Mystyn's CV

EDUCATION

 

MA Geography                    California State University Long Beach – Long Beach, CA           In progress

 

BA Geography                    California State University Long Beach – Long Beach, CA           2011-2012

 

 

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

 

LeadTeaching

 Assistant/                          California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA            2012-Present

Climatology Lab

Instructor

 

Long Beach Water                Long Beach Water Department, Long Beach, CA                      2013              Department Intern

 

CWC Survey Intern               California Wildlands Coalition, Claremont, CA                           2012-Present

 

Field & Naturalist/

Education Intern                   Palos Verdes Land Conservancy, Palos Verdes, CA                 2011-Present

 

Tutor                                   Long Beach/Huntington Beach, CA                                           2009-Present

 

Western Pond                       Irvine, CA                                                                              2011

Turtle Movement/

Nesting Study

 

Student Assistant                 University Library, Hilo, HI                                                       2010

 

Tutor                                   Goldenwest College – Huntington Beach, CA                             2008-2010

 

 

Assistant Equestrian

Trainer/Instructor                   HCPEC – Huntington Beach, CA                                              2001-2009

 

 

AWARDS

 

• President's list at California State University Long Beach and University of Hawaii at Hilo

• Dean's List Goldenwest College

• Rodney Steiner Scholarship, Department of Geography, California State University Long Beach

• Exceptional Student Achievement, College of Liberal Arts, California State University Long Beach

• California State University College of Liberal Arts Graduate Research Fellowship 2013-2014

• California State University Department of Geography Graduate Research Enhancement Fund 2013-2014

 

PRESENTATIONS & PUBLICATIONS

 

Mills, Mystyn (2013). Bringing light to below ground patterns: Arbuscular mycorrhizae fungi diversity along an elevation gradient in Southern California. Paper presented at Association of Pacific Coast Geographers 2013 Conference

 

Mills, Mystyn (2013). Is there fungus among us? Presence and absence of mycorrhizae fungus in California sage scrub. Paper presented at Southern California Academy of Sciences 2013 Conference 

 

Mills, Mystyn (2013). Mars chemicals and surface types. Poster presented at California State University College of Liberal Arts Research 2013 Conference 

 

Mills, Mystyn (2011). Bulldozing to create habitat for the endangered Palos Verdes blue butterfly.

Paper presented at Southern California Academy of Sciences 2012 Conference 

 

Ann Dalkey, Mystyn Mills and Albert Fernandez (2011). Shifts in diets exhibited by coyotes living in the wildland-urban interface. Paper presented at Southern California Academy of Sciences 2012 Conference 

 

Ann Dalkey, Mystyn Mills and Albert Fernandez (2012.) Wild Canid Presence and Forage within Preserves on the Palos Verdes Peninsula

In progress

 

RELEVENT SKILLS

 

• Lecture and lab instruction

• Sailing and camping, navigation and gauges

• GPS/GIS

• Plant identification

• Animal tracks and scat analysis

• Handling of reptiles, birds, and both large and small mammals

• Microscopy

• Laboratory processing of arbuscular mycorrhizae fungi

• Field data collection

• Wild lands surveying

• Familiarity with NEPA and CEQA

• Lab management

• Tutoring experience in multiple subjects including: Physical geography, cultural geography, English, ecology, etc.

• Outdoor school instructor

• Horsemanship

• Microsoft Office and Access, SPSS, Internet

• Presentation and public speaking