S. Ilan Troen is professor emeritus at Ben-Gurion University and Brandeis University, where he held the Stoll Chair in Israel Studies. He was founding director of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies and the Ben-Gurion Research Institute for Israel and Zionism. Troen served as editor of Israel Studies for 26 years and president of the Association for Israel Studies (2015-17), receiving its Lifetime Achievement Award in 2023. His latest book, Israel/Palestine in World Religions: Whose Promised Land (2024), was awarded the 2024 Bernard Lewis Prize.