Education
Faculty of Philosophy, Sociology and Psychology, Yerevan State University, 1994 - 1999

Academic degree
Candidate of science in Psychology, 2006
Subject area: Theory and History of Psychology
Armenian State Pedagogical University

Professional experience
From 2011: Acting Head of the Department of Personality Psychology, Yerevan State University
From 2011: Principle Investigator of Personality and Social Environment Lab
2009 - 2011: Docent, Department of Personality Psychology, Yerevan State University
2008 - 2009: Docent, Department of Theory and History of Psychology, Yerevan State University
2006 - 2008: Assistant/Lecturer, Department of Theory and History of Psychology, Yerevan State University
2003 - 2006: Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Yerevan State University

Novosibirsk State University, Russia, HESP (ReSET) 2005 – 2007 (August, January)
Belgrade Women’s Studies and Gender Research Centre, Serbia and Montenegro: «Multy/Interdisciplinarity of Women’s/Gender Studies» Program, 2005 (October)
University of Jena, Germany: Summer School «Meta - Analyses and Research Synthesis in Personality Psychology», 2009 (August)
University of Jena, Germany: IUPsyS Capacity Building Workshop, 2009 (October)
University of Jena, Germany: IUPsyS Capacity Building Workshop, 2010 (November)
University of Kansas, US: Visiting Scholar (JFDP) 2009 - 2010

Academic courses
Modern Theories in Personality Psychology
Psychology of Self - Conciseness and Identity
Psychology of Social Influence
Psychology of Individual Differences

Scale of professional interests
Personality and Culture
Personality and Social Context
Self and Identity
Personality and Well - being
Self-regulation and Social Cognition

Participation in grant projects (present and past)
JAG (Junior Faculty Development Alumni Grant), 2010
Project «Designing and Managing Courses»
Dept. of State, American Council for International Education
Curriculum Development Competition, 2006 - 2007
Project «Social Psychology of Gender»
OSI - Armenia
Curriculum Development Competition, 2003 - 2004
Project «Psychology of Tolerance Consciousness»
OSI - Armenia

Languages
Armenian, Russian, English

Professional membership
Member of Consul of Faculty of Philosophy and Psychology
«Centre of Tolerance» Scientific NGO - Founding Member since 2007
US Alumni Association of Armenia - member since 2010

Awards received
2010 Distinguished Conduct Medal awarded by Armenian National Lycee after «Anania Shirakatsi» Licee

persona@ysu.am