Head of the Department of Media Studies and Semiotics, Faculty of Journalism, Yerevan State University; Professor and Doctor of Sciences

Tigran Simyan is the Head of the Department of Media Studies and Semiotics at the Faculty of Journalism of Yerevan State University, a professor, and a Doctor of Sciences. His academic and research interests include communication theory, verbal and non-verbal communication skills, and the characteristics of propaganda in authoritarian and totalitarian regimes.

From 1997 to 2001, Tigran Simyan studied at the Faculty of Armenian Philology at Yerevan State University, where he earned a bachelor's degree. In 2015, he received the Doctor of Sciences degree from Yerevan State University.

He began his academic career at Yerevan State University, where he has worked as a lecturer since 2016. Since 2021, he has served as Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the academic journal Urbis et Orbis. Microhistory und Semiotics of the City.

Alongside his academic and research activities, Tigran Simyan has participated in international research and educational programs for many years as a DAAD and KAAD scholarship recipient. He has conducted academic and research activities at several German universities, including the Universities of Greifswald, Jena, and Kiel. In 2024 and 2025, he received a DAAD Eastern Partnership scholarship to conduct academic activities at the University of Greifswald.

Tigran Simyan has authored scholarly works on communication, language, culture, media, and semiotics. He has extensive teaching and academic experience.