AMY GUTMANN
Biography
Amy Gutmann, Ph.D.
President, The University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Amy Gutmann became the eighth president of the University of Pennsylvania on July 1, 2004. In her inaugural address, Gutmann launched the Penn Compact, her vision for making Penn a global leader in teaching, research, and professional practice, as well as a dynamic agent of social, economic, and civic progress. The Compact focuses on increasing access for the most talented students regardless of socioeconomic background, recruiting and retaining eminent faculty who integrate knowledge across multiple disciplines, and making Penn a more powerful transformational force locally, nationally, and across the globe. In October 2007, Gutmann officially launched “Making History: The Campaign for Penn,” a five-year, $3.5 billion fundraising effort to support the University’s priorities of expanding undergraduate, graduate, and financial aid, strengthening faculty endowment, and creating the optimal environment for teaching, research, and student living. “Making History” is the largest fundraising effort by far in Penn’s history.
As Penn's President, Gutmann has championed equity in higher education, encompassing access for students from middle-income as well as low-income families. During her presidency, Penn first replaced loans with grants for students from families with incomes less than $60,000. In December 2007, Gutmann announced that, beginning in September 2009, Penn will replace loans with grants for all financially eligible undergraduate students.
Gutmann serves on the Board of Directors of the Carnegie Corporation and the Vanguard Corporation, and on the Board of Trustees of the National Constitution Center. In 2005, she was appointed to the National Security Higher Education Advisory Board, a committee that advises the FBI on national security issues relating to academia. Gutmann is a member of the Global University Leaders Forum (GULF), which convenes at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and is a member of the Asia Society’s Task Force on U.S. policy toward India. She also is among the leaders of a select group of presidents of research universities throughout the world who advise the U.N. Secretary General on a range of global issues, including academic freedom, mass migration, international development, and the social responsibilities of universities.
As CEO of Philadelphia's largest private employer, Gutmann is a leader in civic and business affairs. She is overseeing the implementation of Penn’s new campus development and expansion plan, called “Penn Connects,” which is converting 24 industrial acres previously owned by the U.S. Postal Service into a mixed-use neighborhood of recreational green spaces overlooking the Schuylkill River, housing, shops and restaurants, and a state-of-the-art complex for medical care and research, including the Raymond and Ruth Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine, which opened in October 2008.
Gutmann serves on the Executive Committee of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, the Chamber's CEO Council for Growth, and on the Board of Directors of the Schuylkill River Development Corporation. In 2007, Gutmann co-chaired the transition team for current Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter.
An eminent political scientist and philosopher, Gutmann is the Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science in the School of Arts and Sciences at Penn, with secondary faculty appointments in the Philosophy Department in Arts and Sciences, at the Annenberg School for Communication, and at the Graduate School of Education. As Penn’s President, Gutmann continues to teach, lecture, and write extensively on ethics, justice theory, deliberative democracy, and democratic education. In 2006, she delivered lectures on the lure of extremist rhetoric at Brown and Stanford universities, and at the Woodrow Wilson School of International Scholars. She delivered the 2005 keynote address, “Educating for Citizenship: Locally and Globally,” to the Association for the Study of Higher Education. In 2008, she delivered the 30th annual Pullias Lecture at the University of Southern California, “Great Expectations for Higher Education in the 21st Century.”
Gutmann has authored and edited fifteen books and has published more than 100 articles, essays, and book chapters. Her essays and reviews have appeared in numerous national and international publications, including The New York Times, The Times Literary Supplement, The New Republic, The Washington Post, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and Daedalus.
Gutmann's most recent books include Why Deliberative Democracy? (2004, with Dennis Thompson), Identity in Democracy (2003), Democratic Education (revised edition, 1999), Democracy and Disagreement (1996, with Dennis Thompson and selected by Choice as one of “the outstanding political science books for 1997”), and Color Conscious (1996, with K. Anthony Appiah). Color Conscious won the Ralph J. Bunche Award "for the best scholarly work in political science that explores the phenomenon of ethnic and cultural pluralism"; the North American Society for Social Philosophy Book Award; and the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights Award for the "outstanding book on the subject of human rights in North America."
Gutmann has served as president of the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy and is a founding member of the executive committee of the Association of Practical and Professional Ethics. She is a member of the American Philosophical Society, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Education, and a W.E.B. DuBois Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
Prior to her appointment as Penn's President, Gutmann served as Provost at Princeton University, where she also was the Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Politics. She was the founding Director of the University Center for Human Values, a multi-disciplinary center that sponsors teaching, scholarship and public discussion of ethics and human values. She served as Princeton's Dean of the Faculty in 1995-97 and as Academic Advisor to the President in 1997-98. In 1998, Gutmann received the Bertram Mott Award from the American Association of University Professors "in recognition of outstanding achievement towards advancing the goals of higher education.” In 2000, she was awarded the President's Distinguished Teaching Award by Princeton University.
Gutmann graduated magna cum laude from Harvard-Radcliffe College in 1971. She earned her master's degree in Political Science from the London School of Economics in 1972, and her doctorate in Political Science from Harvard University in 1976.
In 2003, Gutmann was awarded the Centennial Medal by Harvard University for "graduate alumni who have made exceptional contributions to society.” In 2005, she was awarded honorary doctorates by the University of Rochester and by Wesleyan University, where she delivered the commencement address. In 2006, she received the Alumnae Recognition Award from the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard for her outstanding contributions to liberal arts education.
Gutmann is married to Michael W. Doyle, the Harold Brown Professor of Law and International Affairs at Columbia University. Their daughter, Abigail Gutmann Doyle, is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Princeton University. Their son-in-law, Jakub Jurek, is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Princeton.
Research
Dr. Gutmann is an internationally renowned scholar whose research addresses some of the most important issues in our society today: religious freedom, equal opportunity, race and affirmative action, education, democracy, multiculturalism, and ethics and public affairs.
On the faculty of Princeton for 28 years, Gutmann is an award-winning teacher of political philosophy, democratic theory, practical ethics, and the history of political thought.
Gutmann has authored and edited fifteen books and has published more than 100 articles, essays, and book chapters. Her essays and reviews have appeared in numerous national and international publications, including The New York Times, The Times Literary Supplement, The New Republic, The Washington Post, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and Daedalus.
Gutmann's most recent books include Why Deliberative Democracy? (2004, with Dennis Thompson), Identity in Democracy (2003), Democratic Education (revised edition, 1999), Democracy and Disagreement (1996, with Dennis Thompson and selected by Choice as one of “the outstanding political science books for 1997”), and Color Conscious (1996, with K. Anthony Appiah). Color Conscious won the Ralph J. Bunche Award "for the best scholarly work in political science that explores the phenomenon of ethnic and cultural pluralism"; the North American Society for Social Philosophy Book Award; and the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights Award for the "outstanding book on the subject of human rights in North America."
Addresses, Articles and Books “Penn’s excellence across an extraordinarily broad spectrum of teaching and research is paramount to what attracts me here, and what it can offer the city, the state, the nation and the world.”
-- Dr. Amy Gutmann. Press conference announcing her nomination. January 22, 2004
2008-2009 Academic Year
Addresses
Lecture Delivered in China at Shanghai Jiao Tong University - "A Roadmap for Global Education: Break Down Walls and Build Windmills."
Convocation - "Traveling Unconventional Paths."
Articles
Pennsylvania Gazette, Jan/Feb 2009 Issue, From College Hall - "Sound Investments - These times will bring out the best in the Penn family."
"Deliberative Democracy,” with Dennis Thompson, in Richard Crouto, ed., Handbook of Political and Civic Leadership, Sage Publications, forthcoming.
"Preface: Common Ground, Common Good," in Eugenie L. Birch and Susan M. Wachter, Eds., Growing Greener Cities - Urban Sustainability in the Twenty First Century, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008, ix-xii. (Link to a PDF copy here.)
"Identity in Democracy" Published in El Pais, Spanish Newpaper, October 31, 2008.
"Identity in Democracy" Published in La Nación, Argentine Newpaper, September 1, 2008.
Pennsylvania Gazette, Sep/Oct 2008 Issue, From College Hall - "Penn's Building Blocks - Why bricks-and-mortar matter."
"The Importance of Identity Politics: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly," in Deen Chatterjee, ed., Feminism, Multiculturalism and Group Rights (Oxford University Press, In Press, 2008).
2007-2008 Academic Year
Addresses
Commencement - "Changing the Political Climate."
Baccalaureate - "Pursuing Ideas Across all Boundaries."
"Great Expectations for Higher Education in the 21st Century," Pullias Lecture, University of Southern California.
Greetings for Higher Education at Harvard's Presidential Inauguration.
Memorial for Penn Emeritus President Martin Meyerson.
Convocation - "Expand Your Horizons."
Articles
"Why Elite Colleges Have Sweetened Their Student-Aid Packages ," Chronicle of Higher Education, May 23, 2008.
Pennsylvania Gazette, May/Jun 2008 Issue, From College Hall - "Making Gardens Bloom - More financial aid helps students, Penn, and the world."
Pennsylvania Gazette, Jan/Feb 2008 Issue, From College Hall - "Ideals Embodied - Penn’s faculty forms the core of a great teaching and research community."
"Scaling Up the Environmental Commitment and Contribution of Universities."
Pennsylvania Gazette, Sep/Oct 2007 Issue, From College Hall - "Opening Doors - Penn's College Houses let students choose their own adventure."
"Democracy," in Robert E. Goodin, Philip Pettit and Thomas Pogge, eds., A Companion to Contemporary Political Philosophy, Blackwell Publishing, 2007, pp. 521-531. (Link to a PDF copy here.)
“Educating for Individual Freedom and Democratic Citizenship: In Unity and Diversity There Is Strength,” in Harvey Siegel, ed., Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Education, Oxford University Press, in press.
“The Penn Compact and the Teachers Institute,” On Common Ground, Winter 2007, pp.16-17. (Link to a PDF copy here.)
2006-2007 Academic Year
Addresses
Commencement - "Taking the Environmental High Road."
Baccalaureate - "Amazing Grace."
Convocation - "Passionate Intensity."
Articles
Statement Opposing Boycott of Israeli Academics.
Pennsylvania Gazette, May/Jun 2007 Issue, From College Hall - "Sustainable Dividends - At Penn, what's good for the environment pays off in other ways too."
Pennsylvania Gazette, Jan/Feb 2007 Issue, From College Hall - "A Great Year for Buildings - How five innovative spaces are transforming campus life and learning."
"The Lure and Dangers of Extremist Rhetoric," Daedalus, Fall 2007.
Newsday - Commentary.
The Washington Post - Commentary.
Pennsylvania Gazette, Sept/Oct 2006 Issue, From College Hall - "Ever Stronger - From research to real estate, how Penn connects."
“O que significa democracia deliberativa,” in André Ramos Tavares and Pedro Buck, eds., Revista Brasileira de Estudos Constitucionais RBEC, Editora Fórum, Ltda., Brazil, 2007, pp. 17-78. (Link to a PDF copy here.)
2005-2006 Academic Year
Addresses
Commencement - "Magical Capacity for Inventiveness."
Baccalaureate - "Striving in the Spirit of Caring."
Association of American Universities (AAU) Fall Meeting - "Equity in Higher Education: The Unfinished Agenda."
Convocation - "Taking a Fantastic Road Trip."
Articles
Pennsylvania Gazette, May/Jun 2006 Issue, From College Hall - "Building Global Bridges."
Chronicle of Higher Education: "Hidden Treasures on the Beaten Path."
Philadelphia Inquirer -"For Franklin, generosity and prudence were partners - A call to continue his legacy of public service."
Pennsylvania Gazette, Jan/Feb 2006 Issue, "From College Hall" - "Worthy Heirs?"
Chronicle of Higher Education - "Academic Freedom or Government Intrusion."
Pennsylvania Gazette, Sept/Oct 2005 Issue, From College Hall - "Picturing Penn's Future." (Relates to The Penn Compact.)
“Forward: Legislatures in the Constitutional State,” in Richard W. Bauman and Tsvi Kahana, eds., The Least Examined Branch, Cambridge University Press, 2006, pp. ix-xiii. (Link to a PDF copy here.)
Forward in Ronald J. Daniels, Donald F. Kettl and Howard Kunreuther, eds., On Risk and Disaster, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006, pp. vii-viii. (Link to a PDF copy here.)
“Afterword: Democratic Disagreement and Civic Education,” in Susan Fuhrman and Marvin Lazerson, eds., The Public Schools, Oxford University Press, 2005, pp. 347-360. (Link to a PDF copy here.)
Books
Ethics and Politics: Cases and Comments, with Dennis Thompson, Nelson-Hall: Chicago, IL, 1984. Fourth edition, Thomson Wadsworth, 2006.
2004-2005 Academic Year
Addresses
Wesleyan University Commencement Address.
Commencement - "Pursuing the Answers to the World's Problems and Mysteries."
Baccalaureate - "Striving in the Spirit of Caring."
Annenberg Distinguished Lecture - "Deliberation in Education and the Media: Rising to the Challenge?"
Inaugural Address - "A Penn Compact."
Convocation - "Taking Intellectual Leaps."
Articles
Pennsylvania Gazette, May/Jun 2005 Issue, From College Hall - "Building Bridges." (Relates to The Penn Compact.)
Pennsylvania Gazette, Jan/Feb 2005 Issue, From College Hall - "A Sacred Trust." (Relates to The Penn Compact.)
Pennsylvania Gazette, Sept/Oct 2004 Issue, From College Hall - Why I Love Penn.
“Preface: The Power of Values,” in Peter Conn, ed., The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: Penn Reading Project Edition, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2005, ix-xii. (Link to a PDF copy here.)
Books
Democracy and Disagreement, with Dennis Thompson, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press: Cambridge, MA 1996. Chinese translation: People’s Publishing House: Beijing, 2005.
Why Deliberative Democracy?, with Dennis Thompson, Princeton University Press: Princeton, NJ, 2004.
Democratic Education, Princeton University Press: Princeton, NJ, 1987. Japanese Translation: Dojidal Sha, 2004.
2003-2004 Academic Year (Prior to Penn Presidency)
February 20, 2004 - Acceptance of Trustee Nomination as President.
January 22, 2004 - Nomination Press Conference Remarks.
