International Business Program

San Diego State University

Dr. Loughrin-Sacco is an expert in the field of the teaching of French for business purposes and external funding for international education projects. He is co-author of a business French text/casebook entitled Québec Inc: Un Manuel de Français des Affaires, co-editor with Jayne Abrate of a volume published by the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF) entitled Making Business French Work: Models, Methods, Materials and is the author of numerous articles. He has been Chair of the AATF's National Commission on the Teaching of French for Business and Economic Purposes since 1996.

In addition to his publication record, Loughrin-Sacco has been the director of over 30 successful grants totaling over $3 million. Funding sources include the U.S. Department of Education (nine grants from five different programs), the Coca-Cola Foundation, and the governments of Canada, France, Japan, Mexico, and Quebec. His current projects include "The National Business Spanish Examination" ($399,745 from the U.S. Department of Education) and "Taking French into the Next Century" ($351,972 from the U.S. Department of Education). He has consulted for numerous secondary and post-secondary institutions that include Duke University, Texas A&M, Southern Methodist University, the University of Arkansas, Eastern Michigan University, Central Washington University, the University of South Florida, and Boise State University.

Steve is married to the former Rita Loughrin and is father to three wonderful children, Richard, Alexander, and Rachel.

Teresa Cisneros-Donahue (MBA, San Diego State University) is the Director of International Business Exchanges and Dual Degree Programs. She was born and raised in Mexico. She moved to the U.S. in 1985 and received her B.A. in International Business Summa Cum Laude and her MBA from SDSU.

David Earwicker, Managing Director, Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) received his A.B. in Economics and International Relations from the University of California, Davis in 1989 and his M.A. in Islamic Studies from Columbia University in New York in 1990. He worked with limited partnership investments for E.F. Hutton and Company in La Jolla, California for four years, and worked as an intern in the Corporate Credit Department of Mellon Bank International in London in 1986. He also served for two years as a consultant to the Center for Economics and Business in Davis, California.
Mr. Earwicker is charged with coordinating all of CIBER's operational activities and initiatives, long-term strategic planning, and program development. His research interests include international economic development and the political dynamics of social and economic change in the Middle East and North Africa.

Claudia Allen (BA, Liberal Studies: French/English/History, SDSU) is the Academic Coordinator to the International Business Program. She served as the Administrative Coordinator in the Departments of French and Italian and German and Russian for five years and is well-acquainted with the university. She speaks French, Italian, and Spanish. Ms. Allen visits local community colleges to advise students about the International Business major and meets with high school faculty to encourage language and business studies at the secondary level.

Mary Ann Dhuyvetter, Academic Adviser for the International Business program, received her B.A. in English from Pomona College and her M.A. in Comparative Literature from SDSU. She speaks French, and served as a Fulbright teaching assistant in France in 1987-88. She taught high school English for four years and worked in the Departments of French/Italian and German/Russian at SDSU for 3 ½ years. Mary Ann assists both prospective and continuing students as they progress through the major, and acts as a general source of information on career preparation and study or internships abroad. She visits local community colleges and meets with high school groups to recruit students and update counselors on the major. She also serves as webmaster for the program.

In her spare time, Mary Ann is preparing a web site on American author Alice Tisdale Hobart. Married in 1989, she is the proud mother of Nicholas and Elisabeth.

Steven J. Loughrin-Sacco, Chair
Renatte Adler, Economics
Mark Butler, Management
C. Ben Christensen, Spanish
Thomas Davies, Latin American Studies
James Gerber, Economics
Yoshiko Higurashi, Japanese
Steve Lovett, Management (IVC Representative)
Ken Marino, Management
Lawrence Rhyne, Management
Massoud Saghafi, Marketing
Mehdi Salehizadeh, Finance
James Schorr, French