Role: Editor

Arman J. Kirakossian received his Ph.D. in history from the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia. He is the author of numerous articles and chapters on the history of the Armenian Question. He currently serves as the ambassador of the Republic of Armenia in Washington. Arman J. Kirakossian is deputy foreign minister of the Republic of Armenia and author of The Armenian Massacres, 1894–1896: US Media Testimony (Wayne State University Press, 2004), The Armenian Question and the Armenian Genocide, Essays on the History of Armenian Question and the International Recognition of the Armenian Genocide, among other books.

Aris Janigian, a second generation Armenian American, was born in Fresno, California. He is a professor of humanities at the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles and he returns to the Fresno area annually to work as a grape packer and shipper. He is, with April Greiman, author of Something from Nothing. He is currently working on a third book.

Archbishop Mesrob Ashjian, Prelate of the Eastern United States and Canada of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America, has faithfully served the Armenian Church in various capacities since his ordination in 1961. Following his graduation from the Cilician Seminary in Antelias, Lebanon, he furthered his studies at the Ecumenical Institute of Bossey, Switzerland, as well as at Princeton Theological Seminary in New Jersey, where he received a Master of Theology in 1971 and a second Master's degree in 1991. As a dedicated ecumenist, Archbishop Ashjian participated in the international Student Fellowship sponsored by the World Council of Churches and has attended conferences in Lebanon, Jordan, France, Switzerland, Ghana, Sweden, Finland, Egypt, and Odessa. He has been a member of the standing committee of the Conference of the Heads of the Oriental Orthodox Churches, and was a delegate to the World Council of Churches' Assemblies in Vancouver, British Columbia and Canberra, Australia. Most recently, he was appointed to serve on the WCC's Faith and Order Commission. His travels have taken him to every corner of the world where he has lectured and preached and met with world leaders. His published works include eleven volumes and numerous articles.

ARAM SAROYAN is an internationally known poet, novelist, biographer, memoirist and playwright. His poetry has been widely anthologized and appears in many textbooks. Among the collections of his poetry are ARAM SAROYAN and PAGES (both Random House). His largest collection, DAY AND NIGHT:BOLINAS POEMS, was published by Black Sparrow Press in 1999.\