PRESS RELEASE

September 23, 2004

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AUA Appoints Dr. Lucig Danielian Dean of Political Science

Oakland, CA – The Board of Trustees of the American University of Armenia
Corporation (AUAC) approved the appointment of Dr. Lucig Danielian as Dean
of the School of Political Science and International Affairs. AUAC Trustee
and Chair of the Search Committee, Dr. Wlad Godzich of the University of
California, Santa Cruz, noted, `Dr. Danielian has an outstanding commitment
to the development of Armenia and a strong record of service to the
University as Associate Professor, Associate Dean, and Director of the
Turpanjian Center for Policy Analysis.’

Dr. Lucig Danielian earned her Doctoral Degree in Communications from the
University of Texas at Austin in 1989. Dr. Danielian was Assistant
Professor of Political Communication at the University at Albany, State
University of New York, from 1988-1994, where she received a University
Faculty Fellowship for research conducted on mass communication and
democratic movements in Armenia, USSR. She has been the recipient of the
Harvard University Goldsmith Research Award, a Fulbright Fellowship, an IREX
Advanced Research Fellowship, and a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from
the Social Science Research Council and the American Council of Learned
Societies Joint Committee on Soviet Studies.

AUA President, Dr. Haroutune Armenian, welcomed the newly appointed Dean,
`We are confident that Dr. Danielian’s experience in Armenia and at AUA will
help lead our institution into new directions and impact the development of
Armenia and the region.’ Dr. Lucig Danielian has been teaching at AUA since
1995, has served as the Associate Dean of the School of Political Science
and International Affairs since 1999, and has developed the Turpanjian
Center for Policy Analysis into a beehive of activity and research over the
last five years. She is an active member of several academic and
professional organizations, including the American Political Science
Association, and serves on the boards of several Armenian organizations and
publications, including the Open Society Institute Armenia Assistance
Foundation. Dr. Danielian has published in journals such as the American
Journal of Political Science and the Journal of Communication, is the author
of several book chapters and has many publications directly related to
Armenia and public policy.

AUA’s School of Political Science and International Affairs’ primary focus
is to provide analytical, reasoning and problem solving skills through the
study of international, comparative, and domestic governmental institutions
and processes. The School’s approach is multi-disciplinary with strong
emphasis placed upon providing students with a comprehensive understanding
of democratic governance at the local, national, regional and international
levels.

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