U.S. Department of Education Special Assistant John Manahan will join U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Magnet Center in Dallas at 9:15 a.m. CT on Monday, March 19, for the Eddie Bernice Johnson Science and Math Lecture Series sponsored by the University of Texas at Dallas. The goal of this lecture series is to expose Dallas-area high school students to the best and brightest minds in mathematics and science and to promote career opportunities in those fields. In December 2010, Johnson was elected as the first African-American and first female Ranking Member of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology.