Cydney Phillip

Dr. Cydney Phillip serves as a Visiting Research Fellow at University College London's Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) from October 2024 to September 2025, following her 2023-24 appointment as an IAS Quirk Postdoctoral Fellow in Languages of the Anthropocene.

She earned her PhD from Goldsmiths, University of London in 2023 through CHASE funding, focusing on Gulf Coast artistic responses to ecological violence.

Her research critically examines the ecological repercussions of transatlantic slavery through contemporary storytelling, analyzing how U.S. Gulf South artists and activists dismantle plantation narratives using water-centered epistemologies. This interdisciplinary work bridges environmental humanities and racial justice frameworks to expose enduring plantation structures in ecological crises.

Her scientific awards include:

• CHASE Doctoral Fellowship
• IAS Quirk Postdoctoral Fellowship

Dr. Phillip collaborates with non-profits on community arts initiatives and co-convenes the Languages of the Anthropocene research cluster with Abigail Bleach, investigating narrative strategies for reshaping human-ecological relationships during climate emergencies.