Speakers Who Inspire: Poverty Researcher and Author Kathryn Edin, Ph.D.

More than 14 percent of Pinellas County residents live below the poverty level, and those numbers rise substantially for African American and Hispanic residents. Poverty compromises a person’s ability to gain access to many of the fundamental building blocks of health, including quality housing, healthcare and peace of mind. The Foundation is committed to exploring the causes and consequences of poverty and its significant impact on mental, physical and social health. To support this effort, we have invited one of the nation’s leading poverty researchers, Kathryn Edin, Ph.D., to come to our community and lend her expert voice to the conversation.

A qualitative and mixed-method researcher, Edin focuses on of welfare and low-wage work, family life and neighborhood contexts. She has authored some 80 journal articles and eight books, including $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America, which she co-wrote with H. Luke Shaefer. She is a Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University and co-director of The Bendheim-Thoman Center for Research on Child Wellbeing. She was also a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Public Health at Johns Hopkins University, co-director of the Poverty and Inequality Research Lab and founding faculty director of the 21st Century Cities Initiative, which seeks to bring cross-disciplinary teams of scholars together to work on critical urban challenges.

Speakers Who Inspire: Kathryn Edin, Ph.D.
Wednesday, Nov. 7
St. Petersburg Marriott Clearwater
12600 Roosevelt Blvd. N
St. Petersburg, FL 33716

11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Lunch and book signing (Optional)
12:30-2:30 p.m. Lecture and discussion

Free and open to the public, lunch will be provided, but registration is required. Register here.