Armenian Studies Program
Grants and Managed Projects
Armenian Studies Program faculty and staff have had extensive experience in managing large and medium scale projects and grants in Armenia.
Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian is Coordinator of the Armenian Studies Program and has
more than thirty years experience visiting and working in Armenia. He has been project
director for several major endeavors in Armenia. He has visited Armenia more than
twenty times since 1978 and is fluent in Armenian. He has experience working in the
fields of education and agriculture and has served as a consultant for a variety of
non-profit organizations.
Contact: Barlow Der Mugrdechian
Dr. Bill Erysian is is currently serving as Director of Grants and International Projects
for the Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology at Fresno State University.
Erysian’s accomplishments in the branches of transitional economies and agrarian reform
are the result of more than a decade of research and participation in numerous agricultural
development initiatives in the Central Caucasus, particularly in Armenia. Erysian
has also been a frequent international consultant and project director for the U.S.
Agency for International Development (USAID), the World Bank, USDA Foreign Agricultural
Service, ACDI/VOCA and other international non-governmental organizations in the areas
of agribusiness marketing, curriculum reform, small/medium enterprise management and
sustainable development.
Contact: Bill Erysian
- Faculty and Business Development Program at Yerevan State University (1999-2004)
- USDA-Armenia Marketing Assistance Program (MAP)
(1997-2004) - World Bank-Remittance Study in the United States
- Curriculum Development and Reform-State Agrarian University of Armenia
- Soil De-Contamination Efforts in Armenia
- USDA Cochrane Fellows(2001)
- USIA-Armenian Teachers at Fresno State for Study Program (1997)
- IREX Scholar Antonyan at Fresno State
- IREX Scholar Aleksanyan at Fresno State
- Fulbright Scholar Samuel Mkhitaryan at Fresno State
- Agriculture Students from Armenia Study at Fresno State
Contact Information:
Armenian Studies Program
5245 N Backer Ave. PB4
Fresno, CA 93740-8001
559.278.2669 - Office
E-mail:
Prof. Barlow Der Mugrdechian