On August 15, 2008, CRRC-Armenia intern Dzovinar Derderian delivered a presentation on writing skills for research paper. During her two-month internship Dzovinar Derderian has reviewed multiple CRRC fellowship papers, and the presentation was based on technical writing issues identified in previous CRRC fellowship papers.

Dzovinar Derderian is a graduate student at Georgetown University specializing in Russian, Eurasian and East European Studies in the School of Foreign Service. She graduated from Tufts University in 2007 with a double-major in International Relations and Russian and East European Studies. She has also studied at the University College London in the UK as well as Herzen State Pedagogical University in St. Petersburg, Russia. Previously she has worked at the International Foundation of Electoral Systems in Washington, DC, and the Armenian International Policy Research Group in Yerevan, Armenia.