Biography
Dr. Ilana Horwitz is an award-winning author and assistant professor of Jewish studies and Sociology at Tulane University, where she holds the Fields-Rayant Chair of Contemporary Jewish Life. She is the author of God, Grades, and Graduation (OUP, 2022), The Entrepreneurial Scholar (PUP, 2025), and Burnt Out and Left Behind (UC Press, 2027). Dr. Horwitz’s work is published in leading academic journals such as the American Sociological Review, as well as The New York Times and The Washington Post. Dr. Horwitz earned her PhD from Stanford University.