Halina Parafianowicz is full professor of American and modern world history at the University of Bialystok. She was a Fulbright Fellowship recipient, which resulted in the first published in Europe biography of Eleanor Roosevelt (Eleanor Anna Roosevelt (1884-1962). In the Shadow of the Great Husband). Her research focuses on American political history and diplomatic relations between U.S. and Central Europe in the 20th century. She has published books and articles on cultural and diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Poland and Czechoslovakia during the interwar period as well on other topics related to American diplomacy, modern presidency and the first ladies. Currently her research and writing are focused on the Great War and American memory of both world wars.