Amy Gutmann

President and Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Penn Arts & Sciences

Literacy, Culture, and International Education Division

Professor of Communication, Annenberg School for Communication

Contact

presweb@pobox.upenn.edu

(215) 898-7221

Programs

Education, Culture, and Society Ph.D.

Education, Culture, and Society M.S.Ed.

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The 8th President of the University of Pennsylvania, serving since 2004, Amy Gutmann is an internationally renowned leader in higher education: a prominent advocate for increased access to higher education, for innovation based on interdisciplinary collaboration, and for the transformative impact of universities, locally, nationally and globally. In November 2016, Penn announced that President Gutmann’s contract had been extended to 2022, making her the longest-serving president in Penn’s history.