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Cydney K. Seigerman

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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:

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)

Articles Featuring Cydney K. Seigerman

Katie Foster (L) and Cydney Seigerman (R) are among the distinguished individuals recognized for their outstanding contributions by the University of…

In a meta-review of 39 scholarly works, Cydney Seigerman and colleagues have delved into locally led climate change adaptation strategies, emphasizing the pivotal role of local knowledge and Indigenous knowledge in addressing water-induced disasters.…

PhD Candidate Cydney Seigerman and colleagues published an article on extreme rainfall events after a decade of prolonged drought impacts in the region of Sertão Central, Ceará, Northeast Brazil.

Congratulations to Cydney Seigerman, who was awarded the Fulbright award.

Cydney Seigerman of Detroit, Michigan, will conduct research in Ceará, Brazil. A Ph.D. student in anthropology and integrative conservation, she plans to study water insecurity at…

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