Letters from Readers in Polish American Press, 1902-1969: A Corner for Everybody. Edited by Anna D. Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann. Translated by Theodore L. Zawistowski and Anna D. Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2014).

The Exile Mission: The Polish Political Diaspora and Polish Americans, 1939-1956 (Athens: Ohio University Press, 2004).

[Associate Editor] The Polish American Encyclopedia. Edited by James S. Pula (Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2011).