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Désiré Hounguès

Liberal arts professor emeritus

Education

  • Ph.D., applied linguistics, Boston University
  • B.A., literature, linguistics, and translation, Université du Bénin
  • B.S., education, Université du Bénin

Credentials

Teaching experience

  • Professor of liberal arts, 1998-present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
  • Teaching assistant, 1994-1995, Boston University, Boston, MA
  • Lecturer, 1989-1990, Bristol University, Bristol, England

Professional experience

  • Dean, 2002-2008, School of Liberal Arts, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
     
  • Chair, 2001-2002, Liberal Arts Department, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
     
  • Assistant director of the Outreach Program in African Studies, 1994-1996, Boston, MA

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Global Education Award, World Affairs Council

Organizations

  • American Anthropological Association
  • African Studies Association
  • African Studies in Linguistics

Publications and presentations

  • Contributing author, New Dimensions in African Linguistics and Languages.
  • “Impact of the Diaspora on Land Ownership and on the Local Economy,” ethnographic research in Lomé, Togo, 2016-2017.
  • “Multiculturalism in French Speaking Countries,” Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie. Paris, France, 2014.
  • “Research on Multiculturalism in French Speaking Countries,” Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie. Paris, France, 2010.
  • “Comparative Research on the Impact of Globalization on the Culture, the Economy and the Social Structure,” ethnographic work in Cotonou, Bénin and in Lomé, Togo, 2009.
  • “Education and Language Policies in Africa.” Presented at Annual Conference of African Linguistics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 2004.
  • Established a descriptive grammar of Mina, a native Togo spoken language, an an accompanying dictionary.