CCWT Early Career Scholars Program

The Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions (CCWT) at UW-Madison is excited to introduce the nine scholars selected to take part in our inaugural 12-month Early Career Scholars Program 2023. Scholars receive access to CCWT’s state-of-the art data, content, tools, professional development, research mentorship, and a $2,500 stipend to support their scholarship and professional development. Over the course of the program, scholars and CCWT investigators will meet to share expertise, and each scholar will develop and present a project related to CCWT’s mission.

Expectations for the Early Career Investigator include:

  • Develop a project related to CCWT’s mission  
  • Attend online Early Career Scholars cohort meetings (2 per semester)  
  • Share expertise and/or project through a CCWT-sponsored webinar or talk 
  • Produce a working paper, literature review, policy brief, or grant proposal by the end of the Program  

Early Career Scholars

Mun Yuk Chin Chin

Position title: Assistant Professor of Counseling Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Daniel Corral

Position title: Assistant Professor, Department of Leadership, Adult & Higher Education, University of Toronto

Vanessa Delgado

Position title: Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Washington State University

Pa Her

Position title: Clinical Professor of Counseling Psychology and Assistant Director of the Counseling Psychology Training Clinic

Taewon Kim

Position title: Ph.D. Candidate: Counseling Psychology, University of Houston

Trevor D. McCray

Position title: Research Associate, University of Wisconsin - Madison, CCWT

Ryan Parsons

Position title: Assistant Professor, Sociology and Southern Studies, University of Mississippi

Jason Perry

Position title: Assistant Professor of Sport Management, Howard University

Kara Woods

Position title: Research Analyst, Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers Policy Research Center

CCWT Early Career Scholars Program 

Applications are closed for 2023.

The Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions (CCWT) at UW-Madison is excited to announce our inaugural 12-month Early Career Scholars Program, beginning in mid-January 2023. The Program seeks to support the next generation of scholars by providing research mentorship, trainings, and community to early career faculty members or researchers who have an interest aligned with CCWT’s mission.   

Our mission at CCWT is to develop research tools, evidence, and educational programs that promote the career development and wellness of students as they seek post-graduate success. In this work we amplify the voices and interests of all students, especially those historically marginalized in higher education, with the ultimate aim to facilitate institutional and societal change.    

The Early Career Scholars Program provides:  

  • $2,500 stipend for investigators to use to support their scholarship and/or professional development  
  • Research mentorship from CCWT investigators  
  • Access to data and CCWT content (e.g., survey instruments, training materials)  
  • Invitations to attend CCWT seminars and trainings including workshops on research methods, grant writing, writing for public audiences, and working with institutional partners 
  • Travel costs to attend the annual CCWT symposium in April or May 2023 in Madison, Wisconsin 

Expectations for the Early Career Investigator include:  

  • Develop a project related to CCWT’s mission  
  • Attend online Early Career Scholars cohort meetings (2 per semester)  
  • Share expertise and/or project through a CCWT-sponsored webinar or talk 
  • Produce a working paper, literature review, policy brief, or grant proposal by the end of the Program  

While we are open to any topics related to CCWT’s mission, we have a particular interest in projects that address the ways that race/ethnicity and Minority Serving Institution (MSI) status may play in shaping a student’s experiences with work-based learning programs like internships.  

Registration is now closed.