Principal Investigators (PIs)
LARC's PIs are instrumental in our efforts to complete our various projects. They provide us subject matter expertise and direction. We wouldn't be who we are without them. Please take some time to get to know them.
Edith Benkov: Professor of French
Edith Benkov is a Professor of French at SDSU, and has experience with a number of different public school outreach programs.
Ghada Osman: Assistant Professor of Linguistics (Arabic)
Ghada Osman earned a Doctor of Philosophy in History and Middle Eastern Studies from Harvard University in June 2001. The focus of her research and title of her doctoral dissertation is The Christians of Late Sixth and Early Seventh Century Mecca and Medina: An Investigation into the Arabic Sources.
José Mario Martín-Flores: Assistant Professor of Spanish
José Mario Martín-Flores is a professor of Spanish language and literature with emphasis in Mexican literature at SDSU.
Minjuan Wang: Assistant Professor of Educational Technology
Minjuan's research specialties focus on the sociocultural aspects of online learning (e.g., learning communities, gender and cultural differences in online collaboration) and technological interventions in language and literacy education.
Nora Strejilevich: Assistant Professor of Spanish
Nora Strejilevich is Assistant Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at San Diego State University. As a survivor of Argentina's "los desaparecidos" (the disappeared), Professor Strejilevich has devoted her time to area studies that include human rights and authentic language materials of the Argentine "Dirty War" era.
Steven J. Sacco: Professor of French
Steven J. Sacco is Co-Director of the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER), Chair of the International Business Program, and Professor of French at San Diego State University.
Zev bar-Lev: Professor of Linguistics
Zev bar-Lev, since 1984, has been developing Sheltered Initiation Language Learning, a method for teaching foreign languages that focuses on the acquisition of authentic skills, especially in speaking and reading.