Meet Your Colleagues

This section introduces featured staff and faculty members in their own words.

Tell us about your best internship or summer job when you were in college.

  • Lucy Atkinson

    Lucy Atkinson

    15 years at UT

    Associate Professor

    I was a medical photographer one summer at the neurological institute in Montreal. I was responsible for taking photos of medical procedures, including brain surgery.

  • Will Kurzner

    Will Kurzner

    11 years at UT

    Audio Post-Production Specialist

    Working at KVRX was one of the best student summer jobs I had at UT. I loved DJing shoegaze music late at night for people who might need a chill drive home.

  • Junfeng Jiao

    Junfeng Jiao

    12 years at UT

    Associate Professor, Community and Regional Planning Program

    I once worked as an intern to build a house-size bamboo Buckminster Fuller dome.

  • David S. Yeager

    David S. Yeager

    13 years at UT

    Raymond Dickson Centennial Professor

    Living and working in an orphanage in Talagante, Chile, for five months.

  • Acacia Chan

    Acacia Chan

    6 years at UT

    Assistant Instructor for the Department of Rhetoric and Writing

    For a paid summer internship, I ran nature programs and sports activities at a gorgeous lakeside state park in Idaho. I got to live in a lovely trailer, snack on fresh huckleberries, and develop a sense of confident independence in the most beautiful place!

  • Heidi Toprac

    Heidi Toprac

    23 years at UT

    Professor of Instruction in Finance, Director of the BBA Internship Program

    During my sophomore summer, my step-mom's friend hired me to work in the cashier/credit/customer service area of a big department store owned by Target Corp. I didn't realize it at the time, but that summer job helped launch my entire career in Finance.

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