Hannah Lebovits is an applied urban scholar living in Dallas, TX. She currently serves as the interim director of the Institute of Urban Studies at the University of Texas at Arlington, where she works on addressing real-world problems in local communities across the North Texas region. Hannah is also a regional Jewish deathcare leader, serving on the board of the Dallas Jewish Burial Fund and is an active member and leader on the Dallas region Jewish Burial Society. Hannah has written extensively about death, human dignity, and religious contexts. Her work has appeared in academic publications, technical reports and local and national media outlets including Rolling Stone, ESPN, Bloomberg CityLab, South-by-Southwest, Dallas Magazine, Dallas Observer, Texas Observer, Cleveland Scene, the Jewish Daily Forward and others.