LARC

LARC’s staff is comprised of a dynamic, energetic and talented group of people responsible for getting numerous projects off the ground, keeping them going, and seeing them to completion. Please take some time to get to know us.

Mary Ann Lyman-Hager – Director

Mary Ann Lyman-Hager has served as the Director of the national Language Resource Center at San Diego State University and as Professor of French at San Diego State University since 1997. 
View Dr. Lyman-Hager’s profile. 
Email: mlymanha@mail.sdsu.edu
Phone: (619) 594-5480

Chris Brown – Associate Managing Director

Chris is currently working to complete his PhD in Spanish
Literature and has been a teacher of Spanish at the university level for
more than a decade.  Chris is directly involved with all LARC programs, with additional focus on those projects deriving from the Critical Language Immersion Program (CLIP).

Email: cbrown@projects.sdsu.edu

Raquel Cardoso – Administrative Services and Personnel Coordinator

Raquel Cardoso is our current office manager, who assists management and
program managers with all aspects of administrative detail. She also
plays a major role in LARC’s Personnel and Payroll Management.   She
started her LARC career in 2005 and since them has been a great asset to
LARC.  Raquel originally is from Tijuana, Mexico, but has lived in San
Diego since very young.
Email: rcardoso@projects.sdsu.edu
Phone: (619) 594-7887

Angela Gouger – CLIP Project Specialist

Angela Gouger works as a program specialist with the Critical Language
Immersion Programs.
Email: agouger@projects.sdsu.edu
Phone: (619) 594-7886

Lina Hariri-Hajj – Project Specialist & Publications Designer

Lina Hariri-Hajj is a project specialist who assists in coordinating LARC’s Arabic program. She is also the graphic designer responsible for LARC’s publications and brochures. In the community she has served as Vice Principal of the Arabic Learning Center of San Diego for 6 years. Beyond LARC’s marketing materials, she is also designing “Arabic Language Through Dialogue” books.
Email: lhariri@projects.sdsu.edu
Phone: (619) 594-7447

Norman Léonard – Director of Outreach

Norman Léonard is the Community Outreach and K-12 Credentialing Director for LARC.
Email: nleonard@projects.sdsu.edu
Phone: (619) 594-1259

Marcia Ledezman-Macias – Information Technology Consultant

Marcia is the Information Technology consultant for the LARC Center and has been involved in the design and development of the LARCStar Project.
Email: mledezma@mail.sdsu.edu
Phone: (619) 594-4475

Mike Pasamonik – Software Engineer

Mike Pasamonik is a software engineer who writes and maintains applications such as LARC’s Computer Assisted Screening Tool (CAST). He also assists the LARC Language Labs with his wide technical knowledge and expertise.
Email: mpasamonik@projects.sdsu.edu
Phone: (619) 594-3816

Karl Richter – Educationa Technology Instructor

Karl Richter is an Instructional Technology Consultant who combines his instructional design skills with new educational technology applications for language teaching and learning.
Email: karlrichter@gmail.com
Phone: (619) 594-3816

Dr. Trevor Shanklin – Director of Lab Operations

Dr. Trevor Shanklin is an ESL teacher and teacher-trainer who has worked with teachers and students in many different cultural contexts and at all levels of education.
Email: shanklin@mail.sdsu.edu
Phone: (619) 594-5445

Trevor’s Important Links: Personal Web Page, Delicious Site

Dr. Hanada Taha-Thomure – Arabic Program Director & Lead Instructor

Dr. Taha-Thomure earned her Ph.D. in Curriculum & Instruction from the University of New Orleans in 2001. She holds a a Masters Degree in Educational Psychology and a Bachelors Degree in Psychology from the American University of Beirut.
Email: hthomure@projects.sdsu.edu
Phone: (619) 594-0371

View Dr. Hanada Taha-Thomure’s profile.
Hanada’s Important Links: Arab Expertise, The Arabic Site, Tara Conference, Youtube for Arabic Expertise, LARC Profile page.

John Vitaglione – Director of Multimedia Design & Development

John Vitaglione is an instructional designer with extensive experience in educational technology development and training.
Email: jvitagli@mail.sdsu.edu
Phone: (619) 594-1223