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LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Salpi Ghazarian is stepping down as director of the USC Dornsife Institute of Armenian Studies after serving in the role since 2014.
She will remain at the Institute and will work on special initiatives.
Dr. Shushan Karapetian, formerly deputy director of the Institute, is the new director as of January 2023.
“Towards the end of 2018, when I invited Shushan Karapetian to the Institute as deputy director, I did so hoping that she would eventually take over as director, leading the Institute into a new era.
I am very happy that this is now happening,” said Ghazarian.
In her eight-plus years as director, Ghazarian has re-imagined how to bring Armenian Studies to the world by providing new platforms for academic engagement, producing world-class programming, increasing accessibility and bridging the gap between the diaspora and the Republic of Armenia.
“At a time when the Armenian world is rocked by multiple existential crises, I wanted to create platforms whe