Dr. Gordon Lafer To Speak At William Paterson University About The Plight Of The American Worker

The plight of the American worker is the topic of a lecture by Dr. Gordon Lafer, an associate professor at the University of Oregon and an alumnus of Wayne Hills High School , to be held at William Paterson University in Wayne on November 6 at 2 p.m. in the David and Lorraine Cheng Library Auditorium.
Lafer’s lecture is titled, "American Workers Struggling in the Global Economy -- Who’s to Blame?" Admission is free; a reception will follow in the Paterson Room of the Cheng Library.

Lafer, a professor at the Labor Education and Research Center at the University of Oregon, confers with Oregon unions on strategic planning and contract campaign strategy. He also provides strategic research and technical assistance projects for Oregon unions, addressing changes in working conditions, production technology and industry consolidation.

He is founder and director of the Union Internship Program, which places undergraduate students in research and organizing internships with local unions. This program won a Participatory Learning Experience grant from the University of Oregon.

Lafer received his bachelor’s degree in economics with distinction from Swarthmore College in 1983. He obtained his doctorate in political science with distinction from Yale University in 1995.
The lecture at William Paterson University is sponsored by the Department of Political Science through its Program of Public Policy and International Affairs, a new master’s program which provides the foundation for understanding the ways in which contemporary public policy crosses and supercedes national boundaries in an increasingly integrated global environment of trade and information. The unique curriculum is designed to train effective innovators and problem solvers by integrating the practical and theoretical dimensions of policy-making at four levels: interpersonal, local/regional, national and international..

For additional information, please call Dr. Christine Kelly, assistant professor of political science, at 973-720-3430.

William Paterson University, one of the nine stage colleges and universities in
New Jersey, offers 30 undergraduate and 19 graduate programs through five colleges: Arts and Communication, Christos M. Cotsakos College of Business, Education, Humanities and Social Sciences, and Science and Health. Located on the 370 hilltop acres in Wayne, the university enrolls approximately 10,000 students and provides housing for nearly 2,300 students. The institution’s 363 full-time faculty are highly distinguished and diverse scholars and teachers, many of whom are recipients of prestigious awards and grants from the Fullbright Program (28 scholars), the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation and the American Philosophical Society.

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For Further Information, contact:

Mary Beth Zeman, Director, Public Relations 973-720-2966

10/10/03