David Johnson is the Director of Marketing and Engagement for the Jefferson Parish Library. He previously served as the digital media editor for OffBeat magazine, communications director for the New Orleans Museum of Art, and editor of Louisiana Cultural Vistas magazine and KnowLA, the Digital Encyclopedia of Louisiana, at the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities.     

Schedule

11:00 am to 11:45 am
Bienville Building, Conference Center 173
Donna’s Bar & Grill New Orleans
Donna Poniatowski Sims with moderator David Johnson

Noon to 12:45 pm 
State Library, Third Floor
Pinchback and Long: Populism, Progress, and Political Power
Nicholas Patler, Pinchback: America’s First Black Governor
Thomas E. Patterson, American Populist: Huey Long of Louisiana
with moderator David Johnson

2:00 pm to 2:45 pm
Capitol Park Museum, First Floor, Auditorium
The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative: A Vision for Twenty-First-Century Science
Justin Shapiro with moderator David Johnson

Moderator