Dr. Steven Berbeco, Project Manager


Curriculum Design Advisory Team

Professor Stephan Ellenwood, Boston University

Professor Phil Tate, Boston University

Professor Julie Coppola, Boston University

Dr. Yu-Lan Lin, Boston Public Schools


Research Assistants

Jane Thorson and Richard Cozzens


Program Evaluator

Center for Applied Linguistics


Grant Administrator

Barbara Shepard


We have benefitted from additional support from Harvard University’s Outreach Center at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Boston University School of Education, Boston Public Schools, and STARTALK.

Our staff of curriculum developers

Watch this news segment to find out what it’s like to study Arabic using the Marhaba! curriculum