PhD Cydney earned their PhD in Integrative Conservation (ICON) and Anthropology in April 2024. Their dissertation, entitled "Fluid Inequities: The Dynamics of Water Relations and Water Insecurities in Ceará, Northeast Brazil," explores how socionatural (i.e., interrelated sociopolitical, environmental, and technological) processes shape and are shaped by the lived experience of water insecurity in the semi-arid region of Ceará, Brazil. Cydney is currently a postdoctoral scholar on the Human Dimensions of Climate Smart Agricultural Practices project with Dr. Jennifer Jo Thompson in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences at UGA. Of note: Dissertation Completion Award, University of Georgia (2023-2024) Research Fellowship, Research Institute for Meteorology and Water Resources - Ceará State (FUNCEME) (2021-2023) Fulbright Research Grant, Brazil (2020) National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF-GRF) (2019) Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship, Spain (2013-2014) Education Education: University of Georgia, Athens, GA PhD in Integrative Conservation (May 2024) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI B.S. in Chemistry with High Distinction, High Honors in Chemistry and Spanish (May 2013) Phi Beta Kappa La Escuela de Teatro La Lavandería, Madrid, Spain Curso Regular de Teatro (Professional Acting Course) (June 2017)
