About

Cydni M. Robertson is an Assistant Professor in the Fashion Merchandising Concentration at the Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture, and Design. She most recently completed a two year Post Doctoral Fellowship at The Ohio State University in their Fashion and Retail Studies program. In 2022, Cydni completed a Ph.D.  in Textile and Apparel Management (TAM) at the University of Missouri. As a Fulbright research scholar (2021), Cydni conducted her mixed-method dissertation research in El Salvador to analyze the connections between globalization, free-trade policies, gender inequality, and the apparel manufacturing industry.  She completed her master’s degree in Public Leadership at The University of North Texas at Dallas, focusing her studies on non-profit organizational management, grant writing, public program evaluation, and data-driven community needs assessments. Her research interests include studying economic development indicators to improve women’s empowerment initiatives in the global textile and apparel supply chain through public policy analysis. As an educator, her favorite courses to teach include social psychology and history of dress, international supply chain, fashion entrepreneurship, and related subjects.