Alan Atchison

Alan Atchison is the Head of Communications at the Center for the Advanced Study of India. Previously, he was CASI's Senior Publications Editor (2016-23) and Online Editor (2008-16). Currently, he manages all facets of CASI's communications and marketing initiatives—overseeing the bi-weekly publication of India in Transition (IiT), carrying out the production and dissemination of CASI’s newsletter, maintaining and editing CASI’s digital presence (web content, social media, online publications); developing event marketing materials; facilitating event A/V needs; filming and editing video interviews with guest lecturers, postdocs, and scholars in residence; and conducting all additional media ventures. Alan has served as project leader for the last two complete redesigns of CASI's website, the most recent of which went live in May 2025.

Prior to CASI, Alan was a Prospect Manager at Penn Medicine's Office of Development & Alumni Relations, where he made various contributions to Penn Medicine’s pipeline reporting, while also training gift officers in various methods, strategies, and protocols. He also worked at Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine as a writer for the School’s magazine, Bellwether, and assisted in the successful completion of a major fundraising project toward a $1.5 million challenge grant from the Kresge Foundation. 

Alan earned a Masters of Liberal Arts from Penn and a B.A. in Communications from Arcadia University.