Our colleagues in the Human Rights Program in the College of Liberal Arts are hosting a guest speaker next week whose work may be of interest to some in this community. *Global Trends, Local Challenges: Economic Rights and "Stakeholder" Engagement in Light Manufacturing* Dr. Shareen Hertel MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4 4:30 – 6:00 P.M. BEERING 2290 Shareen Hertel is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Connecticut, jointly appointed with the university’s Human Rights Institute. On her visit to Purdue, she will speak on her forthcoming book, Tethered Fates: Companies, Communities, and Rights at Stake (Oxford, 2019). Drawing on 20 years of policy work as a consultant to United Nations agencies, foundations, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in the United States, Latin America and South Asia, her scholarship has helped define the modern field of economic rights. -- *Anne Dare, PhD*Interim Program Manager, Global Engineering Programs & Partnerships, Purdue University 2016-2018 AAAS Executive Branch Fellow, US Agency for International Development anne.e.dare@gmail.com | LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/anne-dare-53976a70/>