Program Coordinator

Phone: (352) 273-1936
Email: smills@floridamuseum.ufl.edu

Sadie Mills is the program coordinator at TESI. She manages programs and projects that support TESI’s mission of educating Floridians about the state’s natural systems and the threats they face.  

Mills earned bachelor’s degrees in ecology & evolutionary biology and anthropology from the University of Arizona. After graduating, she served two years with the AmeriCorps program supporting education and conservation efforts at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center. She then worked as an educator with the University of Georgia 4-H Environmental Education program. Mills went on to earn a master’s degree in environmental studies from the University of North Carolina Wilmington, with concentrations in environmental education and coastal management.  

TESI Projects & Programs

• TESI Environmental Leaders Network
• TESI Environmental Communicators Internship
• TESI Environmental Leaders Fellowship
• Broader Impacts and Evaluation Collaborations Coordinator
• The FOSSIL Project
• National Science Foundation Grant – Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST)
• Know Your Florida Instagram Program
• Florida Museum IDEA Committee
• The Insect Effect: Insect Decline and the Future of Our Planet
• Science & Me: Using Video to Share Scientist Journeys
• Science on Tap Professional Development Program

Publications

Follow the Fossils: Developing Metrics for Instagram as a Natural Science Communication Tool
Author(s): Samantha B. Ocon, Lisa Lundgren, Richard T. Bex II, Jennifer E. Bauer, Mary Jane Hughes, Sadie Mills
Publication: Cambridge Elements
Date published: November 10, 2021