Jessica Bastian, a double major in Sociology and History, is a social media intern at ATLAS. Tasked with managing ATLAS's diverse social media presence and analyzing engagement metrics. Currently, Jessica is immersed in crafting captivating graphics tailored for the University of Illinois student community, aligning with ATLAS's strategic posting schedule. Beyond digital endeavors, Jessica has...
Frank Lee is a senior studying Economics. He heard about the ATLAS Internship Program online and he decided to join to learn more about programming and data visualizations. Frank works on a data team as a data analyst and his responsibilities include visualizing various data and analyzing data well. He is currently visualizing intern data that was relayed to him from his team on Tableau. In the...
Bruce Park is a senior majoring in Political Science. Bruce is a Social Media & Marketing Intern for Alison and Matthew. Bruce’s responsibilities include posting images and writing captions for various social media platforms (Facebook and instagram), creating posts from scratch via Canva, attending weekly staff/intern meetings, and assisting in other tasks when asked. Bruce...
Maureen McNerney is a Junior studying Creative Writing. She works as a Community Communications Specialist for Urbana High School. Her responsibilities include meeting with the principal and other staff members at Urbana High School and developing monthly newsletters with them. She’s currently helping the principal put a children’s book together to inspire the young kids in the area to achieve...
Muskan Nath is a Freshman studying Brain and Cognitive Science. She works as a Communications Specialist for the Center of Social and Behavioral Science. She’s responsible for implementing content strategies across multiple channels of social media by creating relevant posts that are designed to develop awareness, generate inbound traffic and cultivate leads to research teams and grants. She’s...
Jenna Bae is a Senior studying Economics. She works as a Data Analyst Intern for the Student Money Management Center. She’s responsible for coding emails and analyzing the emails data. She also analyzes data for Instagram. She’s currently working on coding March email data and finding data for Instagram. She’s gained invaluable coding and communication skills while working for ATLAS. She plans to...
Bria Thurman is a Junior studying Creative Writing and Sociology. She works as a Digital Content Creator for the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning. She’s currently creating a video focusing on UIUC student perspectives that will eventually be presented in a symposium. She’s gained valuable project management and professional communication skills through her placement as a Digital...
Abhiram Tamvada is a Freshman studying Computer Science and Economics. He’s working as a Virtual Reality Intern for Randy McCarthy. He’s responsible for creating virtual experiences for lab usage. He programs and develops these environments with other interns. He’s currently working on a 3D simulation that allows the users to see the effect of throwing in virtual reality. Throughout this...
Mike Meissner is a Junior studying Psychology. He works as a Data Systems Intern for Feeding Our Kids. He’s responsible for importing volunteer information, organizing the data, and updating the organization’s website. He’s currently working on analyzing survey data from the last three years while trying to find trends in the data that can be presented to the employers. He’s gained communication...
Teryn Chambers is a Senior studying Sociology. She works as a Website Content Strategist for the Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. She’s responsible for uploading images and lecture videos to the website, updating the website, and making sure the website is accessible to everyone. She’s currently working on making the website as fluid and accessible as possible. The main skill...