mgrPiotr Matczak
Doktorant (PhD student)
Websites/Profiles
Degrees
- M.A. in English (American literature and culture), Poznań 2025
- B.A. in English (teaching specialization), Poznań 2023
Research interests
- American literature and culture
- (contemporary) Alaskan fiction
- literary geography and spatial literary studies
- Californian fiction of the 1960s
- the works of Charles Bukowski
Teaching experience
- English as a foreign language (high-school level; B1-C1)
- selected issues in American literature (high-school level)
Conference papers (selected)
- Re-Examining American Literature Student Symposium (REAL) “’You’ll know Her – by Her Vest:’ Objects in American Literature and Culture”, UAM, Poznań; March 2025
- Konferencja Polskiego Towarzystwa Neofilologicznego “Nauczanie i uczenie się języków obcych a otoczenie: naukowe, kulturowe, społeczno-gospodarcze”, UWM, Olsztyn (paper co-authored with Hanna Błauciak and Hanna Stelmaszczyk); September 2024
- Queer Communities: Collectivity, Gender and Sexuality in North American Literature and Culture, UŁ, Łódź; May 2024
- Re-Examining American Literature Student Symposium (REAL) “American Pasts and American Futures in Literature and Culture”, UAM, Poznań; March 2023
Grants
- “A study of the impact of a literary mentoring program on the development of academic competence in high school students” (118/34/UAM/0039) (principal investigator, in a team of six researchers) – 2023–2024; funded by the “Excellence Initiative – Research University” (ID-UB Study@Research)
Other professional experience
- EFL teacher at Saint Mary Magdalene High School in Poznań (2023–)
Training and workshops (selected)
- “Using literature in teaching English as a foreign language to develop learners’ intercultural competence”, BIP (Blended Intensive Program), UAM, Poznań; October 2025
- “Uniwersytecka Synergia Edukacyjna. Spotkania. Spotkanie czwarte: wielokulturowość i wielojęzyczność”, UAM, Poznań; June 2025
- “Europejski Dzień Języków Obcych w Ośrodku Doskonalenia Nauczycieli w Poznaniu”; October 2025, September 2023
- “Foreign Language Advancement through Research and Education”, UAM, Poznań; April 2025
Science outreach (selected)
- US Civics for Polish High School Students (Realioznawstwo amerykańskie dla uczniów polskich szkół średnich) (in cooperation with Tomasz Skirecki); September-November 2025
- a haiku contest at Saint Mary Magdalene High School in Poznań (in cooperation with Paulina Ambroży); March 2025
- a series of US-related workshops at Jan Henryk Dąbrowski High School in Kutno; January-April 2025
- a workshop at Noc Naukowców (Researchers’ Night), Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (in cooperation with Paulina Ambroży, Małgorzata Olsza, and Hanna Stelmaszczyk); November 2024
- Dzień Literatury Obcojęzycznej (Foreign Literature Day) at Saint Mary Magdalene High School in Poznań (in cooperation with AMU student circles); April 2024
Honors
- Jan Kulczyk Scholarship for very good academic results and activity for the benefit of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (2024/2025)
- Santander “Społecznik Roku” Award for outstanding social activity within Adam Mickiewicz University (2024/2025)
- Rector's scholarship for the best students (2024/2025, 2023/2024, 2022/2023, 2021/2022)