Chief of Staff
Dr. Margaret A. Amstutz joined the Office of the President at The University of Georgia in 1997 in her role as Assistant to the President. Her current responsibilities in the area of academic affairs include serving as a liaison to the faculty, the Office of the Provost, the UGA Research Foundation, the Office of Admissions, and various committees within the University's faculty governance structure. She holds an academic appointment as adjunct assistant professor of English at UGA.
Dr. Amstutz received her bachelor’s degree in English from Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, working as an assistant to President Michael F. Adams at Centre from 1989 to 1991. She holds two degrees in English and American literature from Washington University in St. Louis (M.A. in 1992 and Ph.D. in 2004). Her doctoral research in nineteenth-century American literature focuses on the writings of Elizabeth Stoddard and Nathaniel Hawthorne. While in St. Louis, she held successive positions as project consultant, publications director and program officer at the Missouri Humanities Council, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. She has served as a member of the Centre College Alumni Board of Directors and presently serves on the board of directors of the Girl Scouts of Northeast Georgia.
Assistants to the President:
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