Raymond Cormier's specialty is medieval comparative literature, with a sub-specialty in French, Latin, and Celtic languages and literatures. His particular area of interest is the transmission of antiquity and translation theory. Since 1960, he has taught at Stanford, Harvard, Tufts, Virginia, and Temple universities, and at Wilson, Dartmouth, Gettysburg and Dickinson, all colleges. Currently, Cormier serves as visiting professor in the English and Modern Languages Department of Longwood University, where his wife is president.