Tulane authors, presenters at The 2023 New Orleans Book Festival

When The New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University officially opens on Thursday, March 9, the schedule will include a number of authors and presenters from Tulane. Faculty and staff from across the university will appear on panels discussing a variety of topics as the festival continues through Friday and Saturday, March 10 and 11, 2023. The festival is free and open to the public. Seating at the sessions is first come, first served. Click here to learn more about The New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University.

FACULTY, STAFF AND BOARD MEMBERS AT BOOK FEST

Kate Baldwin
School of Liberal Arts
Well Said: The Craft of Literary Fiction
Saturday, 1 p.m.

John Barry
School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Making New Orleans: Nurturing Growth, Mitigating Disaster and Rebirth
Friday, noon

Caryn Bell
School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
The Family Table: The Intersection of Health and Race
Saturday, 3 p.m.

Thomas Beller
School of Liberal Arts
Sports and Life: How the Game Can Change Us
Friday, 4 p.m.

The Last Baron: The Paris Kidnapping That Brought Down an Empire
Saturday, noon

Froswa’ Booker-Drew
School of Professional Advancement
A Frank Conversation About Philanthropy, Community & Race
Friday, 2 p.m.

Kim Boyle
Board of Tulane
Who Inspires Us? Women of Influence
Saturday, 2 p.m.

Courtney Bryan
School of Liberal Arts
Congo Square - African Roots in New Orleans
Saturday, 11 a.m.

Richard Campanella
School of Architecture
Making New Orleans: Nurturing Growth, Mitigating Disaster and Rebirth
Friday, noon

Michael Cohen
School of Liberal Arts
A Legacy of Jewish Entrepreneurship and Culture in New Orleans
Saturday, 1 p.m.

Troy Dannen
Tulane Athletics
Tidal Wave: Celebrating a Season Like No Other
Saturday, noon

Dean Suri Duitch
School of Professional Advancement
A Frank Conversation About Philanthropy, Community & Race
Friday, 2 p.m.

Kesana Durand
Tulane Law School
Violence, Black Women, and the Struggle for Justice
Friday, 11 a.m.

Dean Brian Edwards
School of Liberal Arts
American Routes: A Quarter Century of Oral Literacy & Aural Tradition on Public Radio
Saturday, 10 a.m.

Gabe Feldman
Tulane Law School
Name, Image, Likeness: College Athletes and the Battle for their Financial Futures
Saturday, 10 a.m.

Rien Fertel
School of Liberal Arts
Stories of Louisiana Nature and Landscapes
Saturday, noon

President Michael A. Fitts
Opening sessions: In Conversation with Eric Holder; In Conversation with Bill Gates

Risk: A User's Guide - A Conversation with Gen. Stanley McChrystal
Friday, 4 p.m.

Provost Robin Forman
Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe
Friday, 1 p.m.

Willie Fritz
Tulane Athletics
Tidal Wave: Celebrating a Season Like No Other
Saturday, noon

Melissa Fuster
School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
The Family Table: The Intersection of Health and Race
Saturday, 3 p.m.

Amy Gajda
Tulane Law School
Privacy, Free Speech, and Preserving Democracy
Saturday, 4 p.m.

Dean Paulo Goes
A.B. Freeman School of Business
How to Invest: A Conversation with David Rubenstein
Thursday, noon

Stephen Griffin
Tulane Law School
Privacy, Free Speech, and Preserving Democracy
Saturday, 4 p.m.

Douglas N. Harris
School of Liberal Arts
Back to School: Modern Solutions for Education Reform
Friday, 10 a.m.

Megan Holt
School of Liberal Arts
I Feel to Believe: More than Two Decades of Opinions with Jarvis DeBerry
Friday, 10 a.m.

Gary “Hoov” Hoover
School of Liberal Arts
The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone
Friday, 1 p.m.

Ladee Hubbard
School of Liberal Arts
Well Said: The Craft of Literary Fiction
Saturday, 1 p.m.

Walter Isaacson
School of Liberal Arts
In Conversation with Bill Gates

Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe
Friday, 1 p.m.

On With Kara Swisher: A Conversation with Walter Isaacson
Saturday, 4 p.m.

T.R. Johnson
School of Liberal Arts
Sounds of New Orleans: Music Summit
Saturday, 3 p.m.

Jesse Keenan
School of Architecture
Climate Change and Conservation
Saturday, 2 p.m.

Michael Kuczynski
School of Liberal Arts
Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge
Saturday, 1 p.m.

Kris Lane
School of Liberal Arts
The U.S., the Ukraine, and the World Battle for Wheat
Saturday, 2 p.m.

J. Celeste Lay
School of Liberal Arts
Back to School: Modern Solutions for Education Reform
Friday, 10 a.m.

Peter Ricchiuti
A.B. Freeman School of Business
The Seismic Shift in Leadership: How to Thrive in a New Era of Connection
Friday, 11 a.m.

Funny Business: Humor and the South
Saturday, 11 a.m.

Nathaniel Rich
School of Liberal Arts
Unfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas, 10 Years Later
Friday, 2 p.m.

Climate Change and Conservation
Saturday, 2 p.m.

Anneliese Singh
School of Social Work
Diary of a Misfit: Growing Up LGBTQ in the Deep South
Friday, noon

The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone
Friday, 1 p.m.

Asian American Histories of the United States
Saturday, noon

Rebecca Snedeker
School of Liberal Arts
Unfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas, 10 Years Later
Friday, 2 p.m.

From Here: A Look at Indigenous People
Friday, 4 p.m.

Nick Spitzer
School of Liberal Arts
American Routes: A Quarter Century of Oral Literacy & Aural Tradition on Public Radio
Saturday, 10 a.m.

Dr. Greg Stewart
School of Medicine
A Call to Arms: Advancing Health Care for Veterans
Friday, 3 p.m.

Michael Strecker
University Communications and Marketing

Family Day
Saturday, 10:20 a.m.

Funny Business: Humor and the South
Saturday, 11 a.m.

Robert Verchick
School of Social Work
Climate Change and Conservation
Saturday, 2 p.m.

Michael Wallace
School of Professional Advancement
A Call to Arms: Advancing Health Care for Veterans
Friday, 3 p.m.

Melissa A. Weber
Tulane University Libraries
Sounds of New Orleans: Music Summit
Saturday, 3 p.m.

Dr. David Weill
School of Medicine
The Write Treatment: Stories of Grace and Resilience
Saturday, 10 a.m.

Jana Woodson
Tulane Athletics
Tidal Wave: Celebrating a Season Like No Other
Saturday, noon

ALUMNI AT BOOK FEST

Chris Cox
A Call to Arms: Advancing Health Care for Veterans
Friday, 3 p.m.

Elizabeth Ellis
From Here: A Look at Indigenous People
Friday, 4 p.m.

Jay Lapeyre
Superabundance: The Story of Population Growth, Innovation and Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet
Friday, noon

Sue Strachan
Bottoms Up: A Cocktail Panel
Saturday, 1 p.m.

Kim Vaz-Deville
Cultural Arts on the Streets: New Orleans Baby Dolls on Breaking Race and Gender Barriers
Saturday, 3 p.m.

Ali Vitali
Head of State: Reflections on Presidential Legacies
Friday, 11 a.m.

Insiders Go Inside Politics
Saturday, 1 p.m.

Peter M. Wolf
A Legacy of Jewish Entrepreneurship and Culture in New Orleans
Saturday, 1 p.m.