Canadian-American Center

Directors & Staff - Raymond Pelletier

Raymond J. Pelletier

• Associate Director, Canadian-American Center
• Associate Professor of French
• Cooperating Associate Professor of Education

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Contact:
Canadian-American Center
The University of Maine
154 College Avenue Orono, ME 04473
raymond.pelletier@umit.maine.edu
207.581.4227

Degrees:

• AB (Modern Languages) Providence College
• M.A. (French) Michigan State University
• Ph.D. (French) University of Massachusetts/Amherst

Research Areas:

• French-language novels of France and North America
• Québec & Franco-American Culture
• Pedagogy of Language Teaching

Current Research:

• French in Maine and New England
• Les Flibustiers de la Nouvelle-France

Interests and Activities:

• Traveling, Culinary Arts
• Keeping up with the pursuits of his children
• Threatening to retire soon

Awards and Services:

• ACQS Distinguished Service Award, ACQS Conference, November 2012
• Graduate Mentor Award, University of Maine, May 2010
• Richard Williamson Award for Leadership in Language Education, Foreign Language Association of Maine, March 2009
• 20/20 Vision Award, ACSUS, November 2009
• Recipient, on behalf of ACQS, of the Prix du 3-juillet-1608 from the Conseil supérieur de la langue française du Québec, March 2005
• Honored for 25 years of service to the University of Maine, May 2004
• President, Vice President, Maine Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French, 2003 – 2006
• President, Vice President, Executive Director, American Council for Quebec Studies, 2003 – Present
• Honored as lauréat of the American Association of Teachers of French, 1994
• Honoree for having taken the lead in developing Academic Alliances, American Association for Higher Education, 1992

Courses taught:

• French courses
• FRE 307 French for Business
• FRE 310 Introduction to Francophone Literature
• FRE 350 Multidisciplinary Readings in French
• FRE 397 French May Term in Québec City
• FRE 398 French Immersion: Western France
• FRE 440 Franco-American Civilization
• FRE 465/508 North American French Novel
• FRE 490/598 North American Francophone Cultures
• MLC 466/598 The Teaching of Modern Languages
• CAN 101 Introduction to Canadian Studies

Institutes Led: (For teachers of French)

• «Le film française nord américain à l’usage de l’enseignement de la langue et de la culture» (summer 2010, Orono, ME)
• «Samuel de Champlain : Fondateur de la ville de Québec et Explorateur de la Nouvelle-France» (summer 2008, Québec City, Montréal, Crown Point, Ottawa)
• «Tournée littéraire de la région de la ville de Québec» (summer 2006 Péribonka, Trois-Pistoles, Ste-Justine, Québec City)
• «L’Acadie d’hier et d’aujourd’hui» (summer 2004, Castine ME, Port-Royal NS, Grand-Pré NS, Louisbourg NS, Moncton NB)
• «Retraite pour professeurs de langue française au Québec» (summer 2002, Montéal, St-Paul, Québec City)
• «Western France» (summer 1998, Angers, St-Malo, Chicoutimi)

Institutes Led: (For university faculty)

• French immerson (summer 2011, Pointe-de-l’Eglise, Nouvelle-Ecosse)
• French immersion (summer 2009, Chicoutimi, Québec)

Currently Teaching:

Fall 2012:

FRE 309 – Introduction to French Literature

FRE 350 – Multidisciplinary Readings in French

FRE 406/506 – The 18th Century French Novel

CAN 101 – Introduction to Canada

Spring 2013:

FRE 390 – French Popular Culture: Francophone Food Culture

CAN 101 – Introduction to Canada (Online)

Office Hours: T 11:00-12:00, Th 4:00-5:00 PM, 210 Little Hall (By appointment, Canadian American Center)

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