He currently edits Modern Judaism: A Journal of Jewish Ideas and Experience, published by Oxford University Press.
In early 1995 Katz's appointment as the director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum was announced.
A 1991 Cornell report by three deans found that Katz had "knowingly and deliberately misrepresented his claims of completed and published scholarly works" in both his resume and grant applications.
Katz maintained his innocence, but in the wake of much criticism from within the Jewish community and Holocaust museum board he stepped down in March 1995.
Professor Katz acts as an American representative on the European Union sponsored International Task Force on the Holocaust.