Main research interests:

text linguistics, cognitive linguistics, pragmatic linguistics, discourse analysis, translation studies

Education:

1976 г. - Yerevan state pedagogic institute of Russian and foreign languages after V. Brusov

1984 – Post-graduate course at State Institute of Foreign Languages, Moscow, PhD Thesis: “Linguistic Peculiarities of W. Faulkner’s novels within the Aspect of Communicative Stylistics”

2010 – Doctorate program at Yerevan State Linguistic University: Doctorate Thesis “William Saroyan’s Phenomenon within the Context of Intercultural Discourse” (cognitive approach)

Qualifications

1984 – PhD awarded by State Institute of Foreign Languages in Moscow

1993 – Associate Professor awarded by YSLU after V. Brusov

2010 – Doctor of Philology awarded by Yerevan State University

2012 – Professor awarded by YSLU after V. Brusov

Positions held:

1992 – 2003 Head of the English Language Chair, Yerevan State Linguistic University after V. Brusov

1997 – 2007 Vice-Rector for Education, Yerevan State Linguistic University after V. Brusov

2012 – 2017 Rector of Yerevan State Linguistic University after V. Brusov

Present position:

2017 – present Full Professor of English Communication and Translation, acting dean of Faculty of Intercultural Communication and Political Science

Awards:

2014 – Medal "For Friendship and Cooperation", MFA of the Russian Federation, Rossotrudnichestvo