Profiles

Get to know some of our College of Media students! Brynne Spears is a Class of 2022 media and cinema studies major. What excited you about majoring in Media and Cinema Studies here at Illinois? I was originally a communications major, but I realized that I was really interested in film so I… Read More

Get to know some of our College of Media students! Robyn Pease is a Class of 2023 media and cinema studies major.  What excited you about majoring in media and cinema studies here at Illinois? What excited me most is that there are a lot of promising resources here. There is a lot of involvement… Read More

Get to know some of our College of Media students! Meagan Vicens is a Class of 2022 advertising major. What made you want to major in advertising and how did it meet your expectations?  I wanted to major in advertising as it allowed me the freedom to follow my passions while working towards my… Read More

Get to know some of our College of Media students! Aniruddha Pai is a Class of 2023 computer science + advertising major. What excited you about majoring in CS + Advertising? I always wanted to study computer science, but I wanted to do something unique and exciting. I stumbled across this unique… Read More

Get to know some of our College of Media faculty! Patrick Vargas is a professor of advertising. He currently teaches Advertising Research Methods (ADV 281), Psychology of Advertising (ADV 478), and sometimes a graduate-level research or seminar class.  What is your research interest?  I study… Read More

4/18/2021 Mike Vainisi (BS ’08, journalism) is head of original content at ATTN:. In Spring 2022, he was part of a Media Career Night alumni panel that discussed working in entertainment and Hollywood. (Watch the recording.) How did you go about picking journalism as your major?   As someone who… Read More

Get to know some of our College of Media students! Grace Johnson is a Class of 2022 media and cinema studies major. She is also a past Ebert Fellow. What excited you about majoring in media and cinema studies here at Illinois? In high school, I found myself being passionate about representing… Read More

Get to know some of our College of Media students! Jackson Janes is a Class of 2023 journalism major. Jackson and his roommates Jack Joshi (aerospace engineering) and Adam Aaronson (computer science), co-wrote a crossword puzzle that was published in the New York Times on February 8, 2022. Jackson… Read More

Get to know some of our College of Media students! Greta Prepejchal is a Class of 2025 advertising major. What excited you the most about majoring in advertising? Advertising is a flexible major. Advertising majors are able to choose their own path by picking courses that they are interested in… Read More

Get to know some of our College of Media students! Matthew Novelli is a Class of 2022 computer science + advertising major. What excited you about majoring in CS + Advertising? I am interested in both fields of computer science and advertising. I think CS + Advertising is the future of the… Read More