Diana Mutz

Diana Mutz, the Samuel A. Stouffer Professor of Political Science and Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, is the recipient of a 2017 Andrew Carnegie Fellowship from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Dr. Mutz holds appointments in the Annenberg School for Communication and the political science department in the School of Arts and Sciences.

She is one of 35 fellows chosen from among 200 nominees. The two-year fellowship supports academic research in the social sciences and humanities.

During her fellowship, Dr. Mutz plans to study the growing backlash against globalization and why increasing numbers of people are leaning toward isolationism, despite the world being more connected than ever. She will examine the ways in which people process proximity and how this could impact their perspective on foreign affairs.

Dr. Mutz is an expert on public opinion, political psychology and mass political behavior, with an emphasis on political communication. Her project will culminate in a conference of journalists and academics hosted at Penn.