Education
2010: Certificate from Teacher Training Course, Yerevan
2007: Certificate from Teacher Training Course by Oxford University Press
2007: Certificate from Legal English Training Course, held by the professor of Memphis University
2005: Certificate from Teacher Training Course, YSU
1984 - 1986: Undergraduate Studies, Institute of Foreign Languages, Moscow
1983 - In tourist Guide studies
1978 - 1983: Diploma with distinction, in the teaching of English and French from the Institute of Russian and Foreign Languages after Bryusov

Professional experience
2011: IBT TOEFL Test Administrator, TOEFL Program Founder member
1995 - until present: English Instructor at Yerevan State University, ESP Chair, Scientific Board Member at YSU , Department of Romance and Germanic Philology.
2001 - 2002: Translator, board member of “ANAC” NGO (London “Consumer” branch)
1995 - 1998: English Instructor at the American University of Armenia
1990 - 1995: English Instructor at the Anania Shirakatsi High School
1987 - 1989: Inspector at the Institute of Power Engineering
1985: Armenian TV, anchor - person at “English for Everyone”
1984 - 1987: Office Manager for “The Apparatus”
1984 - 1986: English Instructor at Yerevan Polytechnique Institute

Active professional memberships
Scientific Board Member at YSU, Department of Romance and Germanic Philology.
“Professional English Teaching” board member, member of “Curriculum Development” team

Participation in conferences and seminars
2011: “IELTS & TOEFL Exam Preparation” - held by Cambridge University Press
2009: “University Education in the 21st century”, Yerevan
2008: International conference “Language and Culture”, Yerevan
2007: “Atayan Readings”, Yerevan
2006: “Current Issues in Teaching Foreign Languages” European Regional Academy, Foreign Language Conference
2005: “Language and Content”, Linguistic University after Bryusov

Languages
Armenian, Russian, English, French