Noah D. Drezner

Noah D. Drezner (he/him/הוא) is Professor of Higher Education, Vice Dean of Academic Success and Strategy, Director of the Higher and Postsecondary Education Program, and Principal Investigator of The Tzedakah Lab at Teachers College, Columbia University. He is internationally recognized as a leading researcher on educational philanthropy, with a particular focus on how social identities influence charitable giving to higher education and how postsecondary institutions can engage alumni more inclusively. Additionally, he is the founding editor of Philanthropy & Education (Indiana University Press). He has been Visiting Professor at the Institute for Law and Philanthropy (ILP) at the Buchman Faculty of Law and a scholar-in-residence at the Office of Resource Development and the Alumni Organization at Tel Aviv University (2023-2024) and Visiting Professor of Education and Philanthropic Studies at Beijing Normal University (2016-2021). His research and service have earned him recognition and awards from the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), Teachers College, Columbia University, the University of Rochester, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Rochester.