Tulane faculty, staff and alumni take the stage at New Orleans Book Festival

When The New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University officially opens on Thursday, March 10, some of the most popular and thought-provoking authors will be in attendance. Even better, many of those authors are already affiliated with Tulane University. Faculty and staff from across the university will appear on panels discussing a variety of topics on Friday and Saturday, March 11-12, 2022. Seating may be limited and is first come, first served. Click here to learn more about The New Orleans Book Festival.

Student panel: Max Weber, Don Hemedes, Jordan Peck, Richard Whitney III, Murad Laradji and Westley Sturhan
Elevating Undergraduate Perspectives: the Tulane Journal of Policy and Political Economy
Friday, 10 a.m. Lavin-Bernick Center Mezzanine
 
Dean Iñaki Alday
School of Architecture
New Orleans: Building History and Preparing for the Future
Friday, 11 a.m. Lavin-Bernick Center 202 Rechler

John Barry
School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
The American Spirit: Invention, Ingenuity and Social Movements that Shape America
Tulane-Aspen Values in America Speaker Series
Friday, 11 a.m. United Airlines Stage Kendall Cram Auditorium

Climate Change: Louisiana, New Orleans and the Nation
Friday, 2 p.m. Lavin-Bernick Center 1834 Club

COVID-19: State of our Recovery and Future Threats
Saturday, 11 a.m. Lavin-Bernick Center 1834 Club

Barri Bronston
Tulane University Communications and Marketing
Visual New Orleans: A City of Neighborhoods
Friday, 3 p.m. Lavin-Bernick Center Mezzanine

William Craft Brumfield
School of Liberal Arts
Journeys Through the Russian Empire
Friday, noon Lavin-Bernick Center 201 Race

Richard Campanella
School of Architecture
New Orleans: Building History and Preparing for the Future
Friday, 11 a.m. Lavin-Bernick Center 202 Rechler

Visual New Orleans: A City of Neighborhoods
Friday, 3 p.m. Lavin-Bernick Center Mezzanine

Peter Cooley
School of Liberal Arts
Poetry Summit
Saturday, 11 a.m. Lavin-Bernick Center 202 Rechler

Judy Cooper ’59, ’69
Alumna
Visual New Orleans: A City of Neighborhoods
Friday, 3 p.m. Lavin-Bernick Center Mezzanine

Picturing New Orleans: Photography Summit
Saturday, 2 p.m. Lavin-Bernick Center 202 Rechler

Brian DeMare
School of Liberal Arts
History in the Making: Writing History in a Polarized Age
Friday, 10 a.m. Lavin-Bernick Center 201 Race

Jerry DiColo ’15
Alumnus
Authors in the Family: A Father and Son on their Writing Careers
Saturday, 1 p.m. Lavin-Bernick Center 202 Rechler

Dean Brian Edwards
School of Liberal Arts
History in the Making: Writing History in a Polarized Age
Friday, 10 a.m. Lavin-Bernick Center 201 Race

Charles Figley
School of Social Work
The Wounds of War: Treating the Mental and Physical Scars of Military Veterans
Friday, 3 p.m. Lavin-Bernick Center 202 Rechler

President Michael A. Fitts
President of Tulane University
Giving Back
Presidential Speaker Series Event
Friday, 2 p.m. United Airlines Stage Kendall Cram Auditorium

Merissa Nathan Gerson
School of Liberal Arts
Forget Prayers, Bring Cake: A Single Woman's Guide to Grieving
Friday, 2 p.m. Lavin-Bernick Center 201 Race

Blake Gilpin
School of Liberal Arts
History in the Making: Writing History in a Polarized Age
Friday, 10 a.m. Lavin-Bernick Center 201 Race

Dean Lee Hamm
School of Medicine
Exhale: Hope, Healing, and a Life in Transplant
Saturday, 1 p.m. Lavin-Bernick Center 201 Race

Susan Hassig
School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
COVID-19: State of our Recovery and Future Threats
Saturday, 11 a.m. Lavin-Bernick Center 1834 Club

Andy Horowitz
School of Liberal Arts
From Katrina to Climate Change: How New Orleans Can Remain Resilient
Friday, 3 p.m. Marshall Family Commons

Ilana Horwitz
School of Liberal Arts
Why Do Kids Succeed? How Backgrounds and Culture Impact Success and Education
Saturday, 2 p.m. Lavin-Bernick Center 201 Race

Laura-Zoë Humphreys
School of Liberal Arts
Cuba: The Urgency of Past and Present
Saturday, 2 p.m. Lavin-Bernick Center 1834 Club

Walter Isaacson
School of Liberal Arts
The American Spirit: Invention, Ingenuity and Social Movements that Shape America
Tulane-Aspen Values in America Speaker Series
Friday, 11 a.m. United Airlines Stage Kendall Cram Auditorium

Benjamin Franklin: A Conversation with Walter Isaacson, with clips from the new Ken Burns documentary, “Benjamin Franklin”
Friday, 3 p.m. United Airlines Stage Kendall Cram Auditorium

T.R. Johnson
School of Liberal Arts
The Birthplace: The History of New Orleans Jazz
Saturday, 3 p.m. Lavin-Bernick Center Mezzanine

Margarita Jover
School of Architecture
New Orleans: Building History and Preparing for the Future
Friday, 11 a.m. Lavin-Bernick Center 202 Rechler

Kris Lane
School of Liberal Arts
History in the Making: Writing History in a Polarized Age
Friday, 10 a.m. Lavin-Bernick Center 201 Race

Dean Thomas LaVeist
School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
COVID-19: State of our Recovery and Future Threats
Saturday, 11 a.m. Lavin-Bernick Center 1834 Club

Robert W. Livingston ’93
Alumnus
Bridging the Gap: Bringing Together Different Perspectives
Friday, 4 p.m. Marshall Family Commons

Ana Lopez
School of Liberal Arts
Cuba: The Urgency of Past and Present
Saturday, 2 p.m. Lavin-Bernick Center 1834 Club

Katherine Mattes
School of Law
Fighting Time: A Conversation on Prison Reform
Friday, 4 p.m. Lavin-Bernick Center 1834 Club

Elisabeth McMahon
School of Liberal Arts
History in the Making: Writing History in a Polarized Age
Friday, 10 a.m. Lavin-Bernick Center 201 Race

Lawrence N. Powell
School of Liberal Arts
The Storied History of Jewish New Orleans
Saturday, noon Lavin-Bernick Center 201 Race

Carol McMichael Reese
School of Architecture
New Orleans: Building History and Preparing for the Future
Friday, 11 a.m. Lavin-Bernick Center 202 Rechler

Peter Ricchiuti
A.B. Freeman School of Business
Think Local: Entrepreneurship in New Orleans
Friday, 1 p.m. Lavin-Bernick Center 202 Rechler

Southern Humor: Why are Southerners Funnier than Everyone Else?
Saturday, 11 a.m. Lavin-Bernick Center Mezzanine

Being Your Own Boss is Terrific
Saturday, 3 p.m. Lavin-Bernick Center 201 Race

Sandy Rosenthal ’81
Alumna
From Katrina to Climate Change: How New Orleans Can Remain Resilient
Friday, 3 p.m. Marshall Family Commons

Rebecca Rouse
School of Professional Advancement
The Wounds of War: Treating the Mental and Physical Scars of Military Veterans
Friday, 3 p.m. Lavin-Bernick Center 202 Rechler

Matt Sakakeeny
School of Liberal Arts
The Birthplace: The History of New Orleans Jazz
Saturday, 3 p.m. Lavin-Bernick Center Mezzanine

Anneliese Singh ’91
Office of Academic Affairs and Provost, School of Social Work
Bridging the Gap: Bringing Together Different Perspectives
Friday, 4 p.m. Marshall Family Commons

Dr. Greg Stewart
School of Medicine
The Wounds of War: Treating the Mental and Physical Scars of Military Veterans
Friday, 3 p.m. Lavin-Bernick Center 202 Rechler

Mike Strecker
Tulane University Communications and Marketing
Southern Humor: Why are Southerners Funnier than Everyone Else?
Saturday, 11 a.m. Lavin-Bernick Center Mezzanine

Family Day Presentation for Young Comics
Saturday, 12:40 p.m. Mayor’s Office of Youth & Family Services Stage

Being Your Own Boss is Terrific
Saturday, 3 p.m. Lavin-Bernick Center 201 Race

Tania Tetlow ’92
Alumna
Women’s Success and Challenges in Business and Politics
Saturday, 1 p.m. United Airlines Stage Kendall Cram Auditorium

Mark VanLandingham
School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
From Katrina to Climate Change: How New Orleans Can Remain Resilient
Friday, 3 p.m. Marshall Family Commons

Michael Wallace
School of Professional Advancement
The Wounds of War: Treating the Mental and Physical Scars of Military Veterans
Friday, 3 p.m. Lavin-Bernick Center 202 Rechler

Dr. David Weill ’86, ’90
Alumnus
Exhale: Hope, Healing, and a Life in Transplant
Saturday, 1 p.m. Lavin-Bernick Center 201 Race

Jane Wolfe ’12
Alumna
Think Local: Entrepreneurship in New Orleans
Friday, 1 p.m. Lavin-Bernick Center 202 Rechler