Tulane authors, presenters at the 2024 New Orleans Book Fest
When the New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University officially opens on Thursday, March 14, 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, March 15, and Saturday, 16, 2024. The festival is free and open to the public. Seating at the sessions is first come, first served. Learn more about the New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University.
*Dates and times are subject to change. See the Book Fest schedule for the latest information.
FACULTY, STAFF AND BOARD MEMBERS AT BOOK FEST
Dean Iñaki Alday
School of Architecture
Rising Tides: The Past and Future of Water Management in New Orleans
Friday at 11 a.m.
Gabriela Alemán
Richard E. Greenleaf Distinguished Visitor, Stone Center for Latin American Studies
Latin Americans in New Orleans in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Friday at 2 p.m.
Libby Connolly Alexander
Board of Tulane
Figuring It Out: Creating Value in Business With CEO Libby Connolly Alexander
Friday at 1 p.m.
Kate Baldwin
Professor, School of Liberal Arts
So You Want to Get Published: Best Practices for Submitting to Literary Journals
Friday at 10 a.m.
John M. Barry
Distinguished Scholar, Bywater Institute
Adjunct Faculty, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
COVID in Retrospect: What Could We Have Done Differently?
Saturday at 2 p.m.
Thomas Beller
Associate Professor, Director of Creative Writing, School of Liberal Arts
Home and Away: The Concepts of Place and Belonging in Fiction
Friday at 2 p.m.
Gayle Benson
Board of Tulane, Emeritus and Honorary Co-Chair of Book Fest
A Life Impossible: Living With ALS
Friday at 4 p.m.
Kim Boyle
Board of Tulane
New Threats to Truth and Ideas: Privacy, Defamation, Book Bans
Saturday at 11 a.m.
Courtney Bryan
Albert and Linda Mintz Professorship of Music at Newcomb College, School of Liberal Arts
Literature and Performing Arts: The Science of Creativity
Friday at 4 p.m.
Richard Campanella
Associate Dean for Research, School of Architecture
New Orleans: A History
Friday at 10 a.m.
Rising Tides: The Past and Future of Water Management in New Orleans
Friday at 11 a.m.
Kyle DeCoste
Visiting Lecturer, School of Liberal Arts
Stooges Brass Band: Can’t Be Faded
Saturday at 3 p.m.
Dean Mollye Demosthenidy
Newcomb-Tulane College
Figuring It Out: Creating Value in Business With CEO Libby Connolly Alexander
Friday at 1 p.m.
Elizabeth Engler-Chiurazzi
Assistant Professor, School of Medicine
Brain Education and Enhancing Diverse Perspectives in Science
Friday at 2 p.m.
Gabe Feldman
Sher Garner Professor of Sports Law and Paul and Abram B. Barron Professor of Law, Tulane Law School
Navigating the Volatile Landscape of College Athletics
Friday at 1 p.m.
Rien Fertel
Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Liberal Arts
Ten Planets: An Interview With Yuri Herrera
Saturday at 1 p.m.
Shennette Garrett-Scott
Paul and Debra Gibbons Professorship, School of Liberal Arts
Believe-in-You Money: What Would It Look Like if the Economy Loved Black People?
Saturday at 2 p.m.
Yuri Herrera
Professor, School of Liberal Arts
Latin Americans in New Orleans in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Friday at 2 p.m.
Ten Planets: An Interview With Yuri Herrera
Saturday at 1 p.m.
Gary “Hoov” Hoover
Executive Director of the Murphy Institute
Educational and Economic Reform vs. Reparations
Friday at 3 p.m.
Ladee Hubbard
Assistant Professor, School of Liberal Arts
Stories of Cultural Significance in Fiction
Saturday at 11 a.m.
Walter Isaacson
Leonard A. Lauder Professor of American History and Values, School of Liberal Arts, Co-Chair of Book Fest
The Atlantic Conversations
Thursday at 5 p.m.
Building Success: Walter Isaacson and John Huey on American Industrialists
Friday at 11 a.m.
Oath and Honor: Liz Cheney
Friday at 3 p.m.
Innovation, Food and Community: A Conversation with Kimbal Musk
Saturday at 10 a.m.
The Future of Online Education in the Age of AI
Saturday at 11 a.m.
A Preview of LEONARDO With Ken Burns and Walter Isaacson
Saturday at 2 p.m.
T.R. Johnson
Professor, School of Liberal Arts
New Orleans: A History
Friday at 10 a.m.
Margarita Jover
Professor, School of Architecture
Rising Tides: The Past and Future of Water Management in New Orleans
Friday at 11 a.m.
Rob Lalka
Professor of Practice, A.B. Freeman School of Business
The Venture Alchemists: How Big Tech Turned Profits Into Power
Saturday at noon
COVID in Retrospect: What Could We Have Done Differently?
Saturday at 2 p.m.
Zachary Lazar
Professor, School of Liberal Arts
Home and Away: The Concepts of Place and Belonging in Fiction
Friday at 2 p.m.
Corey J. Miles
Assistant Professor, School of Liberal Arts
Contemporary Crossroads: Exploring Art, Culture and the Written Word
Saturday at 1 p.m.
Lawrence N. Powell
Professor Emeritus, School of Liberal Arts
New Orleans: A History
Friday at 10 a.m.
A Native Son Reflects on Jim Crow and Its Legacies
Friday at noon
Karisma Price
Assistant Professor, School of Liberal Arts
Poetry Today: Writing in the Modern World
Friday at 4 p.m.
Elizabeth Rafferty
Professor, Center for Global Education
Scholars of the Storms: A Conversation With Tulane International Students
Friday at 4 p.m.
Peter Ricchiuti
Senior Professor of Practice, A.B. Freeman School of Business
Charting the Path: Business and Leadership
Friday at 10 a.m.
The Venture Alchemists: How Big Tech Turned Profits Into Power
Saturday at noon
The Comedic Novel: How to Read and Write One
Saturday at 2 p.m.
Nathaniel Rich
Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Liberal Arts
Families in the Climate Age: Having Children and Other Personal Choices as the World Warms
Saturday at 2 p.m.
Anneliese Singh
Professor, School of Social Work
Associate Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity/Chief Diversity Officer
Educational and Economic Reform vs. Reparations
Friday at 3 p.m.
Social Media and Self-Image
Saturday at 3 p.m.
Rebecca Snedeker
James H. Clark Executive Director of the New Orleans Center for the Gulf South
Seeing New Orleans in Print and Paint
Friday at noon
Michael Strecker
Assistant Vice President of News and Media Relations
Jokes for Crescent City Kids and Young Comic’s Guide to Telling Jokes
Saturday at 11:35 a.m.
The Comedic Novel: How to Read and Write One
Saturday at 2 p.m.
Jon Sumrall
Head Football Coach, Tulane
Navigating the Volatile Landscape of College Athletics
Friday at 1 p.m.
Gwendolyn Thompkins
PhD student, School of Liberal Arts
Life on the Page and the Stage: A Conversation With Tank Ball and Big Freedia
Friday at 1 p.m.
King: A Life, the New Definitive Biography of MLK
Saturday at 1 p.m.
Lisa Wade
Associate Professor, School of Liberal Arts
Social Media and Self-Image
Saturday at 3 p.m.
Jesmyn Ward
Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities, School of Liberal Arts
Open Minds: Protecting the Freedom to Read and Learn
Thursday at 5 p.m.
Voices of the South: A Conversation With Kiese Laymon, Imani Perry, Clint Smith and Jesmyn Ward
Friday at noon
Let Us Descend
Friday at 1 p.m.
Dr. David Weill
Professor, School of Medicine
When Storytelling Turns to Advocacy
Saturday at 11 a.m.
Jana Woodson
Deputy Athletic Director of External Operations, Tulane
Navigating the Volatile Landscape of College Athletics
Friday at 1 p.m.
ALUMNI AT BOOK FEST
Arnessa Garrett
Shadows of the Past: Unearthing Civil Rights Stories
Saturday at noon
Alice Couvillon
Louisiana Indian Tales
Saturday at 12:25 p.m.
Steve Gleason
A Life Impossible: Living With ALS
Friday at 4 p.m.
Megan Holt
Culture, Memory and Storytelling
Saturday at 10 a.m.
Ti Martin
Ella Brennan: Getting From Page to Screen and All the Adventures In Between
Friday at 11 a.m.
Naturally N’awlins: Stories on Growing Up in the Crescent City
Saturday at 3 p.m.
Tayla M. Young
That’s a Great Question
Saturday at 11:50 a.m.
