Սոցիոլոգիայի ֆակուլտետ
Faculty of Sociology
YSU Faculty of Sociology was opened in September of 2004.:
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Sona A. Balasanyan

Associate Professor | Chair of theory and history of sociology
Education
2014 - 2015: Masters of science, University of Oxford, Department of Education
2012: PhD in Sociology, YSU
2009 - 2012: PhD candidate, YSU, Faculty of Sociology
2007 - 2009: MA, YSU, Faculty of Sociology
2005 - 2009: BA, YSU, Faculty of Sociology

Professional Experience
2016 - to present: CRRC-Armenia
2013 - to present: YSU, Faculty of Sociology
2013 - 2014: RA Ministry of Education and Science, Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts
2011 - 2012: ANQA, Armenian National Quality Assurance Agency
2005 - 2012: Ohanyan educational complex

Courses Delivered
Media Text Analysis (MA course)
Evaluation Methodologies (MA course)
Methodology of Qualitative Research (MA course)
Quality Assessment Methodologies (BA course)
Practicum of Quantitative Research (BA course)
Practicum of Qualitative Research (BA course)
Mixed Methods Research (MA course)

Grants
2015 - to present: Expert, “Armenian Youth Study – 2016”, The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES)
2014 - 2015: Analyst, “From gender practices to gender policy: A participatory case study of Armenian public school community”, Center for Gender and Leadership Studies, Arizona State University, Yerevan State University
2013 - 2015: Analyst, “Local Identities in Yerevan”, Yerevan State University, supported by State Committee of Science RA

Participation at International Conferences and Seminars
2016: ETF, Yerevan, Armenia, November 28-30
2016: ASCN final conference, Georgia, Tbilisi, November 18-19
2015: Vermishyan H. and Balasanyan S. “Local identities and symbolic structures of urban places in post-Soviet Yerevan”, The 6th International Urban Geographies of Post-Communist States Conference: 25 Years of Urban Change, Prague, 23-26 September.
Eurasian Partnership: Integration Issues, Armenia, Chakhkadzor, October 15-17Հոկտեմբեր 15-17, Presentation: The Ethos of Neighbors in the Armenian Public Schools: What and How Do We Teach?
Public Activities
2011: ‘Trust’ Social Work and Sociological Research Center
2009: ‘Socies’ expert center, Founder

Foreign languages
English (fluent), Russian (fluent)

Computer Skills
MS Office, Internet, SPSS, Nvivo, MaxQDA

Latest Publications (9)
The Teacher, a Woman: Fused Personal and Contested Professional Biographies
2021 | Article
Gender in Research and Politics: Developments, Intersections and Perspectives, 2021, 119-136
Sona Balasanyan , Heghine Manasyan, Susanna Karapetyan, Sonya Msryan, Ruben Yeganyan
Financial literacy for migrants: mapping and needs assessment
2020 | Article
financial literacy for migrants: mapping and needs assessment, 2020, pp. 1-45
Lessons from the history of pedagogical methods for culturally responsive teaching and learning
2019 | Article
Education Systems Around the World, Intechopen, 2019, 1, pp. 1-11
Balasanyan S. , Ruta A., Shahnazaryan G.
Gender Analysis Report (online)
2019 | Article
USAID/Armenia, 2019, Available from: https://banyanglobal.com/resource/usaid-armenia-gender-analysis-report/[1
Lessons from the History of Pedagogical Methods for Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning
2019 | Article
Education Systems Around the World, 2019. Available from: https://www.intechopen.com/online-first/lessons-from-the-history-of-pedagogical-methods-for-culturally-responsive-teaching-and-learning
From pedagogy to quality: the Europeanised experience of higher education in post-Soviet Armenia
2017 | Article
European Educational Research Journal. 2017, 0(00), pp. 1-18
Sona Balasanyan , Dustin Gilbreath
Elections and election fraud in Georgia and Armenia
2017 | Article
Caucasus Survey, 2017, Volume 5 - Issue 3, 238-258 pp.
Անկախության սերունդ. Հետազոտություն երիտասարդների շրջանում- Հայաստան 2016
2016 | Book
Մենագրություն: Ֆրիդրիխ Էբերտ հիմնադրամի հայաստանյան մասնաճյուղ: 2016թ․, 232 էջ, Հայաստան
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Լոկալ ինքնությունները Երևանում. քաղաքային տարածության կառուցվածքները
2015 | Book
Մենագրություն, ԵՊՀ հրատ., 2015թ․, ԵՊՀ հրատ., 158 էջ
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