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Levon Chorbajian is an American professor, sociologist, author and editor. Chorbajian is involved in socialist and progressive politics and is a critic of neoliberalism.
Background
Levon Chorbajian was born on August, in East Orange, New Jersey, United States. Son of Vahinag and Antoinette (Chadarevian) Chorbajian.
Education
Chorbajian graduated from Temple University with a B.A. in In he received a M.A. from the University of Michigan. In he gained a Ph.D. from Brandeis University.
Career
Chorbajian was a volunteer at U.S. Peace Corps, Washington between and Since he has been a professor of sociology at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. He was a managing editor at the Journal of Sport and Social Issues and ARENA Review, both between and He was a senior Fulbright lecturer in the U.S.S.R. in , and in the Republic of Armenia in
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Levon Chorbajian, Ph.D. is a two-time Fulbright Senior lecturer in the Republic of Armenia and the Soviet Union. His research interests center around political sociology and comparative genocide studies, with an emphasis on the Armenian Genocide. Key concepts for Chorbajian are class, power, and inequality. He has written, translated and edited seven books including, The Caucasian Knot, Armenia in Crisis, The Making of Nagorno-Karabakh, Studies in Comparative Genocide and Power: A Critical Reader. In addition, Chorbajian has facilitated workshops on the importance of unions. He also serves as the United States Director of the Zoryan Institute for Contemporary Armenian Research and Documentation, which is considered the leading private Armenian think tank in North America. He continues to serve on the editorial board of the Armenian Review and he assists as a manuscript reviewer for Humanity and kultur. Chorbajian has served on the UMass Lowell Faculty Union and has been
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CHORBAJIAN, Levon. American, b. Genres: History, Organized labor, Sociology, Sports/Fitness. Career: U.S. Peace Corps, volunteer, ; University of Massachusetts, Lowell, professor of sociology, Senior Fulbright lecturer in the USSR, , and in the Republic of Armenia, Zoryan Institute for Contemporary Armenian Research and Documentation, chairperson of board of directors. Managing editor, Journal of Sport and Social Issues and ARENA Review, both Publications: The Caucasian Knot: The History and Geopolitics of Nagorno-Karabagh, ; (trans.) P. Verluise, Armenia in Crisis: The Earthquake, ; Conflict and Struggle, EDITOR: Readings in Critical Sociology, ; The Hand in Your Pocket May Not Be Your Own, ; Studies in Comparative Genocide, ; The Making of Nagorno-Karabagh, Address: Department of Sociology, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA , U.S.A. Online address:[email&#;protected]
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