Glendale Community College's Community Services Education (CSE) Instructor: Onnik (Akob) Hayrapetian holds a BA in Armenian Language and Literature from University of Isfahan, Iran, an MA in General Linguistics (concentrated on Armenian Language and Linguistics) from University of Tehran, Iran, a PhD in Education and Public Relations from University of Urartu in Yerevan, Armenia. He has also been studying General Linguistics in the PhD program at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA. 
He has over 38 years experience in teaching Armenian Language, Linguistics 
and Literature in elementary and high schools, colleges, and universities. He also holds private tutoring sessions. His private students include doctors, lawyers, teachers, police personnel, city council members, clergies, and business people. He has been teaching Armenian Language at Glendale Community College since 1990, and Armenian Studies at Mashdots College since 1992, where he is the chair person of the Armenian Studies Department. Also, he was the Educational Director at Davidian and Mariamian Educational Foundation in Glendale (2004-2011). He also is a member of Armenian Studies Association in Fresno, California. His name in "Who's Who in North America" book. 
Onnik Hayrapetian has a unique approach to the Armenian; he has his students reading and writing Armenian at the first meeting.