Biography
Ilana Horwitz is a sociologist of religion and education who examines how people’s gender, ethnicity, race, social class and religious upbringing shape their life. Horwitz is trained in both qualitative and quantitative research methods. In her new book, God, Grades, and Graduation: Religion's Surprising Impact on Academic Success (Oxford University Press, January 2022), Horwitz examines the surprising ways in which a religious upbringing shapes the academic lives of teens. Before coming to Tulane, she earned her PhD in sociology of education and Jewish studies from Stanford University, where she was also a postdoctoral fellow at the Stanford Center on Longevity. Horwitz also earned a master’s degree in international education development from Columbia University’s Teachers College, and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Emory University. She is a former Institute for Education Sciences fellow and Wexner/Davidson fellow, and she worked for several years as a management consultant and program evaluator. Horwitz recently served on the Board of the Consortium for Applied Studies in Jewish Education and is an affiliate of the Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education at Brandeis University.
