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Joanna Regulska
Bold text Joanna Regulska, Ph.D, is a professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies and Geography, and vice president for international and global affairs at the University of California, Davis.

Biography: Joanna Regulska was born in Warsaw, Poland on April 7, 1951. She is the daugher of Jerzy and Danuta (Domiczek). She graduated from the University of Warsaw (MSc) in 1975 and the University of Colorado, Boulder (PhD) in 1982 with graduate degrees in geography. She has one daughter, Anne Marie.

Her commitment to feminism and social justice led her establish degree programs in gender studies at the Central European University in Hungary and Tbilisi State University in the Republic of Georgia. In 2011, she received the Doctor Honoris Causa from the Tbilisi State University honoring her work in Georgia. Later on in 2013, she was the recipient of the Fulbright U.S.-Korea International Education Administrator Award.

While at Rutgers University, she served as the first Vice President for International and Global Affairs. In 1989, as a Rutgers professor, she founded the Local Democracy Partnership Program at Rutgers. She spearheaded the team that designed and established The Foundation in Support of Local Democracy (FSLD), the most successful NGO in Poland. The President Wojciech Jaruzelski of Poland recognized her significant contributions as a developer and board member of FSLD by awarding her the Cavalier Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (1996). As vice president she is primarily credited for for the creating and developing the Center for Global Advancement and International Affairs (GAIA Centers), the university’s internationalization initiative center. As a result of her efforts, Rutgers University was the recipient of the 2014 Senator Paul Simon Award for its internationalization efforts. Since September 2015, Dr. Joanna Regulska acts as the vice provost and associate chancellor at the University of California, Davis. Additionally, she is a professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies. As a renown scholar, Dr. Joanna Regulska has published seven books and written over a hundred articles. Her research concentrates on women’s political activism, democracy in Europe and the Caucasus. Her research is endorsed by The National Science Foundation, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the Polish Academy of Sciences.

Timeline of Awards and Recognition
2014	 The Commander’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta for contributions to building local democracy and civic society after 1989 in Poland, advancing the place of women in politics, and strengthening international cooperation, through both research and service.

2013	 2013 Full bright International Education Administrators program in Korea

2011	 Doctor Honoris Causa, Tbilisi State University

2010-11   Presidential Fellow, Association of International Education Administrators, Washington, DC

2005-11   International Non-residential Academic Fellowship, Soros Foundation, in support of the Tbilisi State University efforts to develop women’s and gender studies graduate program (annually renewed                                          since 2005)

2004        The Knight Cross of the Order of Restitution of the Republic of Poland (Krzyz Kawalerski Orderu Odrodzenia Polski), for contributions to building civil society and local democracy in Poland, awarded  by the President, The Republic of Poland

1996        Presidential Award for Distinguished Public Service, President, Rutgers University The Cavalier Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (Krzyz Kawalerski Orderu Zaslugi dla Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej), for contributions to the local government reform in Poland, awarded by the President, The Republic of Poland

1993-94  Fellowship from the German Marshall Fund of the United States, Residential Advisor to the Minister for Public Administration Reform, Warsaw, Poland

1993       Merit Award, Rutgers University (received yearly since 1992) Nominee for Outstanding Contribution to Building Civic Society. Award given by the President of Poland

Sources:
https://globalaffairs.ucdavis.edu/about/people/regulska_joanna.html http://www.poles.org/db/R_names/Regulska_J.html http://css.ge/index.php?lang_id=ENG&sec_id=33&info_id=381

Link to interview: https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/55694/Regulska_P_E_102806.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y -- Languages Polish, English, French. -