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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.