Raymond Pelletier

Education

• 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

Interests and Activities

• Traveling, Culinary Arts
• Keeping up with the pursuits of his children
• Advancing language programs at the Chinese Language and Cultural Center of Bangor, Penobscot School, Rockland; Franco-American Studies, Orono

Awards and Services

• Scholar in Residence, Institute for Quebec Studies, Suny Plattsburgh, Spring 2014
• Certificate of Special Recognition, University of Buffalo 2013
• Certificate of Appreciation, Canisius College 2013
• 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

• FRE 307 French for Business
• 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
• MLC 466/598 The Teaching of Modern Languages
• CAN 101 Introduction to Canadian Studies

Institutes Led (for teachers of French)

• « Le péninsule Acadienne (Summer 2014, Orono and Fort Kent, Maine and Caraquet NB.
• «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)