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Dr. Pierre Orelus

Office Phone: (575) 646-1665

Department Phone: (575) 646-4820

Fax: (575) 646-5436

MSC 3CUR

P.O. Box 30001

Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001

porelus@nmsu.edu

O'Donnell Hall Room 201 C

Curriculum Vita

 

Dr. Orelus is an Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education, New Mexico State University. His areas of specialization are TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages), post-colonial studies, blackness, gender studies (particularly masculinity/maleness), critical pedagogy, critical literacy and critical multicultural education. Dr. Orelus is the author of Education under Occupation: The Heavy Price of Living in a Neo-colonized and Globalized World.
Dr. Pierre Wilbert Orelus, a native of Haiti, migrated to the United States in 1993 as a result of political and economic turmoil taking place in his native land. In 1997, Dr. Orelus finished his bachelor’s in Human Services Advocacy from the University of Massachusetts at Boston. In 2001, Dr. Orelus earned a master’s degree in Applied Linguistics with a focus on ESL (English as a Second Language) from the same university, and in 2008 he completed his doctorate in Language, Literacy, and Culture at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. A former high school teacher, Dr. Orelus has been conducting research involving urban teachers and English language learners. In addition, for the last seven years Dr. Orelus has taught ESL, writing, and critical foundation courses to college students at various institutions in Boston and western Massachusetts. He also served as a Learning Advisor to college students from various ethnic/racial, linguistic and cultural backgrounds. Besides English, Dr. Orelus speaks French, Haitian Creole and Spanish. His research interests include but are not limited to: TESOL; bilingual education; colonial and postcolonial studies; critical race theory; gender studies; critical literacy; and critical pedagogy for self-liberation and liberation of others. Dr. Orelus has presented at numerous national and international conferences where he spoke on these issues. Pierre has been the beneficiary of several fellowships, including ALANA minority fellowship (Umass-Amherst 2003-2004); ACCELA fellowship (Umass-Amherst 2004-2006); Robert E. Evans, Jr. fellowship (Holyoke Community College, 2005-2006); and New Perspective Fellowship (Greenfield Community College, 2006-2007). Dr. Orelus is the author of Education under Occupation: The Heavy Price of Living in a Neocolonized and Globalized World. His forthcoming book addressing issues related to blackness and masculinity is set to be out in Fall 2009.