Alan Whitehorn is a professor emeritus of political science and an Armenian Canadian poet. Among his published books are The Armenian Genocide: The Essential Reference Guide (2015); Just Poems: Reflections on the Armenian Genocide (2009); Return to Armenia/ Veradardz depi Hayastan (2012) and most recently Karabakh Diary: Poems from the Diaspora/Gharabaghyan Oragir (2022).