Profiles

Get to know some of our College of Media faculty. Angela Aguayo is an associate professor of media and cinema studies (MACS) and served as the acting director for the Roger Ebert Center for Film Studies in 2023-24. She is also the director of the Illinois Community Media Project, which uses the… Read More

Get to know some of our College of Media students! Sierra McKeiver is a Class of 2024 media and cinema studies major. What media-related extracurriculars are you a part of? I just restarted Focus Pull on campus. It is a minority film board for students who want to create their own content and… Read More

Get to know some of our College of Media students! Kamryn Grey is a Class of 2024 media and cinema studies major. What's the most important thing you have learned since being a media and cinema studies (MACS) student? I learned this a little bit last year—making connections, being nice to people,… Read More

Get to know some of our College of Media faculty. Carrie Wilson-Brown is a lecturer of media and cinema studies and of advertising. What’s it like to teach two Media majors? The Charles H. Sandage Department of Advertising has incredibly creative faculty and creative classes, and we tend to dive… Read More

Get to know some of our College of Media students! Gavin Schroeder is a Class of 2024 media and cinema studies major. What interested you in pursuing filmmaking at the College of Media? I’m from Peoria, Illinois. I didn’t know what my future would be like. Community college was a safe and… Read More

Get to know some of our College of Media students! Adam Bramowicz is a Class of 2024 media and cinema studies major. What made the College of Media stand out to you? I’ve lived in Champaign all my life, and as a result, grew up around the campus. Once I figured out what to do with my career, I felt… Read More

Get to know some of our College of Media students! Francesca Dumitrescu is a Class of 2025 media and cinema studies major. What made you want to major in media and cinema studies? What's your favorite thing about the major? Coming from a STEM high school, I realized STEM was not particularly my… Read More

Get to know some of our College of Media faculty. Josh Heuman is a teaching assistant professor in the Department of Media & Cinema Studies and the Department of Journalism. He received the 2022 College of Media Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching by a Specialized Faculty Member. … Read More

Get to know some of our College of Media alumni. Steven Pratten (BS ’15, media and cinema studies) is a senior digital media manager at the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Pratten also participated in a Media Career Night alumni panel on "Digital… Read More

Vincent Jurgens (BS  '86, Media and Cinema Studies)  Photographer, Videographer, Webmaster What is one of your favorite memories as a student in media and cinema studies? (It could be a memorable class, professor, event, etc.) Being the first student in the new Media Studies program, rescuing me… Read More