Arda Arsenian Ekmekji
Arda Arsenian Ekmekji is a Lebanese Armenian scholar. Ekmekji, was born in Jerusalem in 1951, and lived in Jordan until 1968 . She is a holder of a Lebanese citizenship and currently resides in Beirut. She has an MA in archaeology from the American University of Beirut (AUB) and a PhD in the same field from the University of Paris I-Pantheon- Sorbonne in Paris. She taught archaeology, ancient religions, civilizations and cultural studies at AUB for two decades before accepting a position at Haigazian University where she has served as the Dean of Arts and Sciences since  1998. Ekmekji has also been a member of the National Commission for Electoral Reform ( Boutros Commission 2006), Member of the Lebanese Supervisory Commission of Elections (2009, 2018). Her research interests include electoral reform, Prehistoric Armenia and the Kingdom of Urartu. She also works on oral histories of the Armenian genocide and gender studies (with a focus on education).