Noah D. Drezner, Ph.D.

Noah D. Drezner (he/him/הוא) is the Senior Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs & Academic Strategy. In his executive role, he stewards faculty personnel processes, drives strategic academic innovation, and oversees doctoral education and student success initiatives.

Noah is also a Professor of Higher Education and Principal Investigator of the Tzedakah Lab in the Department of Organization and Leadership. He is internationally known as a leading researcher on educational philanthropy. His work focuses on philanthropy and fundraising in higher education with a particular attention to how a person’s social identities affect their giving to higher education and ways postsecondary institutions can engage their alumni in more inclusive ways. Additionally, Noah is founding editor of Philanthropy & Education (Indiana University Press). His research and service has been recognized with awards by the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), Teachers College, the University of Rochester, University of Pennsylvania, and University of Rochester.