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Dr PaweÅ‚ JÄ™drzejko is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Postcolonial Studies and Travel Writing, Institute of English Cultures and Literatures, University of Silesia in Katowice. A member of his home Institute’s faculty since 1995, PaweÅ‚ JÄ™drzejko has performed the functions of the Academic Secretary of the Institute, Coordinator of the NeoLit Students’ Research Society, organizer or co-chair of numerous academic events, director of degree dissertations and examiner for the Ph.D. programs at the Faculty of Philology. He holds memberships of the Polish Association of American Studies, American Studies Association (ASA), Modern Language Association (MLA), as well as of the Melville Society, whose International Conference he organized in Poland in 2007. Since 2003, he has been actively contributing to the development of International American Studies Association, the only world-wide, independent, non-governmental association for Americanists. In the years 2003-2008 he had served as a IASA Member At-Large and, as a member of the Executive Council of the organization, was responsible for its electronic presence. He is a co-founder and co-editor of the Review of International American Studies. On regular basis, he collaborates with the Er(r)go Quarterly and is responsible for the “Critical Notes” section, where he reviews submitted books. As an alumnus of the Civic Education Project, he continues to expand connections between Polish and international academia. An author of two books, co-editor of two more, to-date he also published 32 academic articles, 36 reviews and critical notes, 3 musical albums and co-edited all of the existing issues of the Review of International American Studies. To unwind, he goes sailing, sings sea-shanties in a vocal sextet Banana Boat, plays the guitar, or devises plans for future sailing expeditions.