CCWT - The Center for Research on College to Workforce Transitions

(Auto)ethnographic perspectives on the college-workforce transition for anthropology majors
2019-10-01 10:00 (America/Chicago)
Tuesday, October 1st 2019 • 10:00am
The Wisconsin Idea Room, Education Building #159
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Daniel Ginsberg is Manager of Education, Research and Professional Development at the American Anthropological Association and Anthropologist in Residence at American University.

How Undergraduate Student Parents Make Decisions About Course-Taking, Majors, Jobs, and Careers
2019-11-05 10:00
Tuesday, November 5, 2019 • 10:00am
Light refreshments provided
Co-sponsored with the Institute for Research on Poverty
Each week, student-parents must balance work, college classes, and kids that requires a level of skill and strategy to be successful. This mixed-methods study highlights the experiences of student-parents as they persist and navigate an urban community college in Southern California.
Adrian H. Huerta, PhD is an assistant professor in the Pullias Center for Higher Education located in the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California. Dr. Huerta’s research focuses on boys and young men of color; college access and equity; and gang-associated in the K-16 educational pipeline.
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Internships and Vocational Skills Training in China with Jenny Chan
2019-12-04 09:30
Wednesday, December 4, 2019 • 9:30am
The Wisconsin Idea room (Education Building #159)
China has the world’s largest vocational education system. The number of vocational high school students (aged 16-18), however, dropped from a peak of 22.4 million in 2010 to 15.5 million in 2018, that is, about 40% of the national student population. By contrast, the number of high school students remained fairly stable over the same period, hovering at around 24 million. This project seeks to understand the internship experiences of Chinese teenage students. Under the existing system, a 6-month workplace-based internship training is mandatory for three-year vocational education program. The legal status of interns remains that of students, not employees. The educational and labor rights of interns are worthy of scholarly attention.
Jenny Chan (Ph.D. 2014) is an assistant professor of sociology at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and a recipient of Early Career Scheme funding awarded by the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (2018-2022). She also serves as the vice president of the International Sociological Association’s Research Committee on Labor Movements (2018-2022). Dying for an iPhone: Apple, Foxconn and the Lives of China’s Workers is her first co-authored book with Mark Selden and Pun Ngai (Haymarket Books & Pluto Press, forthcoming in 2020).
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The Role of Internship Participation and Conscientiousness in Developing Career Adaptability: A Five-Wave Growth Mixture Model Analysis
2020-04-05 15:00
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
3pm CST
Special Guest: Carmella Ocampo (Australian National University)
In this webinar, CCWT’s Zi Chen spoke with Carmella Ocampo, the lead author of a new study on the impacts of internship participation on a widely studied psycho-social variable in vocational psychology—that of career adaptability—which refers to the psychological resources one has to deal with uncertain and evolving situations. Since our current moment of the COVID-19 pandemic and a looming recession will create such an uncertain and difficult situation for college graduates, understanding the experiences and resources that can help students develop these resources will be critically important.
Carmella Ocampo is a PhD Candidate in Organizational Behavior in the Research School of Management at the Australian National University. At the broad level, Carell studies how personality traits, emotional abilities, and social contexts support or stifle individual goal pursuit efforts in the context of work and careers.
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All Internships are Not Created Equal: Job Design, Satisfaction, and Vocational Development in Paid and Unpaid Internships
2020-06-03 11:00
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
11am CST
Hosted by Matthew Hora, with special guest Dr. Sean Edmund Rogers from the University of Rhode Island
Dr. Hora talked with Dr. Rogers about his latest research on unpaid internships, student veterans and internships, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on college-workforce transitions.
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How Social Capital and Professional Networks Gained in College Internships Enhances Student Success
2020-06-10 11:00
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
11am CST
Dr. Julia Freeland Fisher (Christensen Institute)
Hora spoke with Dr. Julia Freeland Fisher about why social capital matters for college students, whether colleges do a good job in fostering students’ social capital, how internships and micro-internships may foster professional networks and social capital.
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What Employers Want from Interns: Demand-Side Trends in the Internship Market
2020-06-24 11:00
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
11am CST
Dr. Carrie Shandra (Stony Brook Univ)
Dr. Carrie Shandra’s discussed her recent research on employer demand for interns, and the types of skills they are seeking in college interns. CCWT Director Matthew Hora and Dr. Shandra also talked about how the Great Recession impacted employers’ demand for interns, and then audience members can ask questions.
Dr. Shandra’s research is broadly focused on understanding work and life course inequalities in the United States, particularly as they occur during the transition to adulthood and among individuals with disabilities. Her research on work includes both paid employment and other forms of productivity that may not be compensated in the market – including care work, housework, and volunteering.
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E-internships and work-integrated learning in higher education
2020-07-01 15:00
Wednesday, July 1, 2020
3pm CST
Dr. Leopold Bayerlein (University of New England in Australia)
Dr. Hora talked with Dr. Bayerlein about his recent research on online or e-internships, with a focus on how these new learning environments can best be designed to enhance student learning. The conversation covered Dr. Bayerlein’s interest in work-integrated learning (WIL) that can take place within formal postsecondary courses and programs.
Dr. Leopold Bayerlein is a Senior Lecturer in Accounting at the University of New England in Australia. He is an active business and accounting education researcher with a focus on the development of future focused curricula in higher education, and has recently conducted research on e-internships, work-integrated learning, and instructional design in postsecondary institutions. For more information see Dr. Bayerlein’s webpage here.
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Living Hmong Studies, building the field: Dr. Mai See Thao on Hmong refugee experiences and growing Hmong Studies
2020-08-24 13:00
Monday, August 24, 2020
1pm CST (US)
Special Guest: Dr. Mai See Thao, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
In this webinar, student researchers from the Our HMoob American College Paj Ntaub research study interviewed Dr. Mai See Thao, who the Director of the newly created University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Hmong Studies program and as Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Global Religions, and Cultures. In addition to discussing her vision of Hmong Studies at UW-Oshkosh and her community-based research with Hmong, Dr. Thao also discussed her personal experiences as a former Hmong American UW-Madison undergraduate student and her path to becoming a Hmong academic.
Mai See Thao is a trained medical anthropologist with research interests in historical trauma, displacement, the refugee body, biopolitics, care (long-term care and chronic disease management), and community-based participatory research. She is also the new Director of Hmong Studies and Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology, Global Religions, and Cultures at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.
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Internship Opportunities in Community and Tribal Colleges
2020-10-07 11:00
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
11am CST (US)
Special Guests: Julie E. Lucero, University of Nevada, Reno; Special Guest: Crystal LoudHawk-Hedgepeth, American Indian College Fund
Dr. Hora talked with Julie and Crystal about internship opportunities and characteristics, career prep and readiness, and Tribal College social-economic structures.
Julie E. Lucero is an Assistant Professor, School of Community Health Sciences, and Director, Latino Research Center, at the University of Nevada, Reno. Her research is grounded in the community based participatory approach to research. Directing her research is the expectation that research outcomes benefit the researched population through development and implementation of interventions, treatment, and/or policy.
Crystal LoudHawk-Hedgepeth, enrolled member of the Dine’ Nation, is a Research Associate at the American Indian College Fund, where she helps execute the College Fund’s systematic research initiatives with Tribal Colleges. Crystal has over ten years of research experience managing projects from clinical investigations to educational research.
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Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs): Improving Academic Outcomes and Successful Workforce Transitions
2020-11-11 11:00
Wednesday, November 11, 2020, 11a.m. CST (US)
Special Guest: Deborah Santiago, CEO and co-founder of Excelencia in Education
In this webinar, University of Wisconsin—Madison graduate student researcher Anthony Hernandez interviewed Excelencia in Education CEO and co-founder Deborah Santiago about Latino student achievement, research on educational practices and advancing institutional practices, creating a national network of stakeholders, Latino student transition to the workforce, and policy and funding priorities.
Deborah A. Santiago is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Excelencia in Education. For more than 20 years, she has led efforts from the community to national and federal levels to improve educational opportunities and success for all students.
Anthony Hernandez is a doctoral student in Educational Policy Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 2019, he was awarded a National Academy of Education (NAEd)/Spencer Foundation Research Development Award for his dissertation work on leadership in Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs).
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The Interplay of Proactive Personality & Internship Quality in Chinese University Graduates’ Job Search Success: The Role of Career Adaptability
2020-11-18 11:00
Wednesday, November 18, 2020, 11a.m. CST (US)
Special Guests: Dr. Yanjun Guan, Professor in Management at Durham University Business School, UK; Dr. Jingzhou Pan, Associate Professor in Organizational Behavior at Tianjin University
Dr. Matthew T. Hora talkedwith Dr. Jingzhou Pan and Dr. Yanjun Guan about how and when internship quality can lead to students’ job search success. Dr. Pan and Dr. Guan introduced their study in which they tracked a sample of Chinese university graduates’ internship and job search process by conducting a four-wave survey study that demonstrated the beneficial effect of internship quality on employment success, and the mediating effect of career adaptability (an important psychological resource) on the relationship between proactive personality and students’ employment outcomes.
Dr. Yanjun Guan is a professor in management at Durham University Business School, UK. Yanjun’s research areas include career management and cross-cultural management, and he is currently serving as an Associate Editor for Journal of Vocational Behavior.
Dr. Jingzhou Pan is an associate professor in organizational behavior at Tianjin University in China. Jingzhou’s research interests include leadership, creativity and innovation and career management.
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A conversation with Dr. Jenny Chan on Internships and Labor in China
2021-01-13 11:00
Wednesday, January 13, 2021, 11a.m. CST (US)
Special Guest: Dr. Jenny Chan, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University
In this webinar Dr. Jenny Chan from Hong Kong Polytechnic University talked with CCWT Director Matthew Hora about her newly published book, Dying for an iPhone (2020; Haymarket Books), and its key findings regarding the status of high school and college internships in China and how they involve the production of Apple’s popular devices including iPhones and iPads. Dr. Chan also spoke about the state of the labor market in China since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, and her new research on express delivery workers in China.
Dr. Jenny Chan, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, is a recipient of Early Career Scheme funding awarded by the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (2018-2022). She also serves as the vice president of the International Sociological Association’s Research Committee on Labor Movements (2018-2022). Dying for an iPhone: Apple, Foxconn and the Lives of China’s Workers is her first co-authored book with Mark Selden and Pun Ngai (Haymarket Books & Pluto Press, forthcoming in 2020).
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A Discussion with Becca Schwartz on Current Issues with Refugee Resettlement in Wisconsin
2021-01-26 15:00
Tuesday, January 26, 2021, 3p.m. CST (US)
Part of the Spring 2021 Webinar Series: Supporting Higher Education and Career Success for Refugees in Wisconsin w/CCWT Associate Researcher Dr. Matthew Wolfgram
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A Discussion with Amanda Chase on The Impact of Identity and Social, Economic, and Cultural Capital on College Student Internship Engagement
2021-01-27 11:00
Wednesday, January 27, 2021, 11a.m. CST (US)
Special Guest: Dr. Amanda Chase, University of Vermont
In this webinar, Dr. Amanda Chase of the University of Vermont spoke with CCWT Researcher Dr. Zi Chen on the impact of identity, social, economic, and cultural capital on college Internships. Though lacking access to internships may seem like a mere inconvenience, internships are often the gateways into particular careers and industries. If certain groups of students are excluded from internships on the basis of income, race/ethnicity or social connections, then the experiences and perspectives of too many college students will not be represented in the nation’s companies, organizations and government agencies.
Dr. Amanda Chase coordinates internships for the University of Vermont in the Career Center and the University’s new Office of Engagement. Her research interests are focused on issues of access and equity in internships and experiential learning. She wrote a quantitative doctoral dissertation on this topic and earned her Ed.D in May 2020.
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Uneven Experiences and Rewards in the Intern Economy: The Case of Arts and Design Graduates
2021-02-17 11:00
Wednesday, February 17, 2021, 11a.m. CST (US)
Special Guest: Alexandre Frenette, Assistant Professor of Sociology & Associate Director of the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy at Vanderbilt University
Drawing on survey data with 200,000 arts and design alumni, Dr. Alex Frenette from Vanderbilt University talked with CCWT Director Dr. Matthew Hora about the rise of paid and especially unpaid internships in the creative sector, how arts graduates feel about their internship experiences, how these alumni say higher education could improve internships going forward, and how gender may shape unequal intern-to-career pathways.
Alexandre Frenette is an assistant professor of sociology and associate director of the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy at Vanderbilt University. Using the music industry as his case study, he is currently working on a monograph about the challenges and the promise of internships as part of higher education. His writing on artistic workers and the intern economy have won awards from the Society for the Study of Social Problems as well as the Labor and Employment Relations Association.
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Building New Roots: Growing PAR in a New Context with Julissa Ventura, Marquette University
2021-02-22 11:00
Monday, February 22, 2021, 11a.m. CST (US)
Part of the Spring 2021 Webinar Series: Participatory Action Research in Practice
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A Discussion with Paul Van Auken About his Research Refugee Resettlement and Refugee Communities in Wisconsin
2021-02-23 15:00
Tuesday, February 23, 2021, 3p.m. CST (US)
Part of the Spring 2021 Webinar Series: Supporting Higher Education and Career Success for Refugees in Wisconsin w/CCWT Associate Researcher Dr. Matthew Wolfgram
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A Conversation with Dr. Jason Perry About Sports Management Internships at HBCUs
2021-03-19 11:00
Friday, March 19, 2021, 11a.m. CST (US)
In this webinar, CCWT Director Matthew Hora discussed the impact of sport management internship programs at historically black college and universities (HBCUs) with Dr. Jason Perry from Howard University. The webinar focused on the potential for the unique culture of HBCUs and students’ experiences and racial identities to impact how they experience an internship, and featured insights from Perry’s 2017 dissertation entitled “A Case Study Examining a Sport and Recreation Management Internship Program at a Historically Black University.”
Dr. Jason Perry holds the rank of Assistant Professor of Sport Management in the Department of Health, Human Performance & Leisure Studies at Howard University. Dr. Perry received his Bachelors of Science degree in Sport Management from Winston-Salem State University, a Masters of Science in Sport Studies from High Point University, and his Doctor of Education degree in Educational Leadership and Management with the concentration of Athletic Administration from Drexel University.
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A Discussion with Sarah Dryden-Peterson on Her Research and on the Civic Education of Refugees
2021-03-30 15:00
Tuesday, March 30, 2021, 3p.m. CST (US)
Part of the Spring 2021 Webinar Series: Supporting Higher Education and Career Success for Refugees in Wisconsin w/CCWT Associate Researcher Dr. Matthew Wolfgram
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From College to Career: How Liberal Arts Graduates Use Skills while Practical Arts Graduates Push Paper
2021-04-14 11:00
Wednesday, April 14, 2021, 11a.m. CST (US)
In this webinar, CCWT Director Matthew Hora interviewed Dr. Corey Pech, a postdoctoral researcher in Sociology at the University of Michigan. Dr. Pech discussed his book project tentatively titled From College to Career. The book shows, that in fact, most Business and Engineering graduates move seamlessly into jobs that provide good pay but usually involve mundane office work. On the other hand, many English and Communications majors struggle to enter the labor market, and in their post-graduation jobs their skills (while being used) are not treated as valuable. Dr. Pech argues that these disparities arise from differential opportunities to internships that are only available to some majors and that the shift in higher education from promoting the general liberal arts to the more specific practical disciplines is a misguided practice.
Corey Moss-Pech is a National Science Foundation Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Sociology at the University of Michigan. His research examines the intersection between work and education, and how experiences in, and attitudes toward, both work and school shape labor market and gender inequality.
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Girls of Color and PAR: Investigating Sex Education in Chicago Public Schools with the Womxn that Fight Research Team, Chicago, IL
2021-04-26 16:30
Monday, April 26, 2021, 4:30p.m. CST (US)
Part of the Spring 2021 Webinar Series: Participatory Action Research in Practice
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A Discussion with Karin Brown on Challenges in the Recognition of Refugees’ Educational Credentials
2021-04-27 15:00
Tuesday, April 27, 2021, 3p.m. CST (US)
Part of the Spring 2021 Webinar Series: Supporting Higher Education and Career Success for Refugees in Wisconsin w/CCWT Associate Researcher Dr. Matthew Wolfgram
This webinar series brings together educators, refugee resettlement service providers, college students with refugee background, scholars, employers, and community members to learn about the barriers and supports that impact the college and career success of Wisconsin residents of refugee background. The webinars will feature engagement with scholars and practitioners who support higher education for refugees, and the concluding webinar will be a panel discussion with college students with refugee background. After the completion of each webinar, everyone is invited to stay and discuss policy and advocacy to support higher education for immigrants of refugee background in Wisconsin.
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Participatory Research as Autoformación (Self-Education) and Consciousness Raising with Andrea Dyrness, University of Colorado Boulder
2021-05-10 16:30
Monday, May 10, 2021, 4:30p.m. CST (US)
Part of the Spring 2021 Webinar Series: Participatory Action Research in Practice
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Panel discussion: College Students with Refugee Backgrounds Discuss Experiences with College and Careers
2021-05-25 15:00
Tuesday, May 25, 2021, 3p.m. CST (US)
Part of the Spring 2021 Webinar Series: Supporting Higher Education and Career Success for Refugees in Wisconsin w/CCWT Associate Researcher Dr. Matthew Wolfgram
This webinar series brings together educators, refugee resettlement service providers, college students with refugee background, scholars, employers, and community members to learn about the barriers and supports that impact the college and career success of Wisconsin residents of refugee background. The webinars will feature engagement with scholars and practitioners who support higher education for refugees, and the concluding webinar will be a panel discussion with college students with refugee background. After the completion of each webinar, everyone is invited to stay and discuss policy and advocacy to support higher education for immigrants of refugee background in Wisconsin.
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Grant Writing Workshop for Graduate Students
2021-09-30 13:00 - 14:00
Grantwriting for Grad Students/Early Career Researchers in Higher Ed
Sep 30, 2021 01:00 PM
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Social and Motivational Interventions to Broadening Participation in STEM
2022-03-01 11:00 - 12:00
Tuesday, March 1st from 11am to 12pm CST
Special Guest: Dr. Paul Hernandez, Texas A&M University
It is widely recognized that the U.S. needs to attract, retain, and adequately prepare a larger and more diverse Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) workforce to accelerate innovation and discovery, maintain global competitiveness, and expand economic prosperity. Intensive undergraduate research experiences (UREs), as well as mentoring and role modeling programs, are recognized as part of the solution for attracting and retaining more diverse and talented college students into STEM degrees. However, methodological limitations in the extant research have posed a replicability challenge for multifaceted programs and less is known about the underlying process linking activities and professional relationships to positive outcomes. Dr. Hernandez will discuss his program of research aimed at illuminating the impact and processes linking activities to broader participation in STEM careers.
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Tune In to Strive Out Train-the-Trainer
2023-06-27 13:00 - 14:30, 2023-07-26 12:00 - 13:30 | Zoom – Virtual
In this 90-minute workshop, you will learn how to use our 5-module career wellness program grounded in a Radical Healing framework and career development theories to guide students through practices to preserve a stronger sense of wellness and self-determination while learning skills to navigate their career and school lives.
Find more information and register at: https://ccwt.wisc.edu/programs/tune-in-to-strive-out-campus-training/

Dr. Trevor McCray: A Deep Dive into HBCU Graduates Career Development Experience
2024-01-29 11:00 - 12:00 | Zoom
As we continue to push for the recognition and advancement of our renowned Historically Black Colleges and Universities, it’s imperative that we shed light on how career development is derived for HBCU students. In this webinar, Dr. McCray will share what he’s learned through a small pilot study about HBCU graduates’ career development experiences, key elements of career development at HBCUs, and considerations for potential HBCU career center advancements.
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