LAVC Psychology: Ann Harootyan

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Ann Rayner Harootyan

Retired
Staff since: 1976, Faculty since 1989

Discipline(s)

Developmental Communications

Education

Degree: B.A., with Distinction
Major: English
Minor: French
From: Purdue University
Date: 1969

Personal Interests

"It's bein' so cheerful wot keeps me goin'."

Animal welfare and rescue; ♥George Clooney♥ ; Writing songs, poems and educational materials; George Clooney; Acting, singing; producing and directing local British stage productions

Writing: "The Mitchell Family Memoirs" 1991 (the saga of my family from before and after WWII in Britain); "We Always Stop For Tea" 1992 (a collection of expatriate poems); Comedy skits and songs for The Mayflower Club, North Hollywood.

Doing crosswords to keep my brain working; reading mystery books; watching Brit films and TV comedies; walking in the rain (sadly lacking in LA); language and its origins (did you know the word "nice" originally meant "ignorant"?); astronomy and the universe, the "final question mark".

"Some day we'll find it, the rainbow connection, the lovers, the dreamers and me."

Contact Information

E-mail: harootar@lavc.edu

Selected Publications

Harootyan, Ann Rayner (1986) Steps To Better Reading: A Basic Phonics Program. With Audio, 265.35 minutes. Los Angeles, CA: Self Published.

Harootyan, Ann Rayner (1995) Syllabification: How to Read and Pronounce Words. Los Angeles, CA: Self Published.

Department of Psychology