Lori Khatchadourian is a PhD candidate in the University of Michigan's Interdepartmental Program in Classical Art & Archaeology. Her dissertation, entitled Under Empire: An Archaeology of Power and Community in the Armenian "Highland Satrapy", ca. 600-300 B.C., examines the work of material interactions in shaping political and social organization, and advances an approach to the study of western Asia in these centuries that moves beyond the dominant historical paradigm. Ms. Khatchadourian holds a masters degree in Classical Archaeology, a masters degree in Ancient Greek, and a certificate in Spatial Analysis from the University of Michigan. Before beginning her PhD research, Ms. Khatchadourian worked in the Eurasia division of the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI). Ms. Khatchadourian holds a masters degree in Russian and Post-Soviet Studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a bachelors degree in Classics and Government from Georgetown University.