Ani Shabazian

Ani Shabazian, Ph.D., B.A., History and Psychology, UCLA; M.A. Human Development and Psychology, Harvard University, 2ed M.A. UCLA, PhD, Urban Schooling. Ani has served on the faculty of several universities, trained in orphanages in Budapest, Hungary and Reggio Emilia, Italy.

She has been the Executive Director of the UCLA Infant Development Program and now she is a Loyola Marymount University tenured Associate Professor School of Education and Director of the Children’s Center. Dr. Shabazian has received the UCLA Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award and the LMU Crimson and Blue Distinguished Teaching Award. She has done trainings, conference presentations, and has peer-reviewed journal publications.

Ani has authored three books and co-authored an international orphanage assessment, that is an international research tool and developed into an APP by Duke University. Further, Ani has traveled with Whole Child International, UK, developing training programs for vulnerable children. Ani has served as a Governance Board member for the Ararat Charter School, the Paros Foundation, the Society for Orphaned Armenian Relief, and with the Ministry of the Diaspora for vulnerable children in Yerevan and Gyumri. She has served on many university committees, now serves on the Board of Trustees of the Hovnanian School and on the Board of Directors of Child360.