CCWT hosts and offers a variety of speaking engagements related to improving career outcomes for students! This page is a searchable repository for all of CCWT’s recorded events.
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Living Hmong Studies, Building the Field with Dr. Mai See Thao
November 2020
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.
CCWT Special Guest Carmella Ocampo
August 5, 2020
The Role of Internship Participation and Conscientiousness in Developing Career Adaptability: A Five-Wave Growth Mixture Model Analysis 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.
CCWT Discussion with Leopold Bayerlein
July 1, 2020
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.
What Employers Want from Interns: Demand-Side Trends in the Internship Market – with Carrie Shandra
June 24, 2020
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.
A Discussion with Julia Freeland Fisher
June 10, 2020
Dr. 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 & micro-internships may foster professional networks and social capital.
All Internships are Not Created Equal with Dr. Sean Edmund Rogers
June 3, 2020
Dr. Hora talks 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.
Internships and Vocational Skills Training in China – Jenny Chan
December 4, 2019
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, 2020).
2019 Internship Symposium – Dean Hess Welcome Remarks
2019 Symposium on College Internship Research
October 23rd & 24th
Pyle Center, UW-Madison, WI
2019 Internship Symposium – Keynote Ross Perlin
Author: Intern Nation: How to Earn Nothing and Learn Little in the Brave New Economy”
2019 Symposium on College Internship Research
October 23rd & 24th
Pyle Center, UW-Madison, WI
2019 Internship Symposium – Latreace Wells, Darryl Ann Watkins, Valeria Green
Focus on HBCUs: How the Unique Nature of HBCUs Influences Internship Design and Skills
2019 Symposium on College Internship Research
October 23rd & 24th
Pyle Center, UW-Madison, WI
2019 Internship Symposium – Alexandre Frennette and Cindy Ann Kilgo
Impacts of Internships on Student Careers
2019 Symposium on College Internship Research
October 23rd & 24th
Pyle Center, UW-Madison, WI
2019 Internship Symposium – Large Group Employer Panel
2019 Symposium on College Internship Research
October 23rd & 24th
Pyle Center, UW-Madison, WI
2019 Internship Symposium – Theresa Castor, Cynthia Simon, Katie Dunn
Designing For-Credit Internship Courses
2019 Symposium on College Internship Research
October 23rd & 24th
Pyle Center UW-Madison, WI
2019 Internship Symposium – STEM Panel
2019 Symposium on College Internship Research
October 23rd & 24th
Pyle Center, UW-Madison, WI
2019 Internship Symposium – Breakout Employer Panel
2019 Symposium on College Internship Research
October 23rd & 24th
Pyle Center, UW-Madison, WI
2019 Internship Symposium – Keynote April Kedrowicz
On Communication in the Disciplines
2019 Symposium on College Internship Research
October 23rd & 24th
Pyle Center, UW-Madison, WI