David Gutherz

  • Visiting Assistant Professor

Biography

David Gutherz received his BA from Oberlin College and his MA and PHD from the University of Chicago Committee on Social Thought.

Gutherz works at the intersection of political theory and intellectual history, with a special emphasis on Fascism and its legacies. His dissertation dealt with struggles over epistemic injustice in Cold War Italy and he is currently working on a project about brainwashing. Gutherz has also edited, written, and reported radio stories for NPR and Jacobin.

Fall 2025

Sophomore Existential Seminar — HUMS 200

What is Media? — CIME 211

The Social Production of News — CIME 214

Spring 2026

Intro to Audio Documentary and Drama — CIME 226

Turning on the Mind — CIME 369