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Dikran Mesrob Kaiigian is a leading activist in fighting defamation by mainstream media outlets regarding denial of the Armenian Genocide. He is chairperson America (ANCA) Eastern United States and is a national board member of the ANCA in Washington. He received his doctorate in history from Boston College. This work is part of the Transaction general editorship of Gerard Libaridian.

Deacon Zak‘aria (1627-ca. 1699) was a native of K‘anak‘er, who lived and wrote in the great monastery of Hovhannavank‘ in the K‘asagh region of the Khanate of Erevan (eastern Armenia).

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.