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Ani Kalayjian (born in Syria) is a Syrian Armenian-American psychologist, academic, author, and poet. She is currently an adjunct professor of psychology at Fordham University. She is the author of Forget Me NOT: 7 Steps for Healing Our Body, Mind, Spirit, and Soul and with Dominique Eugene she is the co-author of Mass Trauma and Emotional Healing Around the World: Rituals and Practices for Resilience and Meaning-making, Volume 2 and

Biography
She was born in Syria one of seven children of Diramayr Zabell Kalayjian and Kevork Kalayjian, In 1960 she emmigrated with her family from Syria to the United States. , She is the descendant of survivors of the Armenian Genocide. She is the founder and President of the Association for Trauma Outreach & Prevention (ATOP), Meaningfulworld. She is a graduate of Columbia University’s Teachers College with Master’s and Doctoral Degrees, and holds an Honorary Doctor of Science Degree from Long Island University. Since 1998, she has consulted the United Nations, and more recently has been the representative of ATOP Meaningfulworld at the UN. She is editor and author of numerous books and scholarly articles. For the Internationnal Journal of of School and Cognitive Physchology with Lorrain Simmons she co=authoprd the essay Meaningful World’s 11th Humanitarian Mission to Haiti Sustainable Community Healing, Peace-Building, and Meaning-Making for a Healthy Haiti.

The organization she founded Meaningful World has brought or the past 21 years, she and her team have traveled to nearly 25 countries ravaged by earthquakes, tornadoes, tsunamis and other natural disasters. Most recently, the organization traveled to Haiti to provide mental health rehabilitation to those affected by the earthquake. Duryng the Covid19 pandemic she was interviewed on Bronxnet Community Tekevision on trauma and its effect on tbe Bkack community during the crisis. and co-authired the article "Mental Health Challenges of a Global Pandemic: The Case of COVID-19" in Trauma Physchology News".

Otbers articles she has authored or co-authored articles publishec in scholarly journals including "Gender and genocide: Armenian and Greek women finding positive meaning in the horror", "Posttraumatic Stress and Meaning Making in Mexico City", and "Chapter 11: Professional Roles and Attributes of the Transcultural Nurse".

Kalayjian is also a registered nurse.