Adi Katz is the Director of Jewish Studies, Head of the Hebrew Program, and Lecturer of Hebrew in the Department of Language and Culture Studies at Trinity College. Her research and teaching interests include Hebrew language pedagogy, second-language acquisition, language and ideology, Jewish identity, Israeli culture, and the development of contemporary Hebrew.

Katz’s scholarship examines the intersections of language, identity, ideology, and education. Her doctoral research explored how Hebrew teachers in Jewish schools in the United States understand their roles as identity-shaping educators and how these understandings are reflected in their pedagogical practices. Drawing on qualitative research, her work considers Hebrew instruction as a cultural and ideological space in which Jewish identity, cultural belonging, and relationships to Israel are shaped and negotiated.

Katz’s research informs her teaching, which is grounded in student-centered pedagogy, differentiated instruction, authentic Israeli materials, and proficiency-oriented language teaching informed by ACTFL proficiency guidelines. In her courses, she encourages students to develop communicative proficiency in Hebrew while engaging critically with Israeli culture and society and exploring the relationships among language, culture, and identity.