Mark Krikorian is the executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, a think-tank in Washington, D.C. that promotes stricter immigration control and enforcement. He is a regular contributor to the conservative publication National Review, and is as a regular participant at National Review Online's "The Corner".
Krikorian frequently testifies before Congress and has published articles in The Washington Post, The New York Times, Commentary, National Review, and elsewhere. He has appeared on 60 Minutes, Nightline, the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, CNN, National Public Radio and many other television and radio programs.
Krikorian holds a Masters Degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and a Bachelors Degree from Georgetown University. He spent two years at Yerevan State University in then-Soviet Armenia. Before joining CIS in February 1995, Krikorian was an editor at The Winchester Star, and worked as editor of an electonic media publication on marketing. He wrote for the monthly newsletter of the Federation for American Immigration Reform.