Lauren Adams

ladams3@luc.edu

Experience and Skills

After School Matters - Gallery 37 | Advanced Apprentice Artist, Photographer ! ! 2009-2010 ! Captured various scenes including architecture, nature, & portraits using both a digital SLR & 35mm camera ! Developed lm, created contact sheets, and printed photographs in a dark room ! Enhanced and edited photographs with both darkroom techniques and adobe photoshop programs Students Together Are Reaching Success (STARS) | Mentor ! ! ! 2012 - 2013 Loyola University Chicago, Department of Student Diversity & Multicultural Affairs (SDMA) ! Empowered rst generation students & students of color to successfully transition and persist through college ! Cultivated meaningful relationships with mentees while encouraging their social, academic, & personal growth ! Planned community events to inform mentees of on-campus resources & to assist them in identity exploration ! Facilitated several weekly mentor meetings surrounding administrative updates and group discussions Student Diversity Leader | Executive Board Member! ! ! ! 2012 - 2013 Loyola University Chicago, Undergraduate Admissions ! Performed administrative tasks, including documenting observations during several student interviews ! Reviewed paperwork, checking for accuracy and completeness ! Served on student panels at open house programs for multicultural & rst generation groups Students Together Are Reaching Success (STARS) | Intern ! ! ! 2013 - 2014 Loyola University Chicago, Department of Student Diversity & Multicultural Affairs (SDMA) ! Coordinated a leadership development program that engaged 12 selected STARS mentees in service work by
integrating the principles of social justice, service learning, and servant leadership

! Compiled on-campus involvement opportunities (jobs, internships, programs, clubs, etc.) and submitted monthly
reports to the entire 2013-2014 STARS group via email each month

! Conducted assessment and evaluation of STARS program components ! Conducted outreach to campus partners inviting them to STARS events

Research Experience
Research Mentoring Program | Research Assistant (Mentee) ! ! ! ! Summer 2013 Loyola University Chicago, Loyola Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (LUROP) ! Collaborated with mentor in the coding of documents created by research participants ! Transcribed the interview of a research participant that was conducted by mentor ! Researched identities of authors from documents pertinent to mentors dissertation study ! Obtained fundamental information about the qualitative research process Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program | Scholar ! ! ! ! ! ! 2013 - present Loyola University Chicago ! Independent research in progress

Education
Newberry Math & Science Academy! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

2007 2011 2015

! Diploma
Lane Tech College Prep H.S. ! ! !

! Diploma
Loyola University Chicago! ! ! !

! BA in Womens Studies Gender Studies, Education Policy Studies

Honors and Distinctions

All-City Art Exhibition for Chicago Public Schools !! ! ! ! ! ! Awarded silver medal for a pastiched photograph of Gordon Parks American Gothic Students Together Are Reaching Success (STARS) ! ! ! ! ! Awarded Social Justice Advocate of the Year Award ! STARS Leadership Education And Development Program (STARS LEAD) "
- Selected as an outstanding mentee within the STARS community - Acquired knowledge about servant leadership and social justice

2011

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2011 - 2012