I’m an award-winning educator with over 15 years of experience in instructional design, technology-enhanced teaching, and collaborative projects who helps academic institutions improve their learning and teaching environments by developing innovative and relevant curricula, assignments, and lessons plans that make the best use of educational technology tools.
I am currently piloting an online open educational resource textbook I collaboratively developed for Western Armenian, funded by a grant from Michigan State University’s Center for Language Teaching Advancement. In 2024, I won the National LCTL Resource Center’s Less Commonly Taught Languages Innovation Award for “outstanding, innovative, and transformative uses of technology in the teaching of Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs).”
I have taught courses in Western Armenian language, literature, and academic writing at Harvard University, Harvard Extension, and the University of Texas at Austin. My personal and professional history has made me a devoted educator committed to creating better outcomes for students.