Talk by Barbara Ehrenreich, Author and Social Critic
Writer and social critic Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickled and Dimed, will speak in support of graduate student employees.
One of the most recognized and original social commentators, author/journalist Barbara Ehrenreich has been a contributing writer for TIME Magazine since 1990. Her articles covering healthcare, class, families, sex, and gender politics have appeared in a range of national publications, including The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, The Nation, The New Republic, The Progressive, and Harper's. Her New York Times bestseller, Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By In America reveals low-wage America in all its tenacity, anxiety, and surprising generousity -- a land of Big Boxes, fast food, and a thousand desperate strategems for survival.
