Economics

​​​​​​Jisheng Wu is a senior studying psychology and economics. He heard about the program through the LAS Lineup newsletter and decided to apply! He is working as a Data Analyst on the "Gross Motor Project" with economics professor Rebecca Thornton. He is working with data from many...

Wesley Au is a junior studying economics. He was working under Professor Borgschulte, an economics professor, as a research assistant but he recommended him becoming an intern with ATLAS! Wesley is now working with Professor Borgschulte as a Data Analyst, creating a data set containing articles...

Aisha Motan is a senior studying economics. She is working with the Office of Community College Research and Leadership, which conducts research on how to ease the transition for community college students to college. She is their Website Content Strategist; as such, she is putting research grants...

Arch Patel is a junior studying Economics. He is working as a social media intern for Earnest Earth. He created a 30-day marketing plan for their social media that helps his client focus on a target audience, increase their sales and brand awareness. Over the course of his internship, he has...

Senior Zaolin (Tyra) Chen is a first-semester ATLAS intern and is majoring in economics with a minor in business. When not interning with ATLAS, she volunteers as a market specialist, was a board member for the Illini Women in Economics, and even writes articles and shoots videos. As a Social Media...

​​​​Tianqi Huang is a junior majoring in economics and minoring in business; additionally, he is a first semester ATLAS intern. He heard of ATLAS through an email, and thought it would be a good opportunity. Tianqi now works as a Project Management Assistant, which involves taking complicated...

​​​​​​Senior Kara Landolt is a first semester ATLAS intern majoring in economics and minoring in informatics. She heard of the internship opportunity through the College of LAS's emails and through a friend; currently, she works as a Data Analyst. She works on several projects at the ...

Yuying is a senior studying mathematics, economics, and applied statistics, and works for ATLAS as a Marketing and Social Media Intern. This semester, Yuying is interning with the Student Money Management Center (SMMC). She is managing the SMMC’s YouTube channel. Specifically, she is analyzing the...

  Hedy Yang is a Junior studying Math and Economics. Hedy is a Data Analyst at ATLAS, working with Professor Rebecca Thornton on her study on gender and generation. Over the course of her internship, she hopes to develop proficiency in advanced STATA and Excel. She also would like to improve...

Christopher Jimenez is a Senior studying Economics. Christopher is a Data Analyst for ATLAS, who is working with Professor Wilcox to study the change in enrollment trends of humanities majors at the university, and create a survey to better understand the sentiment and prospects of students...