Maria Sheila Balosbalos-Arado

Dr. Maria Sheila Balosbalos-Arado is an Associate Professor at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, Monterey, California with over 20 years of experience in foreign language education. Her interests include second language acquisition, curriculum and instruction, peace and conflict studies, intercultural learning, and intercultural competence.

She completed her doctoral degree from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, USA. She also holds multiple master’s degrees, including a Master’s degree in Political Science, and a Master’s degree in International and Area Studies, Studies from the University of California, Berkeley, USA, and a Master of Arts in Education from the Philippines.