Lucas O'Bryan, Msw Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Wa, Us

Seattle, Washington, United States

Champaign, Illinois, United States

2023-2024 Academic Year: Currently mentoring a team of 4 first-year college students on a year-long project with Ernst & Young LLP to examine the impact of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit in Indigenous communities. Fall 2022: Mentored a team of 5 students – domestic and international – for a semester-long project with a local nonprofit, Eco-Justice Collaborative. Supported students in each phase of the design process with tools and guidance as they were all design novices. The team examined the equity of tree coverage in Champaign Urbana and created a community-engagement strategy for Eco-Justice Collaborative to begin a larger campaign advocating for increased tree equity in Illinois.

Seattle, Washington, United States

Supports over 600 community-engaged learning (also known as service-learning) positions across Seattle every academic quarterCultivates and maintains relationships with 200+ community organizations across Seattle that host students for community-engaged learning opportunitiesCollaborates with instructors to integrate community-engaged learning principles and practices into courses, primarily in education, environment, and social workSupervises 3 student interns

Seattle, Washington, United States

Seattle, Washington, United States

-Identified, assessed, and supported a caseload of 45 participants throughout King County in addressing behavioral and physical health challenges affecting tenancy-Conducted intake evaluations to assess behavioral and physical health needs and develops participant-centered care plans with the greatest client participation possible-Advocated for participants’ housing, successful tenancy, and access to community resources, ensuring participants’ needs are met and rights maintained-Provided intensive, harm reduction interventions to address behavioral health challenges that may result in eviction proceedings, prioritizing field response as needed-Employed participant-centered coordination with other care supports to promote successful tenancy

Seattle, Washington, United States

-Strengthened organizing capacity through a grassroots impact video series during end of year fundraising campaign-Targeted outreach and onboarding to recruit new members for events and volunteer opportunities-Improved membership tracking and organizing in open-source CiviCRM program on website back-end

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

-Designed and piloted new human-centered design pedagogy and assessment in collaboration with instructors and learning sciences researchers-Collaborated with instructors to integrate human-centered design methodology into existing course structures, focusing on first-year and capstone courses-Conducted qualitative design research in interdisciplinary teams providing strategic, programmatic recommendations for clients ranging from academic units to local businesses and non-profits

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

-Researched existing university structures and faculty behaviors to identify opportunity areas for intervention-Co-created curriculum prototypes to incorporate design thinking principles within the first year student experience-Collaborated with faculty within the College of Engineering to apply human centered design within existing first year courses-Ideated creative mash-ups of cross disciplinary collaboration to foster unique and generative projectsPanelist at the 2018 Better World by Design Conference

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

-Mentored a studio of 46 members on the human centered design process with 7 other executive board members-Scoped complicated problem areas into manageable projects that teams can engage with during the school year-Supported 6 interdisciplinary teams in creating innovative solutions to local social challenges within the Champaign-Urbana community

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

-Facilitated an introductory engineering course for 20 first year students-Supervised 3 facilitators in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering-Promoted from general Engineering Learning Assistant to Head Engineering Learning Assistant for Fall 2018 semester-Listed as "Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students" by the Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning in both Fall 2017 and Fall 2018.

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

-Implemented residential interventions supporting the academic and personal success of a community of 45+ diverse students-Co-facilitated a 10-week discussion course (EPOL 199: The Intersection of Social Identity in Residential Communities0 focused on social justice, conflict resolution, and interpersonal relations within resident halls to train new resident advisors

Evanston, Usa

-Researched accessible design in Chicago to scope out a 2-day design sprint for 200+ college students and community members-Collaborated with a staff of 8 to organize a 5-day design and leadership conference focused on expanding accessibility in urban areas

Master Of Social Work - Msw, Social Work

Relevant Coursework: SOCW 582: Interpersonal Violence And Trauma SOCW 596: Feminist Perspectives on Abolition and the Carceral State SOCWL.

Bachelor’S Degree, Materials Engineering, Senior

Activities and Societies: Design for America, Student Alumni Ambassadors, Biomedical Engineering Society, Fighting Illini Triathlon, LEADS.

High School

Activities and Societies: National Honors Society Men's Swimming and Diving Tabulae Yearbook Mu Alpha ThetaCaptain of Men's Swim and Dive.