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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Congress in Black & White: How Racism Shapes Legislative Work & Careers – James Jones
February 2023
Dr. Jones is a leading expert on congressional staff diversity, and in this conversation with CCWT Co-Director Matthew Hora, Dr. Jones will talk about his research on congressional internships and implications for college students seeking careers in Washington, D.C. He is currently completing his first book, The Last Plantation, which represents the first major study of racial inequality in the congressional workplace. In addition, he has authored three groundbreaking policy reports on racial representation among congressional staff that demonstrate how racial minorities are underrepresented in both top and junior staff positions on Capitol Hill. His research has been covered by NPR, The Washington Post, and the Atlantic.
Exploring unpaid internships: Issues of access, equity, and learning
April 7, 2022
0:00:00 Panel 1:New research on unpaid internships
0:54:11 Panel 2: Fundraising to subsidize unpaid internships: How can employers, educators, and policymakers secure funds to pay all interns?
1:52:53 Panel 3: Campus based strategies for change: What are some success stories at the campus level for ensuring that all student interns are paid?
2:53:06 Breakout Session: Lightning rounds of more strategies for funding and supporting internships
4:01:19 Next Steps: Working session on developing a national strategy to address unpaid internships
CCWT Webinar Event with Corey Pech
April 14, 2021
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.
CCWT Webinar Event with Jason Perry
March 19, 2021
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.”