Marek Jan Chodakiewicz, who received his PhD from Columbia University, is a Research Professor of History at The Institute for World Politics in Washington DC. He formerly held the Kosciuszko Chair of Polish History at the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia and is currently serving on the Advisory Council of the National Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC.

He is the author of many books and scholarly articles including Between Nazis and Soviets: Occupation Politics in Poland 1939-1947, After the : Polish-Jewish Conflict in the Wake of World War II, and Poland’s Transformation: A Work in Progress.