Karen Majewski
Karen Majewski received her Ph.D. in American Culture from the University of Michigan, concentrating on the study of immigration and ethnicity. She is the former executive director of the Polish American Historical Association and and has lectured and published extensively on the cultural history of Poles in the U.S. Her award-winning book, Traitors & True Poles: Narrating a Polish American Identity, 1880-1939 was published in 2003, and her latest work has focused on women’s issues in American Polonia. Her work on the University of Michigan’s Chene Street History Project helped document a Detroit multi-ethnic working class neighborhood. From 2002-2021, Majewski concentrated on community service, serving on Hamtramck, Michigan’s Historical Commission, as City Council President, and for 16 years as the city’s Mayor.