John J. Bukowczyk (B.A., 1973, Northwestern University; A.M. 1973, Ph.D., 1980, Harvard University) is Professor of History and Director of the Canadian Studies Program at Wayne State University in Detroit and also a past president of the Polish American Historical Association. Bukowczyk, who is the author of And My Children Did Not Know Me: A History of the Polish-Americans and editor of Polish Americans and Their History: Community, Culture, and Politics, has published and lectured widely on Polish-American topics.

He also is the general editor of the Ohio University Press Polish and Polish-American Studies Series and editor of the Journal of American Ethnic History, published by the Immigration and Ethnic History Society.