Dr hab. prof. UŚ, works at the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Silesia in Katowice. Her research interests are related to the art of interpretation, relations between literature and natural science, and literature for children and young people. She is the author of the following books: Poetyka i łowy. O idei dawnego polowania w literaturze polskiej XIX wieku [Poetics and Hunting. On the Idea of Ancient Hunting in Polish Literature of the 19th Century] (Katowice 2004), Czułe punkty Grochowiaka. Szkice i interpretacje [Tender Points of Grochowiak. Sketches and Interpretations] (Katowice 2010), Latająca ryba. Studia o podróżopisarstwie Ignacego Domeyki [Flying Fish. Studies of the Travel Writing of Ignacy Domeyko] (Katowice 2014), Zwierzęta na zakręcie [Animals on the Turn] (Warsaw 2017), co-author of the works Uwolnić Pippi! Twórczość dla dzieci wobec przemian kultury [Unleash Pippi! Creativity for Children in the Face of Cultural Transformations] (Katowice 2013) and Po pierwsze. O literaturze dla dzieci (i nie tylko) [First. On Literature for Children (and Not Only)] (Krakow 2019, both with Iwona Gralewicz-Wolny), as well as a translation of François Soulages’s dissertation Estetyka fotografii. Strata i zysk [The Aesthetics of Photography. Loss and Gain] (Krakow 2007, jointly with Wacław Forajter). [17.12.2025]