Faculty Fridays IRL featuring Melissa Weber, Curator of the Hogan Archive of New Orleans Music and New Orleans Jazz

Join us in the CIL for a quick discussion with faculty about research, current events and issues within their field of study and expertise.

About our Faculty Friday Featured Speaker:

Melissa A. Weber, also known as DJ Soul Sister, was officially named curator of the Hogan Jazz Archive, the leading research center for the study of New Orleans jazz and related musical genres. The archive is part of the Special Collections division of the Howard-Tilton Memorial Library. Weber was previously program manager of the Newcomb-Tulane College Office of Academic Programs.

With a professional life centered around music and education, Weber’s appointment is no surprise. The Tulane musicology master’s student has presented papers at numerous academic conferences, including the International Association for the Study of Popular Music-U.S. Annual Conference, the Museum of Pop Culture Conference and the National Council for Black Studies. Likewise, Weber has juggled a wide range of responsibilities during her nearly 10 years with Newcomb-Tulane College, from managing the undergraduate research grant-funding program to producing the annual Lagniappe Series concert featuring renowned jazz musician Ellis Marsalis.