Vache Gabrielyan specializes in public administration and economics. He studied at the Yerevan State University and received his Doctor of Philosophy in Public Administration from Rutgers University. He has served as Vice-Governor of the Central Bank of Armenia (2008-2010), Minister of Finance (2010-2012), Minister-Chief of Government Staff (2013-2014), Chief Advisor to the Prime Minister (May – November 2014), as well as the Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia, and the Minister of International Economic Integration and Reforms (2014-2018). Effective January, 2019 Dr. Vache Gabrielyan has been appointed as Dean of the Manoogian Simone College of Business and Economics (CBE). Dr. Vache Gabrielyan is the author of a number of scientific papers published in Armenia and abroad.
Education
PhD, Rutgers University
Areas of research and teaching specialization
Public Administration, Public Policy, Research Methods
Courses currently taught:
PA 340 Introduction to Public Administration
Selected Publications
Books and Symposia:
- Red Tape from Red Square: Bureaucratic Commentary in Soviet Graphic Satirical Art, with Marc Holzer, Iryna Illiash and Lyudmila Kuznetsova, National Sector for Public Productivity, 2010.
- “Bureaucracy on the Silver Screen: A World-Wide Perspective.” Co-editor: Marc Holzer, Public Voices, Vol. 4, No. 2 (2000).
- “Post-Soviet Bureaucracy: Change and Continuity,” Co-editor: Marc Holzer, special issue of the International Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 22, No. 1, 1999.
Articles (Peer Reviewed Journals):
- “Discourse in Comparative Policy Analysis: Privatization Policies in Britain, Russia and the United States,” Policy and Society, Vol. 25, No. 2, 2006, pp. 47-75.
- “The Origins and Transformation of Policy Ideas: Case study: Education Law of Armenia’, with Gayane Selimyan, NISPAcee Occassional Papers,Volume IV – No. 3 Summer 2003.
- “Investing in Corporate Securities: Prospects in Armenia,” with Gnel Sahakyan, Information Technologies and Management, No. 2, 2002, pp. 212-225 (in Armenian).
- “The Rise and Fall of Soviet Screen Bureaucrat,” Public Voices, 2000. Vol. 4, No. 2, Spring 2000, pp. 61-72.
- “Post-Communist Bureaucracies: Organizational Modes of Transition,” International Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 22, No. 1, 1999, pp. 69-99.
- “Public Administration in Ancient China: Practice and Theory,” Public Voices, Vol. 2, No. 1, Spring 1996, pp. 25-44.
Chapters and Book articles:
- “Challenges of Economics and Armenian Economy,” in Yerevan State University Department of Economics Yearbook, Yerevan: YSU Publishing, 2013, pp. 5-11 (in Armenian).
- “Introduction” and “Government Regulation of Banking,” in Asatryan, Bagrat (ed.) Banking, Second edition, Yerevan: Gir Publishers, 2013, pp. 16-22 and 443-458 (in Armenian).
- Vache Gabrielyan and Gayane Selimyan, “Public Management Reforms: Armenia,” in Bouckaert Geert, Nemec Juraj, Nakrosis Vitalis, Hajnal Gyorgy, Tonnisson Kristiina (Eds.) Public Management Reforms in Central and Eastern Europe. NISPAcee Press, Bratislava, 2009, pp. 27-50.
- “Qualitative Research Methods: An Overview,” with Kaifeng Yang and Susan Spice, in Gerald J. Miller and Kaifeng Yang (eds.). Handbook of Research Methods in Public Administration, New York: Second edition, New York: CRC Press, 2007, pp. 141-171.
- “Five Great Ideas of American Public Administration,” with Marc Holzer, and Kaifeng Yang in Rabin, Jack, Hildreth, W. B. and Gerald J. Miller (eds.). Handbook of Public Administration, Third edition, New York: CRC Press, 2007, pp. 49-103.
- “Comparative and International Administration,” with George M. Guess, in Rabin, Jack et al. (eds.), Handbook of Public Administration, Third edition, New York: CRC Press, 2007, pp. 565-605.
- “Capital Account Liberalization Experiences in Armenia,” with Armine Khachatryan, in Bakker, Age F.P. and Bryan Chapple (eds). Capital Liberalization in Transition Countries: Lessons from the Past and for the Future. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2003.
- International Encyclopedia of Public Policy and Administration. Jay Shafritz, Editor-in-Chief. Harper-Collins/Westview Press. 1998. Author/co-author of the following entries:“Outsourcing,” pp. 1590-1596.
“Cost-Effectiveness Analysis,” pp. 563-566. - “Reforming Eastern European Bureaucracy: Does American Experience Apply?” with Frank Fischer, in Asmerom, Haile K. and Reis E. (eds.) Democratization and Bureaucratic Neutrality: Experience From Developed and Third World; London: MacMillan; New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1996, pp. 109-127.
Email
[email protected]
Phone
(+374 60) 61 26 10
Office location
222W (PAB)
Office hours
By appointment
Dr. Sergey Tantushyan is the chair of the MBA program, a Strategy and Communications professor in the MBA program, and a former Director of the Open Education Programs at the American University of Armenia. Sergey also was formerly a Deputy CEO at IDeA Foundation, a major philanthropic organization undertaking headline development projects in Armenia. He has a management consulting background with 15 years of experience in strategic planning, project implementation, and strategy advice, in New York, Yerevan and Moscow.
He has worked at the Central Bank of Armenia and served as a consultant at the OSCE office in Yerevan. Sergey’s private sector experience includes management positions in investment and consulting companies in Russia, from 2005 to 2007. Back in Armenia, Sergey headed the Strategy Development Division of AmeriaBank in Yerevan from 2007 to 2009, and thereafter pursued his MBA in Boston. Before returning to Armenia in 2012, he worked as an Economist at The Conference Board in New York.
In addition to his 2011 MBA from Brandeis International Business School in Boston, Sergey also holds an MSc in Economics from Yerevan State, an MCLS from AUA, and a Doctorate degree in Finance and Economics from the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia. As a 2006 Fulbright Fellow, he pursued studies in Strategic Development and Global Economy at Dickinson College, PA. Sergey is also an alumnus of the Eurasia Executive Leadership Program (2008), University of Cambridge, UK. In 2009, he became a Sauvé Scholar and Academic trainee at McGill University, Canada.
Education:
- Brandeis University International Business School, MBA, 2009-2011
- National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, PhD in Economics, 2004-2007
- Yerevan State University, Master of Science in Economics, 2002-2004
- American University of Armenia, Master in Comparative Legal Studies, 2002-2004
- Yerevan State University, Bachelor of Science in Economics, 1998-2002
Courses taught:
- MGMT 323-Business Strategy
- BUS 177-Business Communication
Research activities: Business Case Writing, Research in Innovation in Education
Publications:
- Innovation in Education: Problems, Solutions and Success Stories, AUA Press, (#1, 2017), presented at WSCS conference, San-Francisco, CA (2022)
- “Effective Business Communication” – Textbook approved by the Ministry of Science of Armenia as a teaching material nationwide (2019)
- Leadership Book “What’s Up, Dog?” based on John King’s “Tribal Leadership” 2011 New York Times Best Seller, co-authored by John King (2018)
- Thunderbird Business Case: HDIF- Searching for Balance between Social Purpose and Entrepreneurship (2016), case taught as part of Strategy class at Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, as well as Competitive Strategy course at AUA, published at Harvard Business Review
- AUA HR Case: Synergy International Systems, Inc. (2015), case taught at the AUA as part of Management class
- Shifting Nature of the US Housing Market by Conference Bard and Nielsen Institute – contributor (March 2012)
- Mortgage Market Development and Introduction of Securitization of Assets as a new Financial Tool in the Republic of Armenia, Doctorate Dissertation, published by Higher Attestation Commission of Armenia (April 2007)
- Benchmarking of Armenian IT Policies from the Perspective of Increasing IT Cluster Competitiveness. USAID Competitive Armenian Private Sector research. Published on CAPS web site (August 2007)
- Analysis of Regulation of Abuse of Dominant Position in Armenia. European Journal for Comparative Economics, Italy (2006)
- Psychological, Gender and Economic Aspects of Loan Repayment. Scientific Periodical of National Academy of Science of Armenia (#11, 2005)
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: +37460 61 27 00
Office location: 229W (PAB
Office hours: By appointment only via email
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Vardan Baghdasaryan is Assistant Professor and a Program Chair for MSM. He has been teaching various economic-related courses to BAB, MBA and MSM cohorts since 2014. Dr. Baghdasaryan has been a Senior Consultant at the AVAG Solutions, Ltd, providing consulting to various international donor agencies. For detailed information, please refer to www.vardanbaghdasaryan.com
Education:
- Graduate School in the Economics and Finance of Public Administration (DEFAP) Catholic University of Milan, Italy, 2009 – 2014
- PhD in Economics (Aspirantura) Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University, Yerevan, Armenia, 2004 – 2007
- Diploma of Manager-Economist (with honorary distinction), Yerevan State Institute of Economy, Department of Management Yerevan, Armenia, 1999 – 2004
- ACCA affiliate (all exams passed) Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), UK, 2004-2010
Courses Taught: ECON 221 – Intermediate Microeconomics
Research Activities:
1. Baghdasarayan V., Iannantuoni G. and Maggian V., “Electoral Fraud and Voter Turnout: Experimental Study”
Working paper available at: http://papers.ssrn.com/
2. Baghdasaryan V., Manzoni E., “Set them (almost) free. Discretion in Electoral Campaigns”
Working paper available at: https://papers.ssrn.com/
3. Khachatryan K., Baghdasaryan V., Hartarska V., “Role of Deposits in MFI performance in Central Asia and Eastern Europe”
Publications:
Antinyan A., Baghdasaryan V., Grigoryan A., “Relative position and social capital in South Caucasus“
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: +374 60 61 25 67
Office location: 207W (PAB)
Office hours: Tuesday 13:30-15:00, or by appointment via email
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Gayane Barseghyan has joined the AUA as full time faculty in 2015. Dr. Barseghyan teaches various Economics courses to bachelors and masters students and supervises theses. Prior joining AUA, she held a senior economist position at the Central Bank of Armenia. She has received her PhD degree in Economics from Yerevan State University in 2013. Her research interests are primarily in the areas of Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics. Dr. Barseghyan has received grants and awards for her research and has published articles in international peer-reviewed journals.
Education:
- PhD, Yerevan State University, 2013
Courses taught:
- ECON 122-Principles of Macroeconomics
- ECON 221-Intermediate Microeconomics
- ECON 320-Microeconomic Theory
Publications:
In international peer-reviewed journals:
- Barseghyan G., Grigoryan A. Competitive Equilibrium with Capacity Constrained Firms: A Classroom Experiment, Journal of Economic Education, forthcoming
- Barseghyan G., Baghdasaryan V. Optimum Currency Area Theory: Evidence from Post-Soviet Countries and Implications for Eurasian Economic Union, Post-Communist Economies, forthcoming
- Barseghyan G., Hambardzumyan H. The Effects of Exchange Rate Volatility on Exports: Evidence from Armenia, Applied Economics Letters 25, 1266-1268.
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: +37460 61 26 04
Office location: 236W (PAB)
Office hours: By appointment only via email
Dr Gurgen Aslanyan has served as an adjunct lecturer at the American University of Armenia since 2016. Currently he is a Teaching Fellow at CERGE-EI Prague and a Researcher at the Economics Laboratory of the Ural Federal University. Prior to that he has been teaching (classroom, seminars, trainings) in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia, Georgia, Russia, the UK, and the US. Dr Aslanyan is a Development Economist with a focus on policy evaluation. Over the years he has consulted private and public sector, such as the Central Bank of Armenia, and as a researcher has been affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania and the Czech Academy of Sciences. Dr Gurgen Aslanyan has presented his research and published internationally, is a recipient of various awards, and currently is elected to serve as the President of the Armenian Economic Association.
He holds dual doctorate degree from the Charles University in Prague and the University of the State of New York.
Education:
- PhD in Economics, CERGE-EI and Charles University
- MA in Economics, CERGE-EI
- BSc in Economics, Yerevan State University
Courses taught:
- PSIA 352-Economics for Political Science
- Bus 233-Public Finance
- Econ 228-Economics of Development
- Econ 225-International Economics
- Econ 229-Special Topics (Policy Evaluation)
Areas of research and teaching specialization
Areas of research: Public Economics, Population Economics, Economics of Reforms, Economics of Education
Areas of teaching: Economic Development and Growth, Labour Economics, Micro- and Micro-Economics, Public Economics, Inernational Economics
Research projects:
- Non-Selective Migration and Unfunded Public Pensions: Can They Coexist?
- Melting Pot v Cultural Mosaic: Dynamic Public Finance Approach
- Financial Literacy and Behaviour: Quasi-Experimental Study (with Derdzyan and Mkhitaryan)
- Multinationals, Competition and R&D investments (with Torosyan and Levonyan)
- Bank Reforms and Real Economy: Utilising Synthetic Controls
Published research:
- Migration Challenge for PAYG, Journal of Population Economics, doi: 10.1007/s00148-014-0516-x
Awards and honours:
- Alumni Hero Award, CERGE-EI, 2016
- Armen Alchian Award, Armenian Economic Association, 2014
- Best Paper Prize, Warsaw International Economic Meeting, 2011
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: +37460 61 26 11
Office location: 236W(PAB)