Felix Corley has written extensively on social and religious life in the former Soviet Union and has worked in the newly opened Soviet archives, both in Yerevan and elsewhere. He is the author of the book, Religion in the Soviet Union: An Archival Reader (New York: New York Univ. Press, 1996). He has completed a series of articles on the history of the Armenian Church in the Soviet Union and independent Armenia, 1938–94. He is now expanding these articles for publication in book form.

Khatchik Der Ghougassian holds an M. A. in international relations from FLACSO (Facultad Latino Americana de Ciencias Sociales), Argentina.

Elisabeth Duban is the Staff Attorney for the Women’s Program of Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights. Her work has included documentation of domestic violence and trafficking in women, as well as work on the issue of preventable child death as a human rights violation.

Eric Lima is studying engineering at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. He received his undergraduate education at Bard College, at the State University of New York at Purchase, and at colleges in four continents through the yearlong International Honors Program.

Simon Payaslian holds a Ph.D. in political science (Wayne State University, 1992) and is a Ph.D. candidate in Armenian history at UCLA. He has taught political science at Wayne State University, the University of Michigan, Dearborn, and the University of Windsor, Canada, and history at California State University, Los Angeles. His works include U.S. Foreign Economic and Military Aid: The Reagan and Bush Administrations (1996), International Political Economy: Conflict and Cooperation in the Global System (co-authored, 1999), and articles on the United Nations, international law and human rights, the Kurdish question, and U.S. foreign policy.

Ara Sarafian is a historian of the late Ottoman Empire. He is general editor of Gomidas Institute Books and coeditor of Armenian Forum.