Affiliate Faculty
Schar School of Policy and Government
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Biography
Andrzej Demczuk graduated from Seattle University in International Studies. He also received a Master’s Degree in International Relations, and a Ph. D in political science and administration from Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (UMCS), where he teaches political science courses. His interests focus on political leadership with specific emphasis on American leadership. In 2020, Dr. Demczuk received a Fulbright Junior Research Award 2020/2021 and conducted research at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government. In 2023 Lexington Books published his First book „Transformational Leadership and the Modern Presidency. Clinton, Bush, and Obama”. Dr. Demczuk is currently working on his second book „US International Leadership in the Context of the Ongoing War in Ukraine”.
Curriculum Vitae
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Andrzej Demczuk, Ph. D.
ul. Gen. Zajączka 8,
20-806, Lublin, Poland
Phone: +48 600946 632
Email: mr.andrzej.demczuk@gmail.com andrzej.demczuk@mail.umcs.pl
EDUCATION
Ph. D., Political Science, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland 2021
Thesis: Transformational Leadership in the United States of America
M.A., International Relations, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University Lublin, Poland 2017
A.A., Theology of Catholic Spirituality, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, 2012
B.A., International Studies, Seattle University Seattle, Washington 1998
A.A., Seattle Central Community College Seattle, Washington 1996
EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland 2022 - present Associate Professor, Institute of International Relations (UMCS)
Duties: teaching undergraduate courses in political science and IR: Political Decision Making, Decision Making in International Relations, International Law and International Organizations, International Relations Terminology, International Security
American Corner Education and Business Center (ACEBC), Lublin, Poland, 2023 – present
Director of the American Corner Education and Business Center (partnership between the Public Affairs section of U.S. Embassy in Warsaw and UMCS)
Duties: coordinating the Center’s various projects and programs that serve the academic/business community in building local and international partnerships using shared interest and knowledge about the USA as a meeting point
Anahuac Puebla University, Mexico June 5-27 2024 – Visiting Professors Program. Duties: teaching summer course “US Foreign Policy” for undergraduate students of IR
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland 2021-2022 Chairman of Foundation for the Development of the Catholic University of Lublin
Lublin Business Association, Poland 2015-2020, President and the Head of International Expansion in Business Association S.A
Plackarnia, Lublin, Poland 2000-present, the owner of local restaurant chain
VOLUNTEER
Fulbright Poland, Ambassador, 2021-present, Lublin
Duties: mentoring potential applicants, sharing what a Fulbright grant is really like, along with how to address the challenges of living abroad successfully and how best to meet the Fulbright Program’s ultimate goal–to increase mutual understanding between the people of the U.S. and the people of Poland
Foundation in the Name of Love, 2016-2020, Poland, Lublin
Duties: I was a cofounder of the foundation that helped single mothers and needy children
International Christian Youth Exchange Program(ICYE), Seattle, USA, 1992-1993
Duties – I worked as a volunteer for one year with homeless people
PUBLICATIONS
Books:
Transformational Leadership and the Modern Presidency: Clinton, Bush, and Obama, Lexington Books, 2023
Articles:
Transformational Leadership of President Donald Trump, Athenaeum, vol. 79(3) 2023, pp. 240–256
Idealized Influence of President Volodymyr Zelensky, Politeja, vol. 86 2023
Democracy and the Arab Spring, The effects of the revolutions in the Arab World “Wschodnioznawstwo”, (ISSN 2082-7695), 5/22, (2022)
Biden’s Soft Power vs. Coercive Diplomacy and Responding to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine, Teka Komisji Politologii i Stosunków Miedzynarodowych, vol. 2022, tom.17, no.1, (2022)
Solving North Korean Missile Crisis. W: M. Socha, M. Zaręba (eds.), Asia in World Politics: Past, Present, and Future. Łódź: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, (2021).
Joe Biden’s political personality illustrated in his political decisions. Teka Komisji Politologii i Stosunków Międzynarodowych, vol. 16, no. 1, (2020).
AWARDS
JM Rektor Radosław Dobrowolski Scientific Award 2023, for publication of the book Transformational Leadership and the Modern Presidency: Clinton, Bush, and Obama (Lexington Books, 2023)
UMCS Mini Grant Research Award 2023/2024, The Impact of US International Leadership in Russia’s War with Ukraine, research tasks conducted at the Harvard University Kennedy School, the MIT, and the George Mason University, USA, September 2-21, 2023
The Aniela Countess Potulicka Award 2021 in the category of social activity in the spirit of solidarity humanism
Fulbright Junior Research Award 2020/2021, George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government, USA, Washington DC, December 28th 2020 – July 2nd 2021
CONFERENCES
Chair Discussant, Panel 10: Present Day Conflicts and Conflict Resolution, International Political Science Association (IPSA) "Challenges and New Directions in Multi-Level Governance: IPSA 75th Anniversary Conference" 25-26April 2024, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Lecture: “US Lessons from the War in Ukraine”, International Political Science Association (IPSA) "Challenges and New Directions in Multi- Level Governance: IPSA 75th Anniversary Conference" 25-26 April 2024, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Lecture: “Could Russia’s War in Ukraine Have Been Prevented?” the School of International Relations, February 21st 2024 Anahuac Puebla University, Mexico
Lecture: “What is the impact of U.S. international leadership in the context of the ongoing war in Ukraine?”, EUROPE FACING WAR IN UKRAINE,1st Congress of the Polish Society of International Studies, 9-10 November 2023, Poland, Łódź Univeristy
Lecture: ”Idealized Influence of President Volodymyr Zelensky”, International Political Science Association (IPSA) 27th World Congress 2023, July 15-19, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Catholic University
Lecture: “Analysis of the US International Security in the Context of the North Korean Nuclear Threats”, Akademia Zamoyska International Conference, May 18-19 2023, Zamość. “Security Threats in Globalization Processes. Military Threats”.
Lecture: “Political Leadership of President Volodymyr Zelensky”, the 3rd International Conference on "International Law, Foreign Affairs, and World Politics", January28, 2023, Center for American Studies
Panel Discussion: Historical and Cultural Policies of States – Dilemmas, Prospects, Challenges", International Academic Conference "Poland, Europe and the World in the Age of Multidimensional Crises" as part of the Civic Forum series, November 28-30, 2022, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
Lecture: “Joe Biden’s political personality illustrated in his decision to select Kamala Harris”, USA: Diplomacy, Foreign Policy and International Law International Conference, February 6, 2021,Center for American Studies
Lecture: “Donald Trump and Crisis of American Leadership”, XXXI Annual Conference of the Polish Association for American Studies: The Sound of Silence in American Literature, Culture and Politics at the University of Opole, October 23-25, 2019
Lecture: “Solving North Korean Missile Crisis”, 14th Łódz East Asia Meeting, Asia in World Politics: Past, Present, and Future, 7-8 June 2018.