Assisstant Professor in the Department of Iranian Studies at Jagiellonian University (Kraków, Poland), where she has taughts a variety of subjects including Translation and Interpretation, Culture of the Persianate World, and Persian Grammar.
She holds a PhD in linguistics (2022), in her research she analyzed the language of contemporary novels in search of the influence of spoken variety of Persian on its written counterpart.
Her book "Modern Spoken Persian in Contemporary Iranian Novels" was awarded the 32nd World Book Award of the Islamic Republic of Iran in February 2025.

Wąsala, Katarzyna (2023) Modern Spoken Persian in Contemporary Iranian Novels: An Analysis of Selected 21st Century Novels, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht: Goettingen.

Wąsala, Katarzyna (2025) Are Those Two Windows Mirroring Each Other? On the Poetry of Foruq Farroxzād (1935–1967) and Halina Poświatowska (1935–1967), Konteksty Kultury, Volume 22 Issue 1, 2025, pp. 167-191. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/23531991KK.25.009.21758

Linguistics, Modern Persian and Its Development, Contemporary Persian Literature (Fiction, Poetry)

Assistant Professor, Jagiellonian University