{"id":1519,"date":"2009-10-29T13:12:37","date_gmt":"2009-10-29T17:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/canam\/?page_id=1519"},"modified":"2025-11-21T15:39:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T20:39:56","slug":"raymond-pelletier","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/canam\/raymond-pelletier\/","title":{"rendered":"Raymond Pelletier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Raymond J. Pelletier<a class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Ray 4\" href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/canam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2012\/05\/Ray-41.jpg\" rel=\"same-post-1519\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-4875\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/canam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2012\/05\/Ray-41-250x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Former Associate Director, Canadian-American Center<\/li>\n<li>Emeritus Professor of French<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/canam\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2015\/07\/short-resume-2015.pdf\">Resume<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">__________<\/p>\n<p>Contact:<br \/>\nCanadian-American Center<br \/>\nThe University of Maine<br \/>\n154 College Avenue, Orono, ME 04473<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Degrees:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>AB (Modern Languages) Providence College, 1965<\/li>\n<li>M.A. (French) Michigan State University, 1967<\/li>\n<li>Ph.D. (French) University of Massachusetts\/Amherst, 1976<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Research Areas:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>French-language novels of France and North America<\/li>\n<li>Francophone Cultures<\/li>\n<li>Pedagogy of Language Teaching<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Current Research: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>French in Maine and New England<\/li>\n<li>Les Flibustiers de la Nouvelle-France<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Interests and Activities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Traveling, Culinary Arts<\/li>\n<li>Keeping up with the pursuits of his children<\/li>\n<li>Advancing language programs at the Chinese Language and Culture Center of Bangor; Penobscot School, Rockland; Franco-American Studies, UMaine, Orono<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Awards and Services:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Scholar in residence, Institute for Quebec Studies, SUNY Plattsburgh, Spring 2014<\/li>\n<li>Certificate of Special Recognition, University of Buffalo, 2013<\/li>\n<li>Certificate of Appreciation, Canisius College, 2013<\/li>\n<li>ACQS Distinguished Service Award, ACQS Conference, November 2012<\/li>\n<li>Graduate Mentor Award, University of Maine, May 2010<\/li>\n<li>Richard Williamson Award for Leadership in Language Education, Foreign Language Association of Maine, March 2009<\/li>\n<li>20\/20 Vision Award, ACSUS, November 2009<\/li>\n<li>Recipient, on behalf of ACQS, of the Prix du 3-juillet-1608 from the Conseil sup\u00e9rieur de la langue fran\u00e7aise du Qu\u00e9bec, March 2005<\/li>\n<li>Honored for 25 years of service to the University of Maine, May 2004<\/li>\n<li>President, Vice President, Maine Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French, 2003 &#8211; 2006<\/li>\n<li>President, Vice President, Executive Director, American Council for Quebec Studies, 2003 &#8211; Present<\/li>\n<li>Honored as <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">laur\u00e9at<\/span> of the American Association of Teachers of French, 1994<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Honoree<\/span> for having taken the lead in developing Academic Alliances, American Association for Higher Education, 1992<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Courses taught:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/mlandc\/undergraduate-programs\/bachelor-of-arts-programs\/bachelor-of-arts-in-french\/french\/\">French courses<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/catalog.umaine.edu\/preview_course.php?catoid=41&amp;coid=90463\">FRE 307 French for Business<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/catalog.umaine.edu\/preview_course.php?catoid=52&amp;coid=128704&amp;print\">FRE 310\u00a0Introduction to Francophone Literature<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/catalog.umaine.edu\/preview_course.php?catoid=41&amp;coid=90465\">FRE 350 Multidisciplinary Readings in French<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/catalog.umaine.edu\/preview_course.php?catoid=41&amp;coid=90479\">FRE 397 French May Term in Qu\u00e9bec City<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/catalog.umaine.edu\/preview_course.php?catoid=41&amp;coid=90466\">FRE 398 French Immersion: Western France<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/catalog.umaine.edu\/preview_course.php?catoid=41&amp;coid=90449\">FRE 440 Franco-American Civilization<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/catalog.umaine.edu\/preview_course.php?catoid=45&amp;coid=106193\">FRE 465\/508 North American French Novel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/catalog.umaine.edu\/preview_course.php?catoid=47&amp;coid=112565&amp;print\">FRE 490\/598 North American Francophone Cultures<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.umit.maine.edu\/class\/mlc466\/\">MLC 466\/598 The Teaching of Modern Languages<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/canam\/students\/undergraduate\/can-101\/\" target=\"Blank\">CAN 101 Introduction to Canadian Studies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Institutes Led: (For teachers of French)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;La peninsule Acadienne&#8221; 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Pelletier Former Associate Director, Canadian-American Center Emeritus Professor of French Resume __________ Contact: Canadian-American Center The University of Maine 154 College Avenue, Orono, ME 04473 Degrees: AB (Modern Languages) Providence College, 1965 M.A. (French) Michigan State University, 1967 Ph.D. (French) University of Massachusetts\/Amherst, 1976 Research Areas: French-language novels of France and North America [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":365,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1519","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"","author_link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/canam\/author\/"},"comment_info":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/canam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/canam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/canam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/canam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/365"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/canam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1519"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/canam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12882,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/canam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1519\/revisions\/12882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/canam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}