Michèle Lamont

Op-Eds and Essays:

“Kamala Harris must lean in: The left doesn’t have to pick between woke and working class” — Article in Salon Magazine, Aug 042024

“Europe’s Invisible Provinces: How the Urban-Rural Divide Drives Political Polarization” — Article (co-written with Mari Hyland and Massimiliano Mascherini) in Foreign Affairs, May 23 2024

“Gen Z and the Art of Incentivized Self-Actualization” — Article in Wired Magazine, Jan 8 2024

“Seeing Others” — (book excerpt), Chicago Booth Business School’s Promarket Blog, November 17 2023

“Ordinary Universalism” — Article and book excerpt in the Stanford Social Innovation Review, Oct 24 2023

“Yes, the Supreme Court has taken away rights and resources. But it’s so much worse” — OpEd in the Los Angeles Times, July 24 2023

"Is Your DEI Progress Undermined by Attention Inequality?" — Article in Harvard Business Review with Sheen S. Levine and David Stark, Oct 24 2022

“Le rêve américain est-il brisé?” — Interview with Gérald Fillion, Question d’intérêt podcast, Radio Canada

Book chapter: “Reflections on the emergence of a research field. An interview with Michèle Lamont” (with Anne K. Krüger and Thorsten Peetz). InRoutledge International Handbook of Valuation and Society, edited by A.K. Krüger, T. Peetz, and H. Schäfer. London: Routledge.

Seeing Others was listed as one of “The 8 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023 That You Need To Read in 2024” — Book Riot, 2024

“The Secret to Flourishing Employees: Recognition in the Workplace” — Mention in Inc. Magazine article by Angélica S. Gutiérrez, Apr 11 2024

“Copy-and-Paste: How Allegations of Plagiarism Became the Culture War’s New Frontier” — Mention in article by Angelina J. Parker and Neil H. Shah, The Crimson

“This Women’s Day, let’s talk about masculinity” — Mention in article by Shrayana Bhattacharya, The Indian Express

“Brand Biden vs. Brand Trump: The Power of Empathy in a Story of Brand Decline” — Mention in article by Steven Naert, Allyson Leavy, and Gosia Burakowska, IPSOS Views

“Als verlies van status dreigt, klampen mensen zich vast aan nationalisme” — Interview in de Volkskrant newpaper, Netherlands

“The Best Scholarly Books of 2023” — OpEd on the best book of 2023, The Chronicle of Higher Education

“Michèle Lamont: Businesses should ‘broaden who is valued and viewed as worthy’” — OpEd in Management Today, Oct 03 2023

“Recognition Chains: How Digital Platforms Influence What We Consume” — OpEd on Literary Hub

“When Did ‘Wholesome’ Become a Gen Z Compliment?” — Article in The New York Times, by Sadiba Hasan

“Seeing Others” — book excerpt in Chicago Booth’s Promarket Blog

“Learning to see the worth of others: Michèle Lamont and the social importance of recognition” — OpEd review by Matthew Wade on ABC Australia

“I’m Still Thinking About The Roman Empire. We All Should Be.” — mention by Joshua David Stein, Fatherly blog

“Middle-Class Shame Will Decide Where America Is Headed,” — Blog article onEconomicHardship.org

“The New Physics of Inequality: Compounding Advantage for the Rich and Accelerating Disadvantage for the Bottom 60 Percent” — Blog article on Inequality.org by Derek Robey

“Trump’s Language, Unseemly to Critics, Reassures His Base" — Article in Harvard Gazette

"What Trump’s Campaign Speeches Show About His Lasting Appeal to the White Working Class" — Article with Bo Yun Park and Elena Ayala-Hurtado in Harvard Business Review

"The Big Picture: Social Solidarity" — Article in Public Books

"La solidarité sociale en péril: les États-Unis, une «Bully Nation»?" — Article in Le Devoir

"The US Administration's Clampdown on Facts, Research and Knowledge Provides Great Opportunity for Canada to Lead" — Article in Policy Options

"In Europe, Nationalism Rising" — Article in Harvard Gazette

"Sociology Professor Explores Racial Identities in New Book" — Article in The Harvard Crimson

"What Makes Teams Tick: Emotional Connections Key to Successful Cross-Disciplinary Research" -- Article in Harvard Magazine

"European Data Suggests the Gig Economy Helped Create Trump, Sanders" -- Article in The Conversation

"Sociologue Engagée": A Contribution to a Debate on "Can Comparative Historical Sociology Save the World?"  -- Opinion piece in ASA Comparative and Historical Sociology Section Newsletter

"Neoliberal Policy Implementation Goes Hand in Hand with Stronger Symbolic Boundaries" -- Blog post in Epicenter, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs

“Recognition, Dignity, and Worth” — Interview with Brian Lehrer, WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show, 2023

“Michele Lamont – ‘Seeing Others’” — Interview with Kelly Leonard from Second City’s “Getting to Yes, And…” Podcast, 2023

“A Conversation with Michèle Lamont on Seeing Others” — Interview with Marc Lamont Hill, TheGrio

“A Few Questions for Michèle Lamont on her new book about the power of recognition, Seeing Others” — Interview in the Russell Sage Foundation Blog, 2023

“Let’s not be strangers” — Interview with Christy DeSmith, The Harvard Gazette

“Dignity Matters As Much As Material Needs: Michèle Lamont on Recognition Claims and Understanding American Politics” — Interview with Caitlin Zaloom, Public Books

“Ep 334 - Recognizing Others: A Dialogue with Michèle Lamont” — Interview with Xavier Bonilla on the Converging Dialogues podcast, 2024

“Ep 90: How Recognition can Help Heal a Divided World” — Interview with Joshua Steinfeldt on The Courageous Life podcast. Apple podcasts. Spotify.

“Bridging Divides: Michele Lamont's Vision for a More Inclusive Society | Ep. 060” — Interview with Cody McLain on the MindHack Podcast

“Rethinking DEI” — Interview with Jessi Hempel, host of LinkedIn’s Hello Monday Podcast, 2023

“Seeing Others: How Recognition Works and How it Can Help us Heal a Divided World” — Next Big Idea Podcast, 2023

“Illuminating an Inclusive Path Through Recognition” — Conversation on the Bloomberg Businessweek Podcast, 2023

“Michèle Lamont: ‘L'enjeu politique aujourd’hui est de donner de la valeur aux gens’” — Interview in L’Echo, Brussels, Belgium

“Seeing Others: Michèle Lamont on The Power of Recognition in a Divided World” — Interview on the Culture & Inequality Podcast

“See Me: The Case for Recognition at Work and Beyond with Michèle Lamont” — Interview on the We Are Human Leaders Podcast

“Michèle Lamont joins Tavis Smiley” — Interview on the Tavis Smiley Show

“Seeing Others: Bridging Divides with Michele Lamont” — Interview with Stacey Grant-Lewis, host of the Culture Power Podcast

“Seeing Others - Recognition As A Foundation For Equity And Inclusion, With Michèle Lamont” — Interview with J. R. Lowry, host of the Career Sessions, Career Lessons Podcast

“Seeing Others: How Recognition Works and How it Can Help us Heal a Divided World” — “Get Connected” Radio Interview

“Recognizing Our Humanity w/ Michèle Lamont” — Interview with Cara Santa Maria, Talk Nerdy Podcast

“Michèle Lamont Seeing Others: How to Redefine Worth in a Divided World” — Interview with Dave O’Brien, New Books Network

“Seeing Others: A Conversation with Michèle Lamont” — Interview on Contexts Blog

“Michèle Lamont on Stigma” — Podcast with SAGE Social Science Bites, 2022

"Mapping out a better society with focus on inclusion, environment” — Interview with Liz Mineo, The Harvard Gazette

“Culture Shift: Q&A with Sociologist Michèle Lamont” — Interview with CIFAR 

“Michèle Lamont on Building Big Ideas” — Podcast in Cognitive Revolution with Cody Kommers

“Inequality in the US and Europe (with Michèle Lamont, Peter A. Hall, and Paul Pierson)” — Podcast in WCFIA Epicenter

“Michèle Lamont on The Sociology of Inequality” — Interview by Eve Gerber in Five Books

"Culture, inégalités, inclusion sociale: Entrevue avec Michèle Lamont, sociologue" — Interview (audio) with Radio Canada

"The Everyday Response to Racism" — Interview in Harvard Gazette

"Author Michele Lamont Discusses #GettingRespect on #ConversationsLIVE" -- Interview (audio) in "Conversations LIVE!" with Cyrus Webb

"Cross-National Responses to Discrimination: A Q&A with Michèle Lamont" -- Interview in Epicenter, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs

"Michèle Lamont: A Portrait of a Capacious Sociologist" -- Interview by Nasar Meer in Sociology

"New Paper Argues for a Bigger Focus on the Social Factors that Can Make or Break Interdisciplinary Teams in the Social, National and Computational Sciences" -- Interview in Inside Higher Ed

“Q&A with Michèle Lamont, ASA President-Elect” -- Interview in ASA Culture Section

"Interview with Michèle Lamont (Harvard University)" -- Interview by Damian Omar Martinez of Max Plank Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity

“Sociologist Michèle Lamont” -- Interview (video) in ScienceLives, National Science Foundation

“In Conversation with...Michèle Lamont” -- Interview in Centerpiece, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs