PhD Cydney earned their PhD Candidate in Integrative Conservation (ICON) and Anthropology in April 2024. Their dissertation work 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. Before pursuing her PhD, Cydney studied chemistry and Spanish language at the University of Michigan, graduating from the Residential College and Honors College in 2013. They then relocated to Madrid, Spain, where they served as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant, studied acting at the theater school La Lavandería, and ran competitively. 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 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)
