Cydney Seigerman recently competed as one of ten finalists in the UGA 2019 3MT™ competition held at Athens Cine. In three minutes and with a single, static PowerPoint slide, Cydney explained her dissertation project on water and water insecurity in Ceará, Brazil to members of the broader Athens community. 3MT™ is an international research communication competition, which was developed by The University of Queensland. The competition encourages graduate students to develop their ability to effectively communicate their research to others outside of their chosen field of study.
You can view Cydney’s presentation (starting at about 15:50), in addition to the presentations of the other 2019 finalists here:
https://kaltura.uga.edu/media/t/1_gxdlgugm/110536311

Jon Hallemeier and Cydney Seigerman represented HECLab at the 2019 AAG Annual Meeting in Washington DC.
Cydney gave a performance-based presentation on knowledge production and water management in Ceará, Brazil and an analysis of her presentation as part of qualitative research methods using multi-modal analysis and genre theory. 

Jon presented on the role of collaboration in shaping forested landscapes in the southern Appalachians.
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Cydney is one of seven graduate students at the University of Georgia to receive a 2019 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF GRF). The NSF GRF includes three years of financial support for Cydney’s graduate studies at UGA. 

The fellowship program “supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based Master's and doctoral degrees at accredited United States institutions” (https://www.nsfgrfp.org/).

Cydney was also recently awarded a Fulbright research grant for 2020 to support her dissertation fieldwork in Ceará, Brazil. Collaborating with local communities and state agencies, Cydney will study the lived experience of water insecurity by examining the dynamic interactions between individuals, social and political structures, environmental factors, and technology. 

​For more information on the Fulbright program: https://us.fulbrightonline.org/