PhD Candidate, University of Georgia
Research Fellow, FUNCEME (Cearense Research Institute for Meteorology and Water Resources)
Contributing Editor, Platypus, The CASTAC Blog
Research Interests
Environmental anthropology | Infrastructure | Philosophy of Technology | Theatre | Water |
About Cydney
Cydney is a PhD Candidate in Anthropology and Integrative Conservation (ICON). 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 and in Ceará, northeast 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 LavanderÃa, and ran competitively.