Sydney K. Smith

  1. PhD Student
Email Addresssydney.k.smith@wsu.edu

Biography

Research Interests

Central and Eastern European gender politics, the Istanbul Convention, international organizations, international treaties and agreements, multi-level policy making, gender equality, policy implementation, gender identities and political identities, and hypermasculinity.

Committee Members

  • Amy G. Mazur (chair)
  • Jacob Lewis (co-chair)
  • Season Hoard
  • Olyvia Christley

Education and Training

  • BA International Studies, Arcadia University, 2019
  • MSc International Relations, University of Glasgow, 2020
  • MA Political Science, Washington State University, 2023

Awards, honors and achievements

  • Foley Graduate Student Fellowship, 2024
  • Fulbright U.S. Student Recipient, European Union, 2025-2026

Outside of work, I enjoy…

Traveling, making art, camping (hit her up for her Washington State Park recommendations), and generally learning new skills from baking, crafting, languages and more. Outside of being a graduate student at WSU, Sydney is also a certified Pink Gloves Boxing instructor with WSU’s UREC.