About Dominique Ryon
A consultant and organizer for many foreign film festivals in Canada and the
USA, Dominique Ryon is also pursuing a successful career in academia. Widely
recognized for her work in anthropology and linguistics, her research on Cajun
French and minority languages have been frequently cited by other scholars and
were featured in a chapter of a book, Reclaiming the Local in Language Policy
and Practice. Contributing numerous articles to a variety of academic
publications, Ms. Ryon’s writing has appeared in La Nouvelle Revue Française,
Etudes Francophones, The International Journal of Francophone Studies, and The
Journal of Language, Identity and Education, among others. In addition to her
scholarly pursuits, Dominique Ryon has served as a co-editor for a collaborative
research project sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, which led to
the publication of the Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun,
Creole, and American Indian Communities.
Dominique Ryon received
her undergraduate degree from the Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle (also known
as Paris III) with honors in 1986. Accepted into the Université Sorbonne’s
graduate program for languages, she then completed a Master’s degree in Modern
and Classical Chinese. Choosing to focus her studies on anthropology, Dominique
Ryon next attended the University of Montreal in Québec, Canada, to complete a
Ph.D. in Linguistic Anthropology. She is fluent in English, Chinese, and French.
USA, Dominique Ryon is also pursuing a successful career in academia. Widely
recognized for her work in anthropology and linguistics, her research on Cajun
French and minority languages have been frequently cited by other scholars and
were featured in a chapter of a book, Reclaiming the Local in Language Policy
and Practice. Contributing numerous articles to a variety of academic
publications, Ms. Ryon’s writing has appeared in La Nouvelle Revue Française,
Etudes Francophones, The International Journal of Francophone Studies, and The
Journal of Language, Identity and Education, among others. In addition to her
scholarly pursuits, Dominique Ryon has served as a co-editor for a collaborative
research project sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, which led to
the publication of the Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun,
Creole, and American Indian Communities.
Dominique Ryon received
her undergraduate degree from the Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle (also known
as Paris III) with honors in 1986. Accepted into the Université Sorbonne’s
graduate program for languages, she then completed a Master’s degree in Modern
and Classical Chinese. Choosing to focus her studies on anthropology, Dominique
Ryon next attended the University of Montreal in Québec, Canada, to complete a
Ph.D. in Linguistic Anthropology. She is fluent in English, Chinese, and French.