Rollande Deslandes
Rollande Deslandes is a Canadian university professor of Education Sciences at the University of Quebec in Trois-Rivieres. Deslandes is known for her expertise on parenting, parental involvement and relations between schools, families and communities. Profession. Deslandes obtained a Bachelor Degree in Education at McGill University in Montreal, then worked as a secondary level and special education teacher for 18 years. She then earned a Master’s Degree in Social Work and a doctorate in Educational Psychology at Laval University in Quebec. She was hired, in 1996, as a professor to pre-service and graduate students and a  researcher at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. Deslandes is the editor of: Career activities. Deslandes served as Director of Graduate Studies in Education (2006-2008), and as a commissioner (2012-2015) at the university Research Commission at the university and as commissioner at the provincial Universities Program Evaluation Commission (2012-2015). She acted as the francophone editor of the Canadian Journal of Education (2012-2018). See her last editorial. More closely linked to research and at the International level, Deslandes was responsible for AIFREF-Canada (Association International de Formation et de Recherche en Éducation Familiale) (2000-2004). She  was also elected as an executive board member at Large of the Family-School-Community Partnerships SIG of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) as well as a member of the Dissertation Award Committee (2006-2010). Since 2007, she has been a member of the School Community Journal Advisory Board (USA) and a regular speaker at the European Research Network about Parents in Education (ERNAPE). Honors. Besides being the recipient of several scholarships at the master’s and doctorate levels, Deslandes was the Laureat of the Excellence Award from the Faculty of Social Sciences of Laval University [1992-1993]. In  1996, she was also awarded an Excellence Award for her Doctorat thesis (1997), another one for her research work (2004) and a last one as Emerita for her career as a Researcher. Publications. Dr. Deslandes is the author and co-author of a great number of publications including, articles, book chapters, reports, etc. She made several presentations in diverse scientific conferences or public forums at the provincial, national and international levels. She was invited in various countries as a professor/ researcher such as France, Uruguay, Brasilia Israel, Australia, Saudi Arabia, and French Polynesia. Her research interests include mainly family and  community involvement in schooling in relation to students’ achievement and other outcomes, like autonomy development, homework completion, and healthy habits. Some representative publications