James Sherk, senior policy analyst in labor economics at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C., will speak at UALR at 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 15 in the Donaghey Student Center’s Room G.

The presentation, “Crossroads: The Competing Economic Visions for the Future of America,” is sponsored by Iota Mu, UALR’s political science honor society, and the Department of Political Science. The event is free and open to the public.

Sherk has written in recent months on why joblessness rose in the recession — what he called, “the economic consequences of extending unemployment benefits and the wrongheadedness of legislation to do away with the secret ballot in union elections (“card check”).”

His commentary and analysis has appeared in such publications as the Washington Post, New York Post, Business Week and Roll Call. He has been a guest expert on such networks as CNN, CNBC, and Fox News.

Sherk, who joined Heritage in 2006, completed graduate studies at the University of Rochester, where he received a master of arts in economics with a concentration in econometrics and labor economics. He earned a bachelor’s degree in economics and mathematics at Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Mich.

For more information, contact Anastasia “Stacy” Edwards or Dr. Art English at 501-569-8788.