Michele Lamont is a Canadian sociologist, born in 1957, who holds the Robert I. Goldman Professorship of European Studies and is professor of sociology and African American studies at Harvard University. Her research addresses culture and inequality, racism and anti-racism, cultural processes such as stigmatization and recognition, the sociology of morality, and evaluation and higher education. She served as president of the American Sociological Association from 2016 to 2017 and has received the C. Wright Mills Prize, the Gutenberg Research Award, the Erasmus Prize and the Kohli Prize for Sociology, along with six honorary doctorates and membership in the American Philosophical Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the British Academy and the Royal Society of Canada.
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Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account BirthplaceSourced to the subject's own accountToronto, Ontario, Canada 1 Nationality / CultureSourced to the subject's own account Defining ContributionSourced to the subject's own accountExamines how shared concepts of worth shape social hierarchies and inequality, focusing on the cultural processes that create and reproduce them. 1 Notable WorkSourced to the subject's own accountHow Professors Think: Inside the Curious World of Academic Judgment (2009) 1 Notable WorkSourced to the subject's own accountMoney, Morals, Manners: The Culture of the French and the American Upper-Middle Class (1992) 1 Connections
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Lamont was born 1957 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Canadian sociologist
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Research section
Lamont's major works examine how shared concepts of worth shape social hierarchies and inequality, with a focus on the role of various cultural processes in their creation and reproduction.
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Lamont's major works examine how shared concepts of worth shape social hierarchies and inequality, with a focus on the role of various cultural processes in their creation and reproduction.
Research section, Money Morals Manners paragraph
In her first book, Money, Morals, Manners: The Culture of the French and the American Upper-Middle Class (1992), she argued that Bourdieu's theories of cultural capital and habitus ignore moral status signals and national repertoires that explain differences in American and French class cultures.
Research section, How Professors Think paragraph
In How Professors Think: Inside the Curious World of Academic Judgment (2009), Lamont examined how scholars in the social sciences and humanities evaluate originality, significance, and related criteria.
Associated With: Harvard University, Article text
Goldman Professor of European Studies and Professor of Sociology and African American Studies at Harvard University.
Associated With: Stanford University, Article text
She has been a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Studies at Stanford University (2002), the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies (2006), the Russell Sage Foundation (1996; 2019-2020), the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies (2024), and the Paris Institute for Advanced Study (2025).
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Practices Studied: Social Class Stratification, Research section, Money Morals Manners paragraphQuote, Practices Studied: Social Class Stratification, Research section, Money Morals Manners paragraph
In her first book, Money, Morals, Manners: The Culture of the French and the American Upper-Middle Class (1992), she argued that Bourdieu's theories of cultural capital and habitus ignore moral status signals and national repertoires that explain differences in American and French class cultures.
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