Role: Author

Arpi Sarafian holds a Ph.D. from the University of Southern California and a B.A. and M.A. from the American University of Beirut. She was a lecturer in English Language and Literature at the California State University, Los Angeles from 1978 to retirement in 2014. Sarafian has also taught at the California State University, Dominguez Hills and at Loyola Marymount University. She has published articles in The Armenian Observer, ararat Literary Quarterly, The Armenian Mirror-Spectator, Armenian International Magazine (AIM), Virginia Woolf Miscellany, Publication of the Modern Language Association (PMLA), Journal of the Society of Armenian Studies (JSAS) and the Los Angeles Times. 

Arpine Konyalian Grenier is a former scientist, musician and financial analyst, born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon. At the 2009 First International Poetic Ecologies Conference in Brussels, her work was described as a mosaic of narrative that takes us out of our provincial concentration on American life to encompass broader social and geopolitical issues with a decidedly urban and postmodern sensibility. She has been featured in numerous publications including several anthologies. The recipient of a Pima Arts Council Award, and author of three collections of poetry, Arpine lives in Tucson, Arizona.