Education, degree
1971-1974: Postgraduate Studies (aspirantura) at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Academy of Sciences of ASSR, Department of Ethnography, research title – The Worship of Celestial Bodies in Armenian Traditional Beliefs.
1966-1971: English Department, Faculty of Philology, Yerevan State University
2011: Doctor of Philology (Germanic Languages), Yerevan State University “Manifestations of National Identity in British Linguocultural Tradition”

Professional experience
2013- present – Associate Professor, Faculty of Romance and Germanic Philology/now Faculty of European Languages and Communication, Chair of English Philology, Yerevan State University
2000 – 2013: Assistant Professor, Chair of English Philology, Faculty of Romance and Germanic Philology, Yerevan State University
1991-2000: Lecturer of English, Chair of English Philology, Faculty of Romance and Germanic Philology Department, Yerevan State University
1974-1991: Part-time lecturer of English, Chair of English Language, Yerevan State University
1974-1991: Researcher, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, NAS RA

Academic courses taught
General English, Academic English, Area Studies, The World of the English Language: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Social-Cultural Anthropology, National Identity: Armenian and British Parallels

Scale of professional interests
Ethnolinguistics, British/American Studies, Identity, Social Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Literary Studies

Internatonal conferences and seminars
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Kingdom of Spain, the Hellenic Republic of Greece, the Republic of Georgia

Professional membership and activities
2021 May – YSU IB, online lectures at YSU IB Chair of Foreign languages: Manifestations of Identity in Historical, Linguocultural and Literary Contexts
2011-2016: member of scientific council of the Faculty of Romance and Germanic Philology
2004-present: member of AASE
2000-2006: member of YSU
1991-present: AELTA
2003-2004: AELTA vice president/
1993-1996: AELTA board member
2006, 2007, 2011, 2019: Head of the National Committee of University Entrance Examinations
2007-2017: Expert of Pre-university Education Board
1996, 1997, 1998: Chairperson of the Committee of American Councils’ Project “Teachers’ Excellency Award” – TEA, oral/written exam-interviews

Awards
2015: YSU Commemorative silver medal
2019: YSU Commemorative gold medal

Languages
Armenian, English, Russian (fluent), French (with dictionary)

Email
nvard.yernjakyan@ysu.am