[1] Dennis focuses on African American contemporary art with an emphasis on site-specific projects and community engagement.

[5] Dennis joined Project Row Houses in 2012 as Public Art Director and Curator.

Artists who have participated in these rounds include Simone Leigh, Tatyana Fazlalizadeh, Autumn Knight, Lovie Olivia, Ayanna Jolivet McCloud, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Martine Syms, Erika DeFreitas, Michelle Barnes, Robert Pruitt, and Regina Agu.

[14] Dennis was selected for the 2019 Center for Curatorial Leadership annual Fellowship, where she completed a weeklong residency at the Brooklyn Museum.

[22][23] Ryan N. Dennis' written works appear in Prospect.3 Notes for Now (2014) as part of Prospect New Orleans,[5] Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts (2015),[24] the Miami Rail (2017).