About the Author

Farid Saydee, Ph.D., is the Associated Director and the Director of Instruction at the Language Acquisition Resource Center (LARC) at San Diego State University (SDSU). He earned his Ph.D. in Education from SDSU/Claremont Graduate University in the fall of 2014. His dissertation focused on the role teachers' beliefs have on their professional development and classroom performances. At LARC, Saydee oversees the development of curriculum and instruction for languages of Central and South America, Africa, Central and South Asia, and the Middle East, offered through Language Training Center (LTC) and Project Global Officer (Project GO) programs. He also conducts research and presents his findings at local and national conferences. Saydee is a published author of several scholarly articles, and the principle author, or co-author of three textbooks in Pashto and two in Dari.