MONMOUTH, Ill. — Kelsey Timmerman, author of “Where Am I Wearing? A Global Tour to the Countries, Factories, and People That Make Our Clothes,” will present a lecture on Nov. 10 at 11 a.m. in the Dahl Chapel and Auditorium.

Free and open to the public, Timmerman’s talk is titled “Common Threads: Searching for Community in Our Globalized World.” A 30-year-old freelance writer from Muncie, Ind., Timmerman will be on campus for two days, speaking to a variety of classes about his experiences, which were summarized by MC associate professor of sociology and anthropology, Judi Kessler.

“I hope that Kelsey’s age and the fact that he set out around the world to find the workers who made his favorite clothes as soon as he received his undergraduate degree and on his own dime – and that he has a published book – might serve as an inspiration to our students,” she said.

At Timmerman’s Web site, whereamiwearing.com, he summarizes his career neatly: “I go places. I write stuff. I talk about it.” He elaborated further in his mission section, stating, “I seek to connect people through words and pictures. I believe that if we reduce global issues to the stories of individual people, we can better see ourselves, our parents, our sons and daughters and our hopes and struggles in one another.”