Former Congressman Barney Frank will be at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Claire T. Carney Library on Friday, November 18 at noon, answering post-election questions, including "What just happened?" and "What now?"

Frank, who traveled the country throughout the presidential campaign, will offer his perspective on the recently completed presidential and congressional elections, especially relating to major issues he engaged during his three decades in Congress: banking reform, health care, immigration, LGBT rights, and defense spending. The Claire T. Carney Library is the home of the Barney Frank Archives.

Frank is the author of several books on politics and policy, his latest being "Frank: A Life in Politics from the Great Society to Same-Sex Marriage." The Showtime documentary "Compared to What?: The Improbable Journey of Barney Frank," was released last year.

The forum will be moderated by UMass Dartmouth Journalism Lecturer Caitlin O'Neil, who prior to starting her teaching career was an award-winning writer and producer for WGBH Interactive in Boston, working on well-known PBS programs such as American Experience, Masterpiece Theatre, Mystery, Antiques Roadshow, and This Old House. Her journalism has appeared in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Runner's World, Budget Travel, Publishers Weekly, Poets and Writers magazine, and other publications. Her fiction has appeared in Drunken Boat, Beloit Fiction Journal, Faultline, and Bridge, and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

All students, faculty, staff, and the public are invited. Admission is free. Park in Lots 13-14.