She has been the dean of arts and sciences at Haigazian University since 1998, specialising in research on electoral reform, Prehistoric Armenia and the Kingdom of Urartu.
[1] Ekmekji taught archaeology, ancient religions, civilizations and cultural studies at AUB for two decades before accepting a position at Haigazian University where she has served as the Dean of Arts and Sciences since 1998.
Her research interests include electoral reform, Prehistoric Armenia and the Kingdom of Urartu.
She also works on oral histories of the Armenian genocide and gender studies (with a focus on education).
[3] She published the memoirs of her grandfather, Hagop Arsenian, a survivor of the Armenian genocide, titled Towards Golgotha.