Setrag Hovsepian holds a PhD in Educational Policy and Evaluation from the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University. He has taught Arabic at both Arizona State University, where he served as a teaching assistant, and Yerevan State University, where he lectured in the Faculty of Oriental Studies. Setrag is the co-author of two Arabic language textbooks (A1–A2 levels), widely used in universities across Armenia. His academic interests focus on the teaching of endangered languages, education in emergency contexts, Armenian studies, diaspora studies, and refugee education in the MENA region.
Education
- PhD in Educational Policy and Evaluation
Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University, USA - MA in Armenian Studies
Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO), France - MA in Teaching English as a Foreign Language
American University of Armenia, Armenia - Diploma in Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language
Faculty of Higher Education, Cairo University, Egypt - BA in English Language and Literature (Minor in Spanish & Arabic-English Translation)
Damascus University, Syria
Office location
117W, Paramaz Avedisian Building
Email
[email protected]
Phone
(+374 60) 61 26 70
Office hours
Wednesday 15:30-16:30 pm
Areas of research and teaching specialization
Education, Educational Policy, Qualitative Inquiry, Diaspora Studies, Armenian Studies, Arabic Studies, Instructional Design
Courses currently taught
- CHSS 154, Armenian Society and Culture
- CHSS 160, Introduction to Arabic Language and Arab Culture
Selected Publications
Hovsepian, S. (2025). Sustaining the Western Armenian Language and Culture in the Diaspora A Study of Armenian Schools in Arabic-Speaking Countries. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses.
Hovsepian, S., (2024). The Armenian Language in Damascus: War, Migration, Schools, and Social Media. National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia. The Armenian communities of the Arab countries of the Middle East: current trends and transformations. (90-94). https://doi.org/10.54503/978-9939-9313-4-0
Hailu, M. F., Hovsepian, S., Ibrahim, M., Atieh, B., Mohamed, S., Chhetri, N., & Judson, E. (2024). Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Aspirations among Refugee Families: A Comparative, Multiethnic, Qualitative analysis. Social Sciences, 13(11), 593. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci13110593
González-Doğan, S., Turan, A., Hovsepian, S., & Anayatova, D. (2024). Credentials, Perpetual “Foreignness”, and Feeling out of Place: Three Stories of Resilience from Teachers of Refugee Background. Social Sciences (Basel), 13(7), 363-. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci13070363
Hovsepian, S. (2021). Arabic dialects in the Middle East (an introductory textbook for Armenian speaking learners). Yerevan State University Publishing House.
Tonikyan, S. & Hovsepian, S. (2020). Challenges in higher education during COVID-19: The example of Arabic chair at Yerevan State University. Yerevan State University.
Tonikyan, S. & Hovsepian, S. (2018). Islamic pilgrimages in Armenia. King Abdulaziz University.
Hovsepian, S. (2016). Building character and teaching English for young learners [Master’s Thesis]. The American University of Armenia.