Education
2017: Doctor of Sciences Degree (doctor)
Research: Gender aspect of English humorous discourse (linguistic and socio-cultural manifestations). Diploma of Doctor of Sciences from the Supreme Certifying Commission of the Republic of Armenia.
1998 - 2002: Ph.D. (candidate) Research: “Simile as an indicator of the writer’s individual style”( male and female writers), Diploma of Candidate of Philology from the Supreme Certifying Commission of the Republic of Armenia.
1996 - 2001: YSU Faculty of European Languages and Communication, Yerevan, Armenia. Postgraduate student.1991 - 1996: The institute of Foreign Languages after V. Brusov. Yerevan, Armenia. Student.

Professional Experience
1998 - until now: YSU, Faculty of European Languages and Communication, Yerevan, Armenia Doctor of Sciences, Professor.
2008: YSU, Faculty of European Languages and Communication, Associate Professor.
2003 - 2008: YSU, Faculty of European Languages and Communication , Assistant Professor.
1997 - 1998: HSBC, Yerevan, Armenia
1996 - 1997: N 31 secondary school, Yerevan, Armenia, teacher

Academic Courses
Gender linguistics, Gender and Psychology, Conflict management, Academic English, Linguostylistics, Functional Stylistics.

Research Experience
Guidance and supervision of BA, MA and PhD researches

Scales of professional interests
Gender Linguistics, Individual style, Stylistics, Theory of Translation

Other professional activities
Participation in organizing international conferences, seminars, round-table discussions on theoretical and practical questions of English studies and teacher training.
Providing educational and scientific advice to specialists in the sphere of English Philology.
Making efforts to enlarge international contacts and collaboration in the field of English studies


Languages
Armenian, Russian, English, German

Professional membership
2003 - until now: Board member of ASSE (Armenian Association for the study of English)