Gayane F. Torosyan is currently associate professor and chair of the Communication and Media Department at the State University of New York College at Oneonta. Born in Yerevan, Armenia, Dr. Torosyan graduated from Yerevan State University with a five-year degree in mathematics, and she later earned her master’s degree and PhD at the University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication. She has worked in education and international humanitarian aid agencies while living in Armenia, and now teaches journalism, communication and media courses after working as a news and public affairs reporter in the United States.
Brian M. Lowe received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in sociology from Queen’s University at Kingston, Ontario, and he earned his PhD in sociology from the University of Virginia. Dr. Lowe’s research and teaching interests include sociological theories, animal and society, and cultural and comparative-historical sociology, and he has published several articles and is author of Emerging Moral Vocabularies: The Creation and Establishment of New Forms of Moral and Ethical Meanings (Lexington Books, 2006).