A New Research Venture!

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Another great opportunity for the 2016-17 school year has opened up for me! I’m currently taking my 3rd Research Methods & Statistics course, and through my professor, I have been invited to participate in independent (and funded!) research. The opportunity to conduct research as an undergraduate is such an honor, and to have been singled out and personally approached to be one of a 10 student team is even more so! It certainly seems that  I will have a lot on my plate next year, but I could not be more thrilled! I have tackled my own research projects to fulfill class requirements, but those projects aren’t even on the same level as this type of research as far as the experience and learning that will result. Of course, research in and of itself, is not to be revealed until it is published, but I will definitely be chronicling my experiences in a true lab. Needless to say, this will also be a pivotal first glimpse into my own future and what it can be like to work more closely as professor and student over common interests.

Stay tuned for topics and a firsthand account!

MGH. Professor in Training

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Resident Assistant Recruitment

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Life Changer

My professional goals permeate throughout my experiences in college in several ways. My engagement in the campus community certainly reflects these goals, but also showcases how passionate I am about higher education in general. It has been one of my dreams for many years to be a Resident Assistant. I truly feel that this position is one of the best ways that a student can engage with their community and have a positive impact in the lives of other students. After a 3 stage interview process, I have been conditionally offered this position for the 2016-17 school year at CSU Channel Islands, and I could not be more excited for the experience! I feel that this experience will contribute to my personal growth and can only benefit me in my future endeavors, so I will be chronicling as much of it as possible here.

Here’s to a new journey!

MGH, Professor (And RA!) in Training

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American Association of Geographers

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Over the past week the American Association of Geographers had there annual 2016 conference in San Francisco. I presented my capstone work during the “Challenges of the Anthropocene” poster section. Also during the conference I was able to network with other professional geographers who are doing very similar research as mine. The conference was an amazing experience and allowed me to share my results at Port Hueneme beach. I look forward to connecting and presenting more in future conferences.IMG_7999 (1)

Last Santa Rosa Island Trip

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I was on the island from march 21-25. This will serve as my last trip out to the island for my capstone research. During this time i staked rebar at each of my survey sites. To do this we were granted permission by the national park service. This helps to make each site permanently marked to allow future researchers to find and more accurately take cross-sections at each site. I also observed a small deposition event in the upper reaches of the stream channel that i resurveyed to calculate the amount of change. Below is a graph that shows the amount of deposition that occurred.

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AAG 2016

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I joined a group of CI ESRM students and Professor O’Hirok at the annual Association of American Geographers conference last week. I presented a poster on my capstone research during a poster session titled “Challenges of the Anthropocene”. My poster was received well although it was focused on coastal ecology and the conference’s focus was physical geography. I was able to speak a few professors and graduate students from universities around the country to get a better idea for where I should eventually apply to graduate school.

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AAG

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AAG

This weekend I attended and participated in a conference in San Francisco. The poster presentation was a collection of three studies that analyzed Water Canyons Watershed. The main factors of the study were looking at the stream channel formation and the vegetation dynamics.

More Outliers

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Last weekend I collected data on 430 trees. I am also beginning to run various statistics with the data collected. As I close in toward the end of my study, I am beginning to see trends in the data. These graphs and statistics can help prove various growth rates and effectiveness of slope, aspect, height, DBH and other data sets.

Research update from spring break!

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As you know, I have finished all of my sampling for my thesis research and I am almost finished analyzing all of the data. During spring break, I began a spring sampling of a few of our sandy beaches to help the project ACCESO summer research institute gather data before summer research begins. I took a few small teams out to help count and classify some beach invertebrates. Sampling is completed in Ventura county but still needs to be conducted in Santa Barbara and LA counties.

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Done with Data Collection!

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1621993_180197672365822_7483362726376425071_nI spent the week of spring break out on Santa Rosa Island and was determined to finish up my data collection. Luckily, with the help of Joe Ferguson, I wrapped up all the data collection for my capstone! In the photo above is me and my awesome research assistant after sampling the campsite.

One more data collection

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I am going to collect the last of my water quality data this weekend, since it is supposed to rain. I have also been working on editing my paper and finalizing some of my GIS interpretations.