Cydni Robertson

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Post Doctoral Scholar, Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Outreach
Lecturer, Department of Human Sciences

robertson.704@osu.edu

Biography

Dr. Robertson Faculty Insight

Cydni M. Robertson is a Post-Doctoral Scholar at The Ohio State University, in the Department of Consumer Sciences, Fashion and Retail Studies Program. Robertson received her Ph.D. from the Department of 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. Professionally, she has worked in retail sales team management for three years and digital marketing/analytics for two years prior to pursuing her doctoral degree. 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. Robertson also enjoys studying dress and identity expressions within Communities of Color. As an educator, her favorite courses include social psychology and the history of dress, international fashion supply chain, fashion entrepreneurship, and related subjects. Robertson can reached at Robertson.704@osu.edu.

Education

  • Ph.D., Textile and Apparel Management, University of Missouri, 2022
  • M.S., Public Leadership (Non-Profit & Organizational Management Specialization), University of North Texas at Dallas, 2017
  • B.S., Textile and Apparel Management, University of Missouri, 2013

Research Interests

Research Summary

Cydni M. Robertson’s primary research focuses on how women experience quality of working life, access to education, and overall equality within the global apparel supply chain. In 2021, Robertson, studied women working in El Salvador’s apparel manufacturing industry through a Fulbright U.S. Student Research Grant. Robertson also examines how dress and identity for Communities of Color is expressed within fashion academic literature. 

Selected Grants

• 2022 OK-PROS W.K. Kellogg Post-Doctoral Recruitment Onboarding Supplement ($5,000)

• 2021 Fulbright U.S. Student Research Grant – El Salvador ($22,800)

• 2018 – 2021 Research Grant ($1,500), Graduate Student Association of Textile and Apparel Management, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 

• 2018 – 2021 Travel Grant ($1,000) Graduate Student Association of Textile and Apparel Management University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 

Selected Presentations

·       [1] Robertson, C.M., Kopot, C. (2021). Influence of generational cohort, brand attitude, and income on patronage intention in omnichannel fashion department store retailers. American Collegiate Retail Association-American Marketing Association, Virtual.

·       [2] Kopot, C.M., Robertson, C.M. (2021). Channel service integration, customer experiences, and trust in online shopping in the eye of the beauty customers. International Textile and Apparel Association Conference.

·       [3] Robertson, C.M. (2021). Beyond afros and activism: Research Propositions from a Review of Dress and Identity in Black Feminism and Africana Womanism Literature, International Textile and Apparel Association Conference.

·       [4] Robertson, C.M., Ha-Brookshire, J., Leiby, N. (2021) Maquiladora calidad de vida laboral: Qualitative examination of quality of working life and the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals for women in the Salvadoran textile and apparel supply chain, International Textile and Apparel Association Conference.