CV | Landry Digeon

Landry Digeon Ph.D.
Lecturer (Assistant Professor track)
Department of French and European Studies
University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
Digeon.landry@ucy.ac.cy

RESEARCH & TEACHING AREAS

French and European Studies, Digital Humanities, Intercultural Communication, Film & TV Studies, Multimodality, Digital Storytelling, Artificial Intelligence in Audiovisual Analysis, French Cinema, Media & Communication Studies

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

2024–present – Lecturer (Assistant Professor track), University of Cyprus
2020–2023 – Coordinator for French Instruction, UMBC, USA
2014–present – French Tutor to UMBC Emeritus President Freeman Hrabowski
2013–2020 – Adjunct Professor of French, UMBC, USA
2018 – Adjunct Professor, Goucher College, USA
2018 – Adjunct Professor, Notre-Dame of Maryland University, USA
2015 – Instructor, Alliance Française, Baltimore
2009–2012 – French/English Teacher, British House, Barcelona
2007–2009 – French Teaching Assistant, UMBC
2006–2007 – Amity Institute Cultural Exchange Program, Presbyterian College, SC
2004–2005 – Amity Institute Cultural Exchange Program, U. Wisconsin–La Crosse

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Language, Literacy, and Culture (LLC), UMBC (2012–2020)
M.A. Intercultural Communication, UMBC (2007–2009)
MBA Logistics, Groupe FIM, France (2001–2003)
A.S. International Trade, Institut Fresnel, France (1999–2001)

PUBLICATIONS

Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings

Digeon, L., & Amin, A. (2025). The power of collaboration… Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-06982-5_5

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Digeon, L., & Amin, A. (2021). Transnational TV series adaptations… Media Literacy and Academic Research, 4(2).

Larkey, E., Digeon, L., & Er, I. (2016). Measuring transnationalism… VIEW, 5(9), 72–92.

Book Chapters

Digeon, L., & Amin, A. (2023). Zooming in on shot scales… De Gruyter.

Educational Materials

Deverneil, M., & Digeon, L. (2011). Z’y Va: French authentic video… Kendall Hunt.

GRANTS & AWARDS

2022 – Venture Capital Investment, 50,000 USD
2022 – Dresher Center Research Support Fund, 2,100 USD
2022 – MLLI Travel Fund, 1,100 USD
2017 – Dresher Center Residential Fellow, 1,000 USD
2016 – GSA Travel Grant, 1,000 USD
2016 – Dresher Center Residential Fellow, 1,000 USD
2015 – Jodi Crandall Fellowship, 1,000 USD

INVITED TALKS

2025 – “Digital Storytelling: A Tool for Engagement…” MLLI Research Day, UMBC
2025 – “The Möbius Trip Replay : repenser l’analyse audiovisuelle…” CANEVAS Webinar Series
2024 – “Les Remakes de Films…” Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania
2024 – “Les Intouchables en Amérique…” ADUFF, Cyprus

PEER-REVIEWED CONFERENCE

2025 – Digital Storytelling Conference, São Paulo
2025 – Humanistica Conference, Dakar
2025 – EAI Educate to Innovate, Cambridge
2025 – EuRem Conference, Nicosia

2024 – “Transforming Film Studies: An AI Toolkit…” Lyon, France
2023 – IEEE Conference on IEEM, Singapore
2023 – IALIC Conference, Cyprus
2023 – Keystone DH (2 papers), Johns Hopkins University
2023 – International Conference on Narrative, Dallas
2022 – IEEE IEEM, Kuala Lumpur
2022 – Zoomland Workshop, Luxembourg
2021 – IEEE IEEM, Online
2020 – IEEE IEEM, Online
2017 – International Conference on Multimodality, Bremen
2016 – Flow Conference, UT Austin
2016 – BAFTSS Conference, Reading
2014 – UMBC LLC Graduate Conference
2013 – Georgetown University Graduate Conference

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

UMBC, Goucher, Notre-Dame University of Maryland, Alliance Française, British House

Cours enseignés :
FREN 101–302, MLL 219, MLL 319, MLL 605, MCS 390
FES 113, FES 234, FES 245, FES 375, FES 391, FES 404

SUPERVISION

2024 – Senior Thesis: Mikaella Ioannidou (identity, Alsace)

ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP / PROGRAM ORGANIZATION

2025 – Organizer & Scientific Committee, EuReM Conference (UCY)
2024 – Organizer, BIP “Multimodal Narratives on Migrations…”

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM PARTICIPATION

2025 – Erasmus BIP, Kiel University
2025 – AUF Roundtable, Beirut
2024 – Erasmus BIP, Cluj-Napoca

MULTIMEDIA & DIGITAL HUMANITIES WORK

Co-Founder, Möbius Trip: Machine Learning Solutions (2021–present)
DHRG Administrator, UMBC (2021–2023)
New Media Studio Research Assistant, UMBC (2012–2015)

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Department promotional videos (French, English, Greek)
French Film Festival Organizer
Study Abroad Workshop organizer
International Living Exchange Mentor

DIGITAL SKILLS

Coding: R, RStudio, QGIS, Gephi, Open Refine, Voyant
Media: Final Cut Pro X, After Effects, Photoshop, InDesign
DH Tools: Atlas.ti, ImageJ, Cinemetrics
Online Teaching: Blackboard Ultra, Canvas, Panopto
VR/AR: Noda (Meta Quest Pro)

LANGUAGES

French (native)
English (bilingual)
Spanish (professional)
German (limited working)
Greek (limited working)

HOBBIES

Squash, guitar, illustration, cycling (crossed France twice), gardening.

REFERENCES

Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, UMBC
Dr. Ed Larkey, UMBC
Dr. Craig Saper, UMBC
Dr. Marie Deverneil, UMBC