He fulfilled academic roles at numerous institutions, including being visiting professor of Investigative Journalism at the University of California, Santa Cruz (1986–92).

He became a grantee of the American Council of Learned Societies in 1971 and a recipient of the Laceno d'Oro (best screenplay) award at the Neorealist Film Festival[4][5] in Avellino, Italy (1983).

Katz was ultimately convicted and sentenced to fourteen months in prison for defaming the memory of Pope Pius XII.

[6] In February 2024 it was announced that Academy award nominee America Ferrera would star in and executive produce an Amazon Prime Video series based on the Katz' 1990 book Naked by the Window: The Fatal Marriage of Carl Andre and Ana Mendieta.

The series will be scripted by Cherise Castro Smith and co-executive produced by Amazon MGM Studios and Plan B Entertainment.