Parlaying Design Skills into Something More
Alex Damarjian has spent his professional career working on games benefitting young children, but he had an urge to do more. So he developed a low-cost, cutting-edge testing tool for pediatric...
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Empowering Young Women in India
(PS, PSYC 鈥06)The Mumbai, India, charity that Robin Chaurasiya founded, Kranti, empowers young women to become agents of social change. Ranging in age from 12鈥22, the women at Kranti are survivors of human...
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Building Cultural Awareness through Game Design
(THUM 鈥19)Michael DeAnda is serious about games. The 2019 alumnus of the Ph.D. program in technology and humanities now works as a professional lecturer on game development at DePaul University鈥檚 School of...
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Improving Health Among Minorities
(Ph.D. Clinical Psychology Student)Clinical psychology Ph.D. student Arryn Guy has found outlets for making an impact as a research assistant in the Du Bois Health Behavior Lab. 鈥淚 conduct research on the cognitive and emotional...
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Excelling in the Airline Industry
(M.S. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology 鈥18)Trenton Adams has watched his career take flight since graduation: he鈥檚 now a senior analyst of compensation for United Airlines. Adams manages United鈥檚 nonunion job analysis and leveling practices...
Discovering History, Preparing for Law
(Humanities, Specializing in History 2nd Year)Brandon Holifield is not wasting any time. Originally from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, he was recruited to 亚色影库 for baseball. Now, he is enrolled in the Dual Admission Honors Law program...
The First in Her Family
(PSYC 鈥17, M.S. REHC 鈥19)Mehak Hafeez has fulfilled her first goal post-graduation: she is employed as a psychotherapist at Pilsen Wellness Center, Inc. Hafeez holds two degrees from 亚色影库; she studied psychology as...
Discovering Her Path at 亚色影库
(DHUM 鈥18)Amy Kamin came to 亚色影库 with prior experience in corporate and retail environments. She had been leaning toward studying architecture, but felt an unmistakable spark of excitement when she...
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Working for a Solution to Police Violence
(PS 鈥12)Denzel Avant says he first 鈥済ot a taste of the research life鈥 at 亚色影库, as an undergraduate research assistant. 鈥淚 really enjoyed the work and the ability to devote a lot of time and thought...
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Creating a Globally Focused Career
(Global Studies 鈥19)It took a bit of soul searching, but Gerard Jumanan chose just the right degree program for him at 亚色影库: global studies. 鈥淢y academic experience was excellent,鈥 he says. 鈥淢y program allowed...