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'''Robert Townley Mann, Jr.''', known as '''Bob Mann''' (born September 2, 1958), is a [[journalist]] and primarily political [[historian]] who is stepping down in May 2024 from his position as the Douglas Manship Chair of Journalism at [[Louisiana State University]] in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]]. He also pens a weekly political column for ''The New Orleans Times-Picayune'' in [[New Orleans]]..
'''Robert Townley Mann, Jr.''', known as '''Bob Mann''' (born September 2, 1958), is a [[journalist]] and primarily political [[historian]] who is stepping down in May 2024 from his position as the Douglas Manship Chair of Journalism at [[Louisiana State University]] in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]]. He also pens a weekly political column for ''The New Orleans Times-Picayune'' in [[New Orleans]]..
On October 15, 2023, the day after the election of [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Jeff Landry]] as [[governor]], Mann announced that he is leaving the journalism position in protest to voter choices in a low turnout election. "My reasons are simple: The person who will be governor in January has already asked LSU to fire me. And I have no confidence the leadership of this university would protect the Manship School [of Mass Communication] against a governor’s efforts to punish me and other faculty members"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/lsu-prof-resigns-after-politician-he-s-shared-years-long-beef-with-is-elected-guv/ar-AA1igy1m?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=DCTS&cvid=8076eb01dfa447ca9262cfb490b43ad0&ei=57|title=LSU Prof Resigns After Politician He’s Shared Years-Long Beef With Is Elected Guv|publisher=''The Daily Beast''|author=AJ McDougall|date=October 16, 2023}}</ref>
==Background==
==Background==