Faculty Profile for Dr. Ewa Siwak

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Dr. Ewa Siwak
Professor of Instruction — Dept of World Languages & Literatures
CENT 104
phone: (512) 245-2360

Biography Section

Biography and Education

M.A. in German, University of Warsaw
Ph.D. in German Literature and Translation Studies, The University of Texas at Austin

Teaching Interests

German language, German civilization

Research Interests

Habsburg Galicia, Galician feminism, Descriptive Translation Studies

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Siwak, E. (n.d.). Philip Boehm Revisits “Malina.” Austrian Studies, Reading Bachmann Now: 32(2024-in press). Retrieved from https://www.mhra.org.uk/journals/as
  • Siwak, E. (2021). Review of Scott O. Moore. Teaching the Empire: Education and State Loyalty in Late Habsburg Austria. Journal of Austrian Studies. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1353/oas.2021.0035
  • Siwak, E. (2019). Review of Sandra Boihmane. Malina—Versteck der Sprache: Die Chiffre “Malina” in Ingeborg Bachmanns Werk und in Zeugnissen von Zeitzeuginnen. Feminist German Studies. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press. https://doi.org/10.5250/femigermstud.35.0137.
  • Hnatiuk, O. (2019). Courage and Fear (translated from the Polish by Ewa Siwak). (E. Siwak, Trans.). Brighton, MA, USA: Academic Studies Press; Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute. Retrieved from https://www.academicstudiespress.com/ukrainianstudies/courage-and-fear
  • Siwak, E. (2018). Transparent, Fluent, and Readable: Ingeborg Bachmann’s Prose in English. Journal of Austrian Studies, 51(1), 47–73.

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Golden Apple Award for Teaching, College of Liberal Arts. August 30, 2023
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching, Office of the President. May 30, 2023
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi Favorite Professor, Alpha Chi Honor Society/University College. April 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Excellence in Service, College of Liberal Arts. July 12, 2019
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi Favorite Professor, Alpha Chi Honor Society/University College. April 22, 2016

Selected Service Activities

Chair
Project Chair, American Association of Teachers of German, South Texas Chapter
January 1, 2022-Present
Member
Teacher Education Council
January 2021-Present
Organizer
SPARK for German
January 2020-Present
Co-Director
Texas State German Contest
February 28, 2015-Present
Member
Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching Selection Committee
December 2024-June 2027