{{Short description|American historian}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2022}} '''Andy Horowitz''' is an American historian and author. In 2021, he won a Bancroft Prize for his book ''Katrina: A History, 1915-2015'' about the flooding caused by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Louisiana and the aftermath of the disaster.<ref name="books_on_katrina_and_native_american_removal_win_2021">{{Cite news|last=Schuessler|first=Jennifer|date=March 23, 2021|title=Books on Hurricane Katrina and Native American Removal Win Bancroft Prize|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/23/arts/bancroft-prize-andy-horowitz-claudio-saunt.html|access-date=January 3, 2022}}</ref><ref name="tulane_professor_awarded_bancroft_prize_2021">{{Cite news|last=Bronston|first=Barri|date=March 22, 2021|title=Tulane professor awarded prestigious Bancroft Prize for book on Hurricane Katrina|work=Tulane News|url=https://news.tulane.edu/pr/tulane-professor-awarded-prestigious-bancroft-prize-book-hurricane-katrina|access-date=January 3, 2022}}</ref>
He is an associate professor of history at the University of Connecticut.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://history.uconn.edu/person/andy-horowitz/ |title=Andy Horowitz {{!}} Department of History |accessdate=2023-08-03 |website=uconn.edu |date=August 8, 2022 |publisher=University of Connecticut}}</ref> He also serves as the Connecticut State Historian.
==Publications== * ''Katrina: A History, 1915-2015'', Harvard University Press (2020) ({{ISBN|978-0-674-27107-4}})
==Awards and honours== * 2021: Bancroft Prize for ''Katrina: A History, 1915-2015''<ref>{{cite web |title=Columbia University Libraries Announces the Winners of the 2021 Bancroft Prizes |url=https://library.columbia.edu/about/news/libraries/2021/2021-03-22_2021_bancroft_prize_winners.html |website=Columbia University Libraries |access-date=12 December 2025}}</ref>
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