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Dickran Kouymjian occupies the Haig and Isabel Berberian Chair of Armenian Studies at California State University, Fresno. A noted authority on Armenian life and culture, he has written many books on the subject and has taught courses on Saroyan at universities in France and Russia as well as in the United States. He is also the editor of An Armenian Trilogy, Volume One of his projected William Saroyan Theater series.

Denise Aghanian is a part time lecturer in history & politics at Leeds Metropolitan University School of Cultural Studies. She is the author of An Ethnographic Case Study of the Armenian Diaspora in Manchester (2005). Her research interests include diaspora politics, ethnicity, and transnationalism, as well as political philosophy.

Dennis R. Papazian, Professor Emeritus of History and founding Director of the Armenian Research Center at the University of Michigan, Dearborn. During a long career as a professor and administrator at the University of Michigan, Dearborn, he was known for his many contributions to the Armenian community.