Diana Mutz | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1962 (age 61–62) |
| Citizenship | American |
| Education | Northwestern University (B.S., 1984) Stanford University (A.M., 1985; Ph.D., 1988) |
| Known for | Political communication |
| Awards | Lifetime Career Achievement Award in Political Communication from the American Political Science Association (2011) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Political science |
| Institutions | University of Pennsylvania |
| Thesis | Yours, mine and ours: Information sources, perceptions of unemployment and their political consequences (1988) |
Diana Carole Mutz (born 1962)[1] is the Samuel A. Stouffer Professor of Political Science and Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, where she is also the director of the Institute for the Study of Citizens and Politics. She is known for her research in the field of political communication.[2] She formerly served as editor-in-chief of the peer-reviewed journal Political Behavior.[1]
In 2007, Mutz received the Goldsmith Book Prize from Harvard University for her 2006 book Hearing the Other Side: Deliberative Versus Participatory Democracy. She was named a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2008, and was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2016.[3]
In 2021, she was elected member of the U. S. National Academy of Sciences.[4]
Newly elected members and their affiliations at the time of election are: … Mutz, Diana C.; director, Institute for the Study of Citizens and Politics, and Samuel A. Stouffer Professor of Political Science and Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, entry in member directory:"Member Directory". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved July 5, 2021.