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Mel B. Yoken (born 1939) is an American academic and professor of French language and literature. He served as a professor at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth from 1966 until his retirement, when he received the title of Chancellor Professor Emeritus. Yoken has maintained correspondence with authors, politicians, and cultural figures, building a collection of letters housed at Brown University. In 2018, he received the Legion of Honor from France.
Yoken was born in 1939 in Fall River, Massachusetts, to Albert Benjamin Yoken and Sylvia White. He graduated from B.M.C. Durfee High School in Fall River in 1956.
He received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1960, followed by a Master of Arts in Teaching degree from Brown University in 1961. Yoken earned his Ph.D. in French language and literature in 1972 from the Five College Ph.D. Program, a collaborative program between Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His dissertation was titled "Claude Tillier's Novelistic World."
Yoken taught French at Newton North High School in Newton, Massachusetts, from 1961 to 1964. He then taught at the University of Massachusetts Amherst while pursuing his Ph.D.
In 1966, Yoken joined the faculty at what was then called the Southeastern Massachusetts Technological Institute (later University of Massachusetts Dartmouth). During his 52-year association with the institution, he taught French language and literature and served as faculty advisor to The French Club, Table Française, and the Canadian Studies Program.
In the 1980s, Yoken established a Summer Language Institute, a program where students spent three weeks studying French language and culture at UMass Dartmouth followed by three weeks at the University of Montreal. This program was modeled after the Middlebury College Language School, which Yoken first attended in 1959.
Yoken has been involved with the Boivin Center for French Language and Culture at UMass Dartmouth since its founding in 1985 by Omer E. and Laurette M. Boivin. He served as a Board Member from 1985 to 1999 and has been the Director since 1999.
The Boivin Center promotes French language and culture through scholarships, cultural programs featuring French and Francophone speakers, and documentation of French language influences in New England. The Center serves both university and regional levels.
Mel Yoken
Mel B. Yoken (born 1939) is an American academic and professor of French language and literature. He served as a professor at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth from 1966 until his retirement, when he received the title of Chancellor Professor Emeritus. Yoken has maintained correspondence with authors, politicians, and cultural figures, building a collection of letters housed at Brown University. In 2018, he received the Legion of Honor from France.
Yoken was born in 1939 in Fall River, Massachusetts, to Albert Benjamin Yoken and Sylvia White. He graduated from B.M.C. Durfee High School in Fall River in 1956.
He received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1960, followed by a Master of Arts in Teaching degree from Brown University in 1961. Yoken earned his Ph.D. in French language and literature in 1972 from the Five College Ph.D. Program, a collaborative program between Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His dissertation was titled "Claude Tillier's Novelistic World."
Yoken taught French at Newton North High School in Newton, Massachusetts, from 1961 to 1964. He then taught at the University of Massachusetts Amherst while pursuing his Ph.D.
In 1966, Yoken joined the faculty at what was then called the Southeastern Massachusetts Technological Institute (later University of Massachusetts Dartmouth). During his 52-year association with the institution, he taught French language and literature and served as faculty advisor to The French Club, Table Française, and the Canadian Studies Program.
In the 1980s, Yoken established a Summer Language Institute, a program where students spent three weeks studying French language and culture at UMass Dartmouth followed by three weeks at the University of Montreal. This program was modeled after the Middlebury College Language School, which Yoken first attended in 1959.
Yoken has been involved with the Boivin Center for French Language and Culture at UMass Dartmouth since its founding in 1985 by Omer E. and Laurette M. Boivin. He served as a Board Member from 1985 to 1999 and has been the Director since 1999.
The Boivin Center promotes French language and culture through scholarships, cultural programs featuring French and Francophone speakers, and documentation of French language influences in New England. The Center serves both university and regional levels.