Afternoon Tea with the Center on Education and Work:
A Conversation Series on Career and Workforce Development Policies and Practice

Coordinated by the Center on Education and Work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • Purpose: Provide an engaging forum for learning about contemporary career and workforce development issues from dynamic national scholars who will speak about their research, theoretical ideas, publications, and/or considerations for practice on a variety of career-related topics.
  • Format: The Tea conversation will be structured as an open dialogue rather than a formal presentation with emphasis placed on the interaction between the interviewer and presenter. Prior to the event, a relevant reading will be emailed to participants to give them an opportunity to become familiar with some of the presenter’s work and help them begin to think about questions that they would like to be addressed by the presenter. Refreshments and continued conversation will be available after the formal conversation for those attending in-person.
  • Schedule of Events for the 2008-2009 Academic Year:
    • Friday, November 21st, 2008, 3:00- 4:00pm CST
      Steven Brown, Ph.D., Loyola University of Chicago
      Toward a Taxonomy of Career Decision-Making Difficulties
    • Monday, March 23rd, 2009, 3:00-4:30pm CST
      Mark Savickas, Ph.D., Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy
      Mark Savickas Unplugged
    • Wednesday, April 29th, 2009, 3:00-4:00pm CST
      Terence Tracey, Ph.D., Arizona State University:
      Innovations in Career Interest Assessments
    • Thursday, May 7th, 2009, 3:00-4:00pm CST
      James Sampson, Ph.D., Florida State University:
      The World of On-line Career Information Systems

Note: Please arrive in-person or log-in via webcast by 2:45pm for each event

  • Registration: There is no cost to attend or watch the Afternoon Tea conversation series. Please RSVP to CEW.afternoontea@education.wisc.edu one week prior to the event date with the following information: Name, where you are from, and the question you would like asked of the presenter.