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Johnson, H., Simms, S.L. (October 17, 2023) “Beneath Heavy Pines in World War II Louisiana: Camp Livingston, Japanese Alien Internment & The Power of Primary Sources,” Louisiana Council for the Social Studies, The National World War II Museum, New Orleans, LA.
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Johnson, H., Simms, S.L. (May 5, 2023) “Camp Livingston: Japanese Alien Internment in the South,” Jerome & Rohwer Pilgrimage, Little Rock, AR.
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Simms., S.L., Johnson, H., (July 7, 2022) “Tips from TEDx or: How We Learned to Love Like Public Speaking,” LOUIS: Learning with LOUIS Series, Virtual.
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Simms, S. L., Johnson, H., (April 20, 2021) “Social Justice and the Librarians: Utilizing Research to Uncover Marginalized Histories,” Louisiana Library Association Annual Conference Academic Breakfast, Virtual.
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Johnson, H., Simms, S. L., (March 5, 2020) “Taken from Home: The Internment of Japanese Aliens at Camp Livingston,” Southeastern Louisiana University Spring History and Politics Lecture Series 2020, Southeastern Louisiana University Department of History and Political Science, Hammond, LA.
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Johnson, H., Sanson, J., Howell, T., Moran, R., Linn, J., (November 19, 2019) Panelist, “The Pelican State Goes to War,” in conjunction with The Pelican State Goes to War exhibition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA.
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Simms, S.L., Johnson, H., (September 28, 2019) “A Guide to Historical Research,” National History Day Teacher Workshop in conjunction with National WWII Museum, Port Allen, LA.
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Johnson, H., Simms, S. L., (July 29, 2019) “Taken from Home: Hawai`i to Camp Livingston,” Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai'i, Honolulu, HI.
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Johnson, H., Simms, S. L., (April 8, 2019) “Examining Trauma and Coping Mechanisms of Japanese Enemy Aliens Held in Camp Livingston, Louisiana,” Health Sciences Library Association of Louisiana Spring 2019 Meeting & Continuing Education Course, New Orleans, LA.
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Johnson, H., Simms, S.L., (March 23, 2019) “TEDxLSU: Why We Need to Uncover Hidden Histories from Our Archives,” TEDxLSU Illuminate, Baton Rouge, LA. https://www.ted.com/talks/hayley_johnson_sarah_simms_why_we_need_to_uncover_hidden_histories_from_our_archives
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Johnson, H., Simms, S. L., (September 27, 2018) “Hidden in Plain Sight: Uncovering Japanese Enemy Alien Internment at Camp Livingston, Louisiana,” Shinso Ito Center for Japanese Religions and Culture, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
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Johnson, H., Simms, S.L., Sanson, J., Moran, R., Riggs, M., (April 17, 2018) Panelist, “Camp Livingston & WWII: Panel Discussion” in conjunction with Witness to Wartime: The Painted Diaries of Takuichi Fujii exhibition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA.
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Johnson, H., Simms, S.L., (April 11, 2018) “Through an Extended Lens: Louisiana, Internment, and the Geography of Chance,” Lagniappe Lecture for Lunch & Learn Series, National World War II Museum, New Orleans, LA.
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Hinnershitz, S. (Chair), Johnson, H., Long, A., Robinson, G., and Simms, S. (March 2024) “Researching and Teaching Japanese American Internment in Arkansas and Louisiana,” Organization of American Historians Virtual Conference Series, Virtual.
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Dier, C. (Chair), Johnson, H., Simms, S., McCammon, M., (March 22, 2024) “Camp Livingston and Guantanamo Bay: The Language of Extrajudicial Wartime Detention,” Louisiana Historical Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
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Johnson, H., (March 12, 2024) “Government Documents: Developments, Discussion, and the Digital Transition,” Louisiana Library Association Annual Conference, Shreveport, LA.
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Johnson, H., Simms, S., (September 30, 2023) “Meaning in the Medium: Examining WWII Japanese American Incarceration through Artistic Lenses,” Popular Culture Association in the South and the American Culture Association in the South Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
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Johnson, H., Simms, S., (April 6, 2023) “LibPop & We Won’t Stop…Bringing Popular Culture into Information Literacy Instruction,” Popular Culture Association / American Culture Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX.
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Cheu, R., Johnson, H., McCoy S., Norwood, A., O’Daniel McCallon, H., Pellum, K., Simms, S., and Woods, M., (March 18, 2021) Panel Organizer and Presenter, “Writing a New Chapter: Sharing, Promoting, and Solidifying Historically Excluded Stories,” National Council on Public History (NCPH) Annual Meeting, National Council on Public History (NCPH), Virtual.
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Simms, S., Johnson, H., (December 4, 2020) “Neutral No Longer: A Call for Libraries and Librarians to Push Against the ‘Safety Net’ of Neutrality,” ACRL/NY 2020 Symposium, Virtual.
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Johnson, H., Simms, S. L., (November 11, 2020) “In the Shadow of White Christian Privilege: Exploring the Internment of Japanese Nationals from Hawai'i During WWII,” International Academic Forum: The Kyoto Conference on Arts, Media & Culture (KAM2020), Virtual. https://vimeo.com/iafor/58685
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Johnson, H., Simms, S. L., (June 29, 2020) “Breaking Barriers: Librarians as Public History Scholars,” Presentation as part of “Constructing Digital Humanities Grant Proposals as a Librarian Program” Webinar for ACRL Digital Scholarship Section Digital Humanities Discussion Group, Virtual. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJlH3NduRY8
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Johnson, H., Simms, S. L., (October 23, 2019) “Blurring the Government Documents Lines: How One Research Project Changed Perceptions and Promoted Collections,” Federal Depository Library Conference, Arlington, VA.
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Johnson, H., Simms, S.L., (October 16, 2019) “Talkin’ TED: How Two Librarians’ Research Became Center Stage,” LUC (LOUIS Users Conference), Baton Rouge, LA.
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Johnson, H., (September 14, 2018) “Out of the Shadows: Highlighting Government Documents in Your Academic Library,” LUC (LOUIS Users Conference), Baton Rouge, LA.
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Johnson, H., Simms, S. L., (August 21, 2018) “Through an Extended Lens: Louisiana, Internment, and the Geography of Chance,” Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) Academy, Virtual. https://vimeo.com/662359035
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Johnson, H., Simms, S. L., (June 24, 2018) “The Accidental Researcher(s): A Case Study in Librarian-led Historical Research and Social Justice,” Conversation Starter, American Library Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.
