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Amy Gutmann

Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science, School of Arts and Sciences

Professor of Communication, Annenberg School for Communication

Ph.D., Harvard University, 1976

• U.S. Ambassador to Germany, ret. (2022-2024)
• Penn President Emerita (2004-2022)
• Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science, School of Arts and Sciences (2004-present)
• Professor of Communication, Annenberg School for Communication (2013-present)

Dr. Amy Gutmann most recently served as U.S, Ambassador to Germany (2022-2024), the first woman to hold that position. She is President emerita of the University of Pennsylvania and its longest serving President (2004-2022).

Gutmann is the Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science in the School of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Communication in the Annenberg School for Communication. She holds secondary faculty appointments at the Graduate School of Education and in philosophy. Gutmann has published and lectured widely on democracy and education; deliberation, compromise, diplomacy, and their critics; bioethics and access to health care; identity politics; and ethics in public affairs.

Research Interests

  • Political Philosophy
  • Philosophy of Education 

Selected Publications

In addition to publishing over 100 articles, Dr. Gutmann is an award-winning author, co-author, and editor of 17 books, including;Democratic EducationDemocracy and Disagreement, The Spirit of Compromise, and;Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven, but Nobody Wants to Die: Bioethics and the Transformation of Health Care in America (with an epilogue to the paperback edition on Pandemic Ethics).