Education
1969 - 1972: Post-Graduate Student, Asperantura, Yerevan State University
1961 - 1966: Graduate Student, Department of Armenian Philology, Yerevan State University

Academic degrees
1972: Candidate of Philological Sciences – “The Compositions of Gurgen Mahary”, Yerevan State University
1994: Doctor of Philological Sciences – “The Development Incentives of Contemporary Armenian Prose of 1960 - 1980”, Yerevan State University

Professional experience
1998 - present: Professor, Department of Armenian Philology
1982 - 1997: Associate Professor, Department of Armenian Philology
1974 - 1982: Senior Lecturer, Department of Armenian Philology
1969 - 1974: Lecturer, Department of Armenian Philology

Academic courses
Modern Armenian Literature
The History of Literature Criticism

Scale of professional interests
Modern Armenian Literature

Languages
Armenian (fluent), Russian (very good)

Professional membership
Member of the Professional Council # 012, for Granting YSU Academic Degrees
Member of the Writer’s Union of Armenia

Awards/Honors received
Golden Medal of the Yerevan State University
Golden Medal of the Writers’ Union of Armenia
Golden Medal of Akcel Bakuntc
Golden Medal of Movses Khorenatcy