Shaun M McCoshum, PhD
EDUCATION
PhD, Zoology December 2015 Oklahoma State University, Stillwater OK
Dissertation: Influences and associations of the biofuel crop Canola production
on wild invertebrate pollinator communities in the South Central US
MSc, Botany August 2009 Miami University, Oxford OH
Thesis: Phototropic responses of Arabidopsis thaliana to green light & the role of SPA1
BSc, Biology December 2006 Humboldt State University, Arcata CA
Minors: Botany, Physics, History, and Religious Studies
FUNDING
2017: Rusticus Garden Club Summer Intern Funds.....................................................................$1,250.00 2017: Recipient of Watershed Agricultural Council Management Assistance Program
for tree planting ......................$2,813.78 2014: Recipient of Oklahoma State University’s Graduate Travel Grant.....................................$195.00
2014: Recipient of Phi Kappa Phi Love of Learning Grant.............................................................$500.00
2009: Recipient of Miami University’s Botany Graduate Research grant ..............................$1,800.00
AWARDS
2015: Arts and Sciences Commencement Marshal.......................................................................$1,000.00 2015: Creativity, Innovation, & Entrepreneurship scholarship recipient (declined)............$2,500.00 2015: CORD: Volunteered more than 300 hours of service learning during my PhD program...$0.00
2015: Recipient of the Outstanding Doctoral Student Award.......................................................$500.00
2013: 3rd place Oklahoma State University’s Inaugural Three Minute Thesis Competition..$300.00
2013: Recipient of Outstanding Student Award from Oklahoma State University’s Employee
Queers & Allies League .......................................$0.00
2011: Americorps Education Award ..............................................................................................$2,775.00
PUBLICATIONS (14)
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McCoshum SM, Pratt EL, Lent KC, Boisen EM. (2023) Literature Review of Tri-Colored Bat Natural History With Implications to Management. Frontiers in Conservation Science.
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McCoshum SM (2022) Inviting Pollinators and Other Wildlife into Your Garden. KDP publishing. USA.
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McCoshum SM and Agrawal AA (2021) Ecology of Asclepias brachystephana: a plant for roadside and right-of-way management. Native Plants Journal, 22(3) pp.256-267.
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McCoshum SM (2021) Gardening for Wildlife: a short introduction. KDP publishing. USA.
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Murray EA, Evanhoe L, Bossert S, Geber MA, Griswold T, and SM McCoshum (2020) Phylogeny, Phenology, and Forage of Ashmeadiella (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Journal of Insect Systematics and Diversity.
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McCoshum SM and Geber MA (2020) Land conversion for solar facilities and urban sprawl in Southwest Deserts causes different amounts of habitat loss for Ashmeadiella bees. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. (Accepted with minor revision, May 2019)
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McArt SH, Urbanowicz C, McCoshum SM, Irwin RE, and LS Adler (2017) Landscape predictors of pathogen prevalence and range contractions in US bumblebees. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284
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McCoshum SM, Schlarb A, and KA Baum (2016) Direct and indirect effects of sunscreen exposure on reef biota. Hydrobiologia 776:139-146
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McCoshum SM, Andreoli SA, Stenoien CM, Oberhauser KS and KA Baum (2016) Species distribution models for natural enemies of monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) larvae and pupae: distribution patterns and implications for conservation. Journal of Insect Conservation. 20:223-227
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Stenoien CS, McCoshum SM, Caldwell W, De Anda A, and KS Oberhauser (2015) New reports that monarch butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Danaus plexippus Linnaeus) are hosts for a pupal parasitoid (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidae, Pteromalus cassotis Walker). Kansas Journal of Entomology. 88:16-26
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McCoshum SM and KA Baum (2014) Sex ratios and Ophryocystis elektroscirrha infection levels of Danaus plexippus during spring migration through Oklahoma, USA. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 153: 266-272
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McCoshum SM, Caterino MS, and Cline AR (2012) Introduced Sap Beetles (Coleoptera:Nitulidae) on Santa Catalina Island, California, U.S.A. The Coleopterists Bulletin (66) 4:1-4
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McCoshum, SM and JZ Kiss (2011) Green light affects blue-light-based phototropism in hypocotyls of Arabidopsis thaliana. J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 138: 409–417. 2011.
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McCoshum, SM (2008) Lab 7: Evolution of an invertebrate organ system. In Laboratory experiences for biological concepts ecology evolution genetics and diversity. BMZ 115 (Edited by R.J. Hickey and E.E. Schussler). Published by Miami University.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Sept 2021-Present: Wildlife Biologist: Westwood Professional Services
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Perform surveys for ecological jurisdiction, threatened and endangered species, and protected waters of the USA
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Statistician and modeler for Federally protected species.
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Permitting and reporting
Dec 2017-Sept 2021: Scientist II: Flatrock Environmental and Engineering
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Perform surveys for ecological jurisdiction, threatened and endangered species, and protected waters of the USA
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Write reports, manage data and create maps in ArcGIS and apply for permits for land developers
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Organize field crews and various partner organizations to meet client needs, deadlines, and budgets.
Jan 2016-present: Post-Doctoral Researcher: Cornell University
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Working with a multi-disciplinary team to design data collection methods to inform life cycle cost analyses and Solar Energy impacts on local ecosystems and pollinator communities
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Working with leading experts, UC Davis researchers, State and Federal agencies to gain permits and support for land access
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Curating and identifying a 5 year long bee collection and using ArcMap and MaxEnt to model similar habitats
July 2016-December 2017: Preserve Manager and Educator: Westchester Land Trust
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Maintained preserves and designed preserve management plans that protected water quality of the region and wildlife habitat
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Created educational outreach events for students and adults
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Worked with multiple partners in the region to maximize our efforts and build community support for land preservation, seed sharing, and habitat restorations
May 2014-June 2016: Butterfly Farm Consultant for Opportunity International Nicaragua
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Worked with an architect to design an enclosure for caterpillar and plant rearing
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Created trainings for teachers and curriculum for students for rearing caterpillars and butterflies with an emphasis on ecotourism and entrepreneurship
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Networked eco-tourism ventures and the school for sales and business opportunity
January 2012-December 2015: Research Assistant Oklahoma State University, Baum Lab
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Field work capturing native bees and monarch butterflies and occasional vegetation transects
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Green house work for Asclepias curassavica cultures and lab rearing monarch caterpillars
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Pinning and curating insect collections for research and outreach
May 2014-June 2015: President of Graduate and Professional Student Government Association
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Began interdisciplinary socials including outreach and volunteer events
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Oversaw 7 other executive members, an $83,000.00 budget, and sat on numerous campus wide committees including the Vice President for Research search committee
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Identified risky situations for the university and strived to create positive solutions, such as FERPA training for all teaching students
Jan 2013- May 2015: Invertebrate Zoology: Teaching Assistant
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Maintained freshwater and marine aquaria with crustacean, mollusk, turbellaria, cnidaria, and porifera cultures.
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Created and modified curriculum and lab assignments to improve student learning
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Curated collections of preserved specimens and entered new specimens
November 2011-January 2012: Café Manna: Interim Assistant Manager
*covered managerial duties while the current manager took 2 months leave
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Hired and supervised 8 servers and coordinated with back of the house staff for purchase orders.
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Managed employee time off, disciplinary action, work schedules, and daily front of the house duties.
April 2011-Octoberr 2011: Great Basin Institute: field technician
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Performed restoration work including greenhouse rearing, out planting and seed collections for host plants of the endangered Mt. Charleston Blue butterfly.
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Collected and entered GIS and population data for the Forest Service in accordance with Department and NEPA reporting
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Aided in research of endemic rodents, invasive organisms, and sensitive species
March 2010-April 2011: Catalina Island Conservancy: multiple positions
October 2010-April 2011 Education and Conservation Technician
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Successfully planned and executed Invasive plant management projects
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Actively engaged the public and volunteers with invasive plant removal projects and education programs gaining more than 2,300 man hours for projects
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Routinely surveyed and entered GIS data for invasive plants and executed management procedures
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Collected data on sightings of specific avifauna, herptofaunal, and numerous native plants, plus duties of the Stop the Spread Coordinator
March 2010- October 2010: Stop the Spread Coordinator
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Successfully built new relationships with Island Camps to implement invasive species removal programs
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Successfully planned and instituted numerous invasive plant and restoration management plans with 1, 3, 5, and 10 year goals.
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Surveying, hiking, herbicide application, invasive population data collection, GIS data entry and treatments were integral portions of this job.
PRESENTATIONS
McCoshum, SM (2023) Native Bees of the Llano Estacado Genera Identification Workshop. UTPB. Odessa, TX.
McCoshum, SM (2023) Southwest U.S. Native Plant Workshop: Native Plants in the Managed Landscape. Halfmoon Education. Online.
McCoshum, SM (2023) Coordinating Site Management, Environmental Compliance, and
Seeding for Pollinators and Other Wildlife. American Clean Power Association Siting Conference. Albuquerque, NM.
McCoshum, SM (2022) Pollinator Habitat Hurdles: landowners neighbors, ecology, and regulations. Entomological Society of America Meeting. Vancouver, Canada.
McCoshum, SM (2022) Creating Urban Monarch Habitat & Wildlife Friendly Gardens. Tulsa Urban Wilderness Coalition and Monarch Media Monday. Tulsa, OK (via Zoom).
McCoshum, SM (2022) Pollinator Friendly Range Management for Cattle. Holistic Management International. Tucumcari, NM.
McCoshum, SM (2022) Urban Conservation: Creating Gardens for Wildlife, Pollinators, and People. Integrated Pest Management- NMSU Extension Program. Albuquerque NM (via Zoom)
McCoshum, SM (2021) Native Pollinator Ecology: habitat requirements and conservation actions. New Mexico State University Pollinator Series. Albuquerque NM (via Zoom)
McCoshum, SM (2021) Insect Collecting, Preservation, and Pinning. Llano Estacado Texas Master Naturalists. Midland, TX.
McCoshum, SM (2021) Citizen Science and Llano Estacado Texas Master Naturalists via video conference. Odessa, TX. (via Zoom)
McCoshum, SM (2020) Pollinators, Plants and Citizen Science across the Permian Basin. Midland Naturalists Lecture Series. Odessa, TX. (via Zoom)
McCoshum, SM (2020) Conservation in Industry: Work, Skills, & Knowledge Application via video conference. University of Texas A&M, Kingsville, TX. (via Zoom)
McCoshum, SM (2019) Healthy Habitats for Bees & Butterflies. Pollinator Lecture Series. Albuquerque, NM.
McCoshum, SM (2018) Small Scale Pollinator Conservation: Measuring Success & Plugging into
the Landscape. Nantucket Island Citizen Science Weekend, keynote speaker. Nantucket, MA.
McCoshum, SM (2018) Milkweed: It's More Then Monarch Food. Sibley Nature Center Science
Lecture Series. Midland, TX.
McCoshum, SM (2018) Pollinator Conservation: Threats and Actions. Midland Naturalists Society.
Midland, TX.
McCoshum, SM (2017) Managing Pollinator Habitat: Monitoring, Measures, and Metrics. Rally
(Land Trust Alliance National Annual symposium). Denver, CO.
McCoshum, SM (2017) Pollinator gardening: what to do before and after planting. Bartlett
Arboretum. Stamford, CT.
McCoshum, SM (2017) Threats and benefits to pollinator populations. Conservation Café, Pace
University. Pleasantville, NY.
McCoshum, SM (2017) Static ecosystems in a shifting mosaic landscape. Hudson to Housatonic all
partners meeting. Ridgefield, CT.
McCoshum, SM (2016) What's all the buzz about Pollinators. Conservation Cafe panel, Pace
University. Pleasantville, NY.
McCoshum, SM and Baum KA (2016) Effects of pastures on pollinator communities in canola
(Brassica napus) production landscapes. Pollinator Reading Group, Cornell University. Ithaca,
NY.
McCoshum, SM and Baum KA (2015) Effects of pastures on early spring pollinator communities
around canola (Brassica napus) production. Entomological Society of America meeting.
Minneapolis, MN.
McCoshum, SM and Baum KA (2015) Effects and association of the production of the biofuel crop
Brassica napus on wild invertebrate pollinator communities in the South Central United States.
Public presentation for oral defense. Stillwater, OK.
McCoshum, SM and Baum KA (2015) Effects of pasturelands on early-spring native bee
communities and reproductive success around canola croplands. Natural Resources Conference.
Tulsa, OK.
McCoshum SM (2015). Trimming Invasive Canary Island Date Palms opens resources for Acorn
Woodpeckers and other plants. Oklahoma State University Lunchtime Seminar Series.
Stillwater, OK.
McCoshum, SM (2014). LGBT Evidence and Arguments from Nature. PFLAG chapter meeting:
Stillwater, Oklahoma.
McCoshum, SM and Baum KA (2014). Native bee assemblages and development near canola fields
in the south central US. Ecological Society of America 99th Annual Meeting, Sacramento, CA.
McCoshum, SM (2014). LGBT Evidence and Arguments from Nature. PFLAG chapter meeting:
Stillwater, Oklahoma.
McCoshum, SM and Baum KA (2014). Influence of Canola and Pastureland on Native Bees. South
Western Association of Naturalists. Stillwater, OK.
McCoshum, SM (2014). Sex ratios and OE infection levels of Danaus plexippus during spring
migration through Oklahoma. 102nd Annual Techincal meeting of the Oklahoma Academy of
Science. Cameron University, Lawton, Oklahoma.
Baum, KA and McCoshum, SM (2013). Landscape-level implications of biofuel crop production for
pollinators. Entomological Society of America. Austin, Texas.
McCoshum, SM (2013). Are insect pollinators and wild plants affected by canola production?
Oklahoma State University Provost's External Advisory Council Meeting: invited presentation
featuring Three Minute Thesis competitors/awardees. Oklahoma State University, Stillwater,
Oklahoma.
McCoshum, SM (2012) Conservation Practices on Catalina Island: lesson in reality. Oklahoma
State University Lunchtime Seminar Series (September 20, 2012)
McCoshum, SM (2012) Biological Factors and Influences of Sexuality and Presence in Nature.
PFLAG Chapter meeting: Stillwater Oklahoma.
McCoshum, SM; Hein, F; and Zanelli, R (2010) Greatest Stories Ever Told: Placing meaning before
detail. Catalina Island Mini-symposium at Long Beach, California.
McCoshum, SM; Bauman J; and Douglas E (2009) Presence and Participation in the Academy and
Community.Miami University English Graduate and Adjunct Association’s Symposium
“Stepping Out: Academics, Civic Engagement, and Activism at Miami University”
McCoshum, SM; Kumar, P; and Kiss, JZ. (2009) The Role of SPA1 During Light Sensing in Blue,
Green, and Red Light. Midwestern ASPB, Peoria, Illinois.
McCoshum, SM; Kumar, P and Kiss, JZ (2008). The role of SPA1 in tropistic curvature. Poster:
Midwestern ASPB: Iowa State University, Ames Iowa.
McCoshum, SM and Bauman J. (2008). Biological Mechanisms of Sexuality: Miami University.