American University of Armenia
Public Relations Office
PRESS RELEASE
June 15, 2005
American University of Armenia
40 Marshal Baghramian
Yerevan 375019 ARMENIA
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AUA Graduate Selected as 2005 Yale World Fellow
Yerevan – Yale University President Richard Levin announced that Lusine
Abovyan, who is a graduate of the American University of Armenia’s Law
Department and who is currently an adjunct member of its law faculty, was
selected from among hundreds of qualified candidates to become one of 18
Yale World Fellows in 2005.
Yale World Fellows are selected from outside the US at an early mid-career
point, and come from a range of fields and disciplines, including
government, business, media, non-governmental organizations, the military,
religion and the arts.
Abovyan is a lawyer and journalist, and currently serves as a constitutional
law specialist for the Armenia Legislative Strengthening Program, an
organization charged with reforming the Armenian constitution. She earned
her Master of Laws (LL.M.) from AUA in 1999 and she has been an adjunct
member of the AUA law faculty since 2001, where she teaches Media Law and
Intellectual Property Law.
Matthew Karanian, the Associate Dean of the University’s law school, said
that Abovyan is a `shining star for Armenia, for AUA, and for the law
program,’ where she studied and now teaches. `We’re proud of her
accomplishment, and are pleased to know that someone who we have long
recognized as a leader in legal scholarship is now also being recognized by
Yale.’
Abovyan received her first degree in 1995 from Progress University of
Economy and Law in Gyumri, Armenia. She has also earned an LLM from Tulane
University in New
Orleans, LA, as a recipient of the Edmund Muskie/Freedom Support Act
Graduate Fellowship CEP SCOUT Fellow. Abovyan is a member of International
Media Lawyers Association, AUA Alumni Association, and American Graduates
Association.
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