International Institute for Genocide
and Human Rights Studies
A Division of the Zoryan Institute
Board of Directors
Rouben Adalian
Washington D.C., USA
Director of the Armenian National Institute
Varouj Aivazian
Toronto, Canada
Professor of Economics at the University of Toronto
Alex Alvarez
Flagstaff, USA
Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Northern Arizona University.
Joyce Apsel
New York, USA
Clinical Professor of Liberal Studies at New York University
Stephan Astourian
Berkeley, USA
Associate Adjunct Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley.
Yair Auron
Tel Aviv, Israel
Professor and Former Department Head of Sociology, Political Science and Communication at Open University
Levon Chorbajian
Lowell, USA
Professor of Sociology at the University of Massachusetts
Vahakn N. Dadrian
† (1926 - 2019)
Taught at the State University of New York (SUNY) from 1970-1991. Director of Genocide Research at the Zoryan Institute from 1999-2019. Read his biography here.
Federico Gaitan Hairabedian
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Lawyer and President of the Luisa Hairabedian Foundation
Maureen Hiebert
Calgary, Canada
Professor of Political Science at the University of Calgary
Elisa von Joeden-Forgey
Keene, USA
Associate Professor in the Department of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Keene State College
Arsinée Khanjian
Toronto, Canada
Award-winning Canadian-Armenian actress and producer.
Bedross der Matossian
Lincoln, USA
Professor of Modern Middle East History at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
K.M. Greg Sarkissian
Toronto, Canada
President and Co-Founder of the Zoryan Institute
William Schabas
London, UK
Professor of International Law at Middlesex University in London, England
George Shirinian
Toronto, Canada
Executive Director of the International Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (a division of the Zoryan Institute)
Lok Siu
California, USA
Associate Professor in the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley
Roger W. Smith
Williamsburg, USA
Professor Emeritus of Government at the College of William and Mary in Virginia
Andrew Woolford
Winnipeg, Canada
Armen Yeganian
Yerevan, Armenia
Director of Policy Planning Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia