Dr. Amy Gutmann, Penn President: 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
2009-2010 Academic Year
Addresses
Convocation - "Keeping Penn forever young and forever strong."
Articles
Pennsylvania Gazette, Sep/Oct 2009 Issue, From College Hall - "Ornamental and Essential: We need arts and culture to feel fully alive and to live as well as we can."
2008-2009 Academic Year
Addresses
Commencement - "Answering the question - What Matters Most?"
Baccalaureate - "Questions from a Caterpillar."
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
"College Presidents Pen Admissions Essays" Published in the Wall Street Journal, May 6, 2009.
Pennsylvania Gazette, May/Jun 2009 Issue, From College Hall - "The Next Generation of Leaders: Increasing access fosters opportunities for Penn students to lead us forward."
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.
