Dr. Tsoghik Grigoryan is an international scholar and educator with over 20 years of experience in higher education. She is currently a PhD candidate and Research Assistant in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University, Canada, specializing in digital ethnography, AI in qualitative data analysis, digital literacies, and posthuman methodologies.
Her first PhD in Education was awarded by the British University in Dubai (2016), where she investigated paperless education through iPad-based learning in the UAE. She also holds an MA in Education (TEFL) from the American University of Armenia, where her research focused on bilingual education and translation as a language learning tool.
Dr. Grigoryan’s academic career spans Armenia, the Sultanate of Oman, the United Arab Emirates, and Canada, giving her a truly global perspective. In Armenia, she taught academic language and technology courses at the European University of Information and Communication Technologies, as well as translation studies at the Northern University of Armenia. In Oman, she taught academic English and research courses at Nizwa University. In the UAE, she worked at the Higher Colleges of Technology as Coordinator of the Academic Success Center and lecturer in the General Studies Department. She now teaches Liberal Studies courses at LaSalle College Vancouver, focusing on technology, culture, and education.
A prolific scholar, Dr. Grigoryan has authored two English–Armenian Dictionaries of Synonyms and published widely in international journals. She has presented at numerous international conferences overseas, delivering talks and keynotes on digital ethnography, AI in qualitative analysis, posthumanist inquiry, and mobile-assisted learning.