She is a graduate of Cornell University (AB, 1999) and the University of Delaware (M.A., 2001 and Ph.D., 2005). Katz is interested in twentieth-century American war novels and film, primarily those from the two wars in Iraq. She has published in literature and film journals, as well as volumes about teaching literature in the Modern Language Association’s Teaching series. Katz is also interested in community-college pedagogy, presenting both institutionally and at national conferences.