Michèle Lamont studies group boundaries to understand how we can all do better at all our relationships.
Why you should listen
Michèle Lamont's research shows how judgements about morality are used to validate all kinds of exclusion, and how shared views on "who matters" shape social hierarchies. Her wide-ranging work dives deeply into an examination of, say, how members of stigmatized groups respond to rejection or the role culture plays in poverty.
Lamont has taught at Harvard University for nearly 20 years, having spent the previous fifteen years at Princeton University. At Harvard, she is a member of the Departments of Sociology and African and African-American Studies, and she holds the Robert I. Goldman Chair in European Studies. She is the recipient of honorary doctorates from universities in six countries and has received international honors such as the 2017 Erasmus Prize and the 2014 Guttenberg Award. Her books include The Dignity of Working Men and the forthcoming What We Value.
