David Shipler, author of 'The Working Poor,' to visit Anchorage September 24–28, three main events

David Shipler will visit Anchorage as a Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow Sept. 24-28, and is scheduled to speak at a series of events as well as work directly with students in the classroom.

"Poverty and Aging"
Monday, Sept. 24, 2:30-3:45 p.m.
UAA Campus Bookstore

Public lecture hosted by UAA School of Social Work and Food Bank of Alaska
Thursday, Sept. 27, 9-11 a.m.

UAA/APU Consortium Library, Room 307

ISER Lunchtime Talk: "Building Gateways to Alleviate Poverty"
Thursday, Sept. 27, 12-1 p.m.
ISER Conference Room, Diplomacy Building, Fifth Floor (4500 Diplomacy Drive)

"Understanding Poverty by Connecting the Dots"
Thursday, Sept. 27, 7 p.m.
Fine Arts Building, Room 150

Shipler is the author of one of the 2011-2013 UAA/APU Books of the Year, "The Working Poor." Shipler's book tells of the challenges low-income workers face as they struggle to support themselves and their families.

Shipler has also worked as a journalist for The New York Times, and has written for The New Yorker, The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his book, "Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land," and has taught at Princeton University, American University in Washington, D.C. and Dartmouth College.