What Happened?
Philadelphia, PA-based Comcast Appointed Matthew Harrison as Senior Director, Talent Management
About the Company
Comcast Corporation is a global media and technology company with two primary businesses, Comcast Cable and NBCUniversal. Comcast Cable is the nation`s largest video, high-speed Internet and phone provider to residential customers under the XFINITY brand as well as to businesses. Comcast has invested in technology to build a sophisticated network that delivers the fastest broadband speeds, and brings customers personalized video, communications and home management offerings. Comcast Corporation is a global media and technology company.
About the Person
Matthew S. Harrison, PhD currently works at Comcast as Sr. Director, Talent Management for their Central Division. In this role he establishes, coordinates and executes on all talent management initiatives and corresponding programs across the Central Division – supporting ~30,000 employees. Additionally, Dr. Harrison is responsible for all workforce diversity and inclusion initiatives, which includes overseeing the division’s Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) and ensuring a diversity lens is incorporated in all talent management strategies. Dr. Harrison has also served as an adjunct professor of psychology at The University of Georgia. He is a published diversity researcher, and is renowned for his research on the topic of colorism. His master’s thesis received wide publicity -- being featured on websites such as CNN, CNBC, ABC News, was reported in various newspapers and media outlets across the US (as well as in the United Kingdom), and received an initial inquiry from an executive producer of The Oprah Winfrey Show. Dr. Harrison has authored a chapter for a general psychology textbook, as well as chapters in several other books, in addition to authoring a number of academic journal articles. He currently serves as a member of the National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC), American Psychological Association, Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychologists, Academy of Management, Southern Management Association and the Atlanta Society of Applied Psychologists. Dr. Harrison has been recognized as one of Atlanta’s Power 30 Under 30, received the Multicultural Leadership Award from the National Diversity Council, and was named a Man of Influence by the National Urban League – where he was listed alongside the likes of Chris Rock, Wyclef Jean and Jamie Foxx. Dr. Harrison is a graduate of Emory University (B.A. in Psychology) and The University of Georgia (M.S. and Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology).
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