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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ARMENIA
40 Baghramyan Ave.
Yerevan 0019, Republic of Armenia
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.aua.am/
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AUA Announces Dean and Associate Dean Appointments
Interim Provost Armen Der Kiureghian announced three senior academic
appointments to coincide with the university's new academic
restructuring into three Colleges: Dr. Aram Hajian, Dean of the
College of Science and Engineering, Dr. Thomas J. Samuelian, Dean of
the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, and Dr. Catherine Buon,
Associate Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences for
General Education.
Dr. Hajian received his Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences from Harvard
University in 1997 and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford
University in 1991. He joined AUA in the summer of 2007 as the
Assistant Dean of the College of Engineering, becoming Interim Dean in
2008 and Dean of the same college in 2010. He has served as Chair of
the Faculty Senate and of the Undergraduate Task Force and as member
of several other academic governance bodies, including the Curriculum
Committee and the WASC Steering Committee.The author of a number of
publications on mechanical models of human grasp, Dr. Hajian has
taught several courses to students in both Industrial Engineering and
Systems Management and Computer and Information Science programs of
the College of Engineering. He has also served as a technical reviewer
and member of several Armenian Government-appointed committees related
to large-scale national engineering development projects, including
the Prime Minister's Committee for the North-South Road Corridor
Investment Program. Dr. Hajian is a co-founder and member of the Board
of Directors of the Chess Academy of Armenia and has organized several
international chess tournaments, including the Grand Prix Events in
Jermuk (2008, 2009), the Karabakh International tournaments (2004,
2005), and in 2004 the first elite-level internet-based team
tournament. He is a member of the Armenian Chess Federation, heading
its Computer/IT committee.
Dr. Samuelian has been in academe for over three decades, beginning
his teaching career at the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned
his Ph.D. in Linguistics in 1981. He has also taught at Columbia
University and St. Nersess Seminary. In 1991 he earned his J.D. from
Harvard Law School. After serving as a clerk in US federal court, he
practiced international law in Washington, DC, Almaty, and Moscow. He
is founder and managing partner of Arlex International CJSC, which has
handled many of Armenia's largest complex investment transactions and
contributed to legal reform and the development of the legal
profession. He is a licensed member of the Armenian bar. He joined
the AUA Law faculty in 1998 and has served as the Dean of the AUA Law
Department since 2006. In 2011, he was appointed Accreditation Liaison
Officer, guiding AUA's strategic planning, reaccreditation and new
program accreditation process. Dr. Samuelian is the author of a number
of books, articles, reviews, and translations in the field of Armenian
language, literature and history, including an English translation of
St. Gregory of Narek's Book of Prayers: Speaking with God from the
Depths of the Heart (www.stgregoryofnarek.am), a two-volume Course in
Modern Western Armenian, Dictionary of Armenian in Transliteration,
and Cultural Ecology and Gorbachev's Restructured Union, 32 Harv.
Intl.L.J. 159 (1991). At the Arak-29 Foundation, a Yerevan-based
foundation dedicated to Armenian cultural and economic renewal,
Dr. Samuelian is team leader for the award-winning www.arak29.am
portal. Arak-29 features free Armenian language learning and
linguistic tools, Armenian language-learning software programs,
spell-checkers, Armenian cultural literacy educational software,
Genocide reparations databases, translations, and articles on
economic, literary, cultural policy, and environmental issues. He has
served as President of the US-based Armenian Bar Association,
President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Armenia, and as one
of two international experts for Armenia's Anti-corruption
Strategy. He also headed the RA Ministry of Education Committee for
the 2011 English Language Olympiad.
Dr. Buon was born and raised in Northern France. She earned a BA in
English Language and Literature at the Université d'Angers, France,
where she also obtained a BA in Teaching French as a Foreign
Language. After moving to the USA, she earned an MA in French and
Francophone Literatures, and a PhD in Applied Linguistics from
Louisiana State University, USA. Dr. Buon is an applied linguist,
language specialist, teacher trainer, and administrator with a passion
for languages, world cultures, and pedagogy. Her research interests
lie primarily in the areas of foreign language reading and writing,
curriculum design, and teaching methods. After teaching French as a
Foreign Language and English as a Second Language at the undergraduate
and graduate levels for many years in U.S. universities, Dr. Buon's
professional career took her around the world teaching English as a
Foreign Language in the Middle East and Cyprus; training EFL teachers
in Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia; and now in
Armenia. Dr. Buon's administrative experience spans a period of over
15 years. She has held positions as Language Program Coordinator, Exam
Coordinator, Foreign Languages Department Head, Assistant Dean,
Associate Dean, and Interim Dean at various institutions of higher
learning around the world. She joined the AUA faculty in 2010 as
Assistant Dean in the Department of English Programs and has served as
Interim Dean since January 2012.
The promotions of Drs. Hajian, Samuelian, and Buon will become
effective with the university's new academic structure on July 1,
2012.
The American University of Armenia (AUA) is a private, nonsectarian,
independent university located in Yerevan, Armenia.Founded in 1991,
AUA is affiliated with the University of California.Through teaching,
research, and public service, AUA serves Armenia and the region by
supplying high-quality education in seven different major fields,
encouraging civic engagement, and promoting democratic values.
The American University of Armenia is accredited by the Accrediting
Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities of the Western
Association of Schools and Colleges, 985 Atlantic Avenue, #100,
Alameda, CA 94501, 510-748-9001.
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AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF ARMENIA
40 Baghramyan Ave.
Yerevan 0019, Republic of Armenia
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.aua.am/
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/#%21/pages/American-University-of-Armenia/159219260801636
AUA Announces Dean and Associate Dean Appointments
Interim Provost Armen Der Kiureghian announced three senior academic
appointments to coincide with the university's new academic
restructuring into three Colleges: Dr. Aram Hajian, Dean of the
College of Science and Engineering, Dr. Thomas J. Samuelian, Dean of
the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, and Dr. Catherine Buon,
Associate Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences for
General Education.
Dr. Hajian received his Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences from Harvard
University in 1997 and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford
University in 1991. He joined AUA in the summer of 2007 as the
Assistant Dean of the College of Engineering, becoming Interim Dean in
2008 and Dean of the same college in 2010. He has served as Chair of
the Faculty Senate and of the Undergraduate Task Force and as member
of several other academic governance bodies, including the Curriculum
Committee and the WASC Steering Committee.The author of a number of
publications on mechanical models of human grasp, Dr. Hajian has
taught several courses to students in both Industrial Engineering and
Systems Management and Computer and Information Science programs of
the College of Engineering. He has also served as a technical reviewer
and member of several Armenian Government-appointed committees related
to large-scale national engineering development projects, including
the Prime Minister's Committee for the North-South Road Corridor
Investment Program. Dr. Hajian is a co-founder and member of the Board
of Directors of the Chess Academy of Armenia and has organized several
international chess tournaments, including the Grand Prix Events in
Jermuk (2008, 2009), the Karabakh International tournaments (2004,
2005), and in 2004 the first elite-level internet-based team
tournament. He is a member of the Armenian Chess Federation, heading
its Computer/IT committee.
Dr. Samuelian has been in academe for over three decades, beginning
his teaching career at the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned
his Ph.D. in Linguistics in 1981. He has also taught at Columbia
University and St. Nersess Seminary. In 1991 he earned his J.D. from
Harvard Law School. After serving as a clerk in US federal court, he
practiced international law in Washington, DC, Almaty, and Moscow. He
is founder and managing partner of Arlex International CJSC, which has
handled many of Armenia's largest complex investment transactions and
contributed to legal reform and the development of the legal
profession. He is a licensed member of the Armenian bar. He joined
the AUA Law faculty in 1998 and has served as the Dean of the AUA Law
Department since 2006. In 2011, he was appointed Accreditation Liaison
Officer, guiding AUA's strategic planning, reaccreditation and new
program accreditation process. Dr. Samuelian is the author of a number
of books, articles, reviews, and translations in the field of Armenian
language, literature and history, including an English translation of
St. Gregory of Narek's Book of Prayers: Speaking with God from the
Depths of the Heart (www.stgregoryofnarek.am), a two-volume Course in
Modern Western Armenian, Dictionary of Armenian in Transliteration,
and Cultural Ecology and Gorbachev's Restructured Union, 32 Harv.
Intl.L.J. 159 (1991). At the Arak-29 Foundation, a Yerevan-based
foundation dedicated to Armenian cultural and economic renewal,
Dr. Samuelian is team leader for the award-winning www.arak29.am
portal. Arak-29 features free Armenian language learning and
linguistic tools, Armenian language-learning software programs,
spell-checkers, Armenian cultural literacy educational software,
Genocide reparations databases, translations, and articles on
economic, literary, cultural policy, and environmental issues. He has
served as President of the US-based Armenian Bar Association,
President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Armenia, and as one
of two international experts for Armenia's Anti-corruption
Strategy. He also headed the RA Ministry of Education Committee for
the 2011 English Language Olympiad.
Dr. Buon was born and raised in Northern France. She earned a BA in
English Language and Literature at the Université d'Angers, France,
where she also obtained a BA in Teaching French as a Foreign
Language. After moving to the USA, she earned an MA in French and
Francophone Literatures, and a PhD in Applied Linguistics from
Louisiana State University, USA. Dr. Buon is an applied linguist,
language specialist, teacher trainer, and administrator with a passion
for languages, world cultures, and pedagogy. Her research interests
lie primarily in the areas of foreign language reading and writing,
curriculum design, and teaching methods. After teaching French as a
Foreign Language and English as a Second Language at the undergraduate
and graduate levels for many years in U.S. universities, Dr. Buon's
professional career took her around the world teaching English as a
Foreign Language in the Middle East and Cyprus; training EFL teachers
in Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia; and now in
Armenia. Dr. Buon's administrative experience spans a period of over
15 years. She has held positions as Language Program Coordinator, Exam
Coordinator, Foreign Languages Department Head, Assistant Dean,
Associate Dean, and Interim Dean at various institutions of higher
learning around the world. She joined the AUA faculty in 2010 as
Assistant Dean in the Department of English Programs and has served as
Interim Dean since January 2012.
The promotions of Drs. Hajian, Samuelian, and Buon will become
effective with the university's new academic structure on July 1,
2012.
The American University of Armenia (AUA) is a private, nonsectarian,
independent university located in Yerevan, Armenia.Founded in 1991,
AUA is affiliated with the University of California.Through teaching,
research, and public service, AUA serves Armenia and the region by
supplying high-quality education in seven different major fields,
encouraging civic engagement, and promoting democratic values.
The American University of Armenia is accredited by the Accrediting
Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities of the Western
Association of Schools and Colleges, 985 Atlantic Avenue, #100,
Alameda, CA 94501, 510-748-9001.
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