Film Remakes, Intercultural Communication, Digital Innovation,
AI Software: Möbius Trip, Illustrations, Photography, Digital Narrative
CV
RESEARCH / TEACHING AREAS
Digital humanities, Intercultural Communication, Film and TV Series Studies, Multimodality, Media and Communication, Artificial Intelligence, French, French cinema, Film Production, European Studies
EDUCATION
2012- 2020 Ph.D. awarded in Language, Literacy, and Culture (LLC), University of Maryland,
Baltimore County (UMBC), USA
2007-2009 MA awarded in Intercultural Communication (INCC), UMBC, USA
2001-2003 MBA awarded in Logistics, Groupe FIM, France
1999-2001 AS awarded in International Trade, Institut Fresnel, France
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2020- 2023 Coordinator for French Instruction, UMBC, Baltimore, MD, USA
2014- present French Tutor to UMBC Emeritus President Freeman Hrabowski
2013- 2020 French Adjunct Professor, UMBC, Baltimore, MD, USA
2018 French Adjunct Professor, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD, USA
2018 French Adjunct Professor, Notre-Dame of Maryland University, Baltimore, MD, USA
2009- 2012 French / English teacher, British House, Barcelona, Spain
2007- 2009 French Teaching assistant, UMBC, Baltimore, MD, USA
2006- 2007 Amity Institute Cultural Exchange Program, Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC, USA
2004- 2005 Amity Institute Cultural Exchange Program, University of Wisconsin La Crosse (UWL), La Crosse, WI, USA
2004 English Teacher, Collège Marcellin Berthellot, Bègles, France
1998- 2003 International Experiences
2003 Aalen, Germany: Bartender: Zum Obel
2003 Champany en Vanoise, France: Waiter, La Rossa
2002 Perpignan, France: Logistician, Cémoi
2001 Özdere, Türkiye: Staff, Grand Efe Hotel
2000 Rennesse, Netherlands: Bartender, t’ dorpsplein
2000 Zeriekzee, Netherlands: Logistician Intern, Airpack
1999 Paris, France: Logistician Intern, Hays DX
1999 London, U.K: Heathrow Airport Security employee
1998 London, U.K: Shipping Company Employee, Norsk European Wholesale Ltd
COURSES TAUGHT
MCS 390/ MLL 480 Transcultural Studies in Global Television
MLL 219 Contemporary French Cinema
MLL 319 Images of Society in Contemporary French Films
MLL 605 The Field of Intercultural Communication
FRENCH 101-302 Elementary French I- Advanced French II
FRENCH 340 Interconnections: Social and Historical Confluences
MULTIMEDIA EXPERIENCE
2021- current Möbius Trip: Machine Learning Solutions Co-Founder and CEO.
https://mobiustrip.co/ (Website in progress)
2021- 2023 Digital Humanities Research Group (DHRG) Administrator (UMBC)
https://dreshercenter.umbc.edu/faculty-working-groups/current-faculty-working-groups/
2019- 2023 VHL Portails faculty specialist for the French Department, UMBC
2012- 2015 New Media Studio Research Assistant, UMBC, Baltimore, MD, USA
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
August 2023 Codificar, Analizar, Difundir: Convertimos juntos tu proyecto en digital
Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo (UIMP), Santander, Spain
https://coandi.github.io/website/
July 2023 Culture & Technology: European Summer University in Digital Humanities
Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Romania
https://digihubb.centre.ubbcluj.ro/
2018 Planning Instructional Variety for Online Teaching (PIVOT)
UMBC, USA
PUBLICATIONS
Digeon, L., Amin A, (2023). “Zooming in on Shot Scales: An AI Toolkit for Transnational TV Series Adaptations Cultural Analysis.” Zoomland. Exploring Scale in Digital History and Humanities. De Gruyter 151:187.
Digeon, L., Amin A, (2021). “Transnational TV Series Adaptations: What AI can tell us about Gender inequality in France and the US.” Media Literacy and Academic Research.
Larkey, E., Digeon, L., & Er, I. (2016). “Measuring Transnationalism: Comparing TV Formats using Digital Tools.” VIEW Journal of European Television History and Culture 5(9): 72-92.
Deverneil, M., Digeon, L. (2011). “Z’y Va” French Authentic Video, web-based online program. Kendall Hunt Publishing.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
"The Making of AI Toolkit The Möbius Trip: Revolutionizing Film Analysis through AI and Humanities Collaboration." IEEE 2023 International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Singapore. December 2023. Paper presented.
"Automatizing the Bechdel test 2.0: How AI Helps Improve Gender Representation Measurement Accuracy in Movies." IEEE 2023 International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Singapore. December 2023. Paper presented.
"Cross-Cultural Greetings Etiquette in Film Remakes: A Digital Multimodal Approach." IALIC Conference 2023, European University Cyprus. December 2023. Paper presented
"Decoding Cultural Representation in TV Series Adaptations and Movie Remakes: A Digital Approach and Deep Learning Toolkit." Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Romania. July 2023. Paper presented.
"Digital Approaches to Transcultural Screen Narratives." Keystone DH 2023, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. June 2023. Paper presented.
"Reverse-engineering and Gradational Assemblage, A Deep-learning Approach to Transnational TV series Adaptations." Keystone DH 2023, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. June 2023. Paper presented.
“Les Intouchables and The Upside: A Multimodal Digital Approach to Intercultural Comparative Analysis of Film Remakes.” International Conference on Narrative, Dallas, Texas. March 2023. Paper presented.
“A Deep Learning Approach to Cross-cultural TV Series Analysis. Measuring the Impact of Gender and Emotion Display on Shot Scale Distribution” IEEE 2022 International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. December 2022. Paper presented.
“Zooming in on Shot Scales: An AI Toolkit for Transnational TV series Adaptations Cultural Analysis.” Zoomland Workshop. Exploring Scale in Digital History and Humanities. C2DH. Luxembourg, June 2022. Paper presented.
“From American Crime show to Série Policière Française, An AI toolkit for genre prediction in Transnational TV series Adaptation” IEEE 2021 International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Online. December 2021. Paper presented.
“TV Series Adaptations: An AI Toolkit for Success” IEEE 2020 International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Online. December 2020. Paper presented.
“From New York City to Paris: A Multimodal Transcultural Analysis of TV Crime Show Adaptation" International Conferences on Multimodality, Bremen University, Germany. September 2017. Paper presented.
“Twilight Zone, Travelling Through Time” Flow Conference 2016, University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA. September 2016. Paper presented.
“Quebecois and French Les Bougon: from Dramedy to Comedy – A Mixed Method Analysis” British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies (BAFTSS) Conference, University of Reading, Reading, UK. April 2016. Paper presented.
“Media installation: Tattle, Rattle, Whistle Toys for Attention, Tools for Disruption.” Rethinking Intellectual Activism, 1st Language, Literacy & Culture Graduate Student Conference, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD. April 2014. Paper presented.
“Silence Speaks in Silent Movies: The Artist Articulating the Modernist Myths of Progress and Authenticity” Spaces and Silences: The 2nd Annual Georgetown University English Graduate, Student Association Conference, Georgetown University. February 2013. Paper presented.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
2022 Study Abroad Workshop Organizer
2022 French Film Festival Organizer
2021 French Area Promotional Video Designer and Editor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SWrv00VPNY
2012- 2021 International Living Exchange Mentor (ILE)
2021 Student Coffee Hour Organizer
2012-2014 Advising Center Staff
RESEARCH SUPPORT AND FELLOWSHIPS
2022 Venture capitalist investment, $50,000
2022 Dresher Center Research Support Fund for Lecturers and Adjunct Faculty: $2100
2022 MLLI Travel Fund: $1,100
2017 Residential Fellow, Dresher Center for the Humanities, $1000, UMBC
2016 Graduate Student Association (GSA) Travel Grant, $1000, UMBC
2016 Residential Fellow, Dresher Center for the Humanities, $1000, UMBC
2016 Graduate Student Association (GSA) Travel Grant, $1000, UMBC
2015 Jodi Crandal Fellowship for research in Language Literacy and Culture, $1000, UMBC
DIGITAL SKILLS
Coding: R, Rstudio, Qgis, Gephi, Open Refine, Open Office
Online Class Design: Blackboard Ultra, Canvas, Panopto, Collaborate, VHL Portails
Drone Pilot: Mavick
VR Meta Quest Pro: NODA
Media Software: Final Cut Pro X, AfterEffects, Adobe Acrobat/Photoshop, InDesign, WordPress, Wix site, Cinemetrics, Multimodal Analysis Software, Atlas.ti, ImageJ, and Mpegstreamclip
Illustration Software: Sketchbook, Procreate
LANGUAGES
French: Native Proficiency
English: Bilingual Proficiency
Spanish: Full Professional Proficiency
German: Limited Working Proficiency
Greek: Limited Working Proficiency
HOBBIES
Squash, Guitar, Chess, Illustration, Gardening, Cycling (crossing France by bike twice)
Travels: France, Germany, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Romania, Austria, Cyprus, Greece, Türkiye, Egypt, United Kingdom, United States,
Canada, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Argentina, Chile, Honduras, Mexico, Costa Rica,
Bolivia, Colombia, and Cuba
CONTACT REFERENCES
Dr. Ed Larkey
Professor of German Studies and Intercultural Communication
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
MLLI dept FA 463
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, MD 21250
+1 4104552109
Dr. Craig Saper
Director of the Language, Literacy, and Culture Program
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, MD 21250
csaper@umbc.edu
+1 410-455-2376
Dr. Freeman Hrabowski
UMBC Emeritus President
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, MD 21250
+1 4104552274
Dr. Marie Deverneil
Former UMBC French Coordinator
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
MLLI dept FA 463
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, MD 21250
+1 4104552109