Courses

Sociology 2209: Qualitative Social Analysis Seminar

Semester: Spring Offered: 2019 The course will cover the basic techniques for collecting, interpreting, and analyzing qualitative data. Throughout the semester, the course will operate on two interrelated dimensions, one focused on the theoretical...

SOC 24: Introduction to Social Inequality

Semester: Spring Offered: 2018 OVERVIEW In this course, we will identify the basic contours of the structure and culture of social inequality in the United States and beyond through engagement with sociological research on class, race, gender, and...

Sociology 97: Tutorial in Sociological Theory

Semester: Spring Offered: 2014 Photo taken by Dave Nelson. Sociologists are a diverse group but they are all bound by one common goal: a desire to understand how society works. Although sociologists adopt a multitude of approaches to understand the social...

Sociology 164: Successful Societies: Markers and Pathways

Semester: Spring Offered: 2013 This course analyzes the markers of societal success and the social conditions that sustain it. We will discuss various indicators ranging from the standard economic measures to the human development index, inequality...

Sociology 98L: Junior Tutorial-- Racism and Anti-racism

Semester: Fall Offered: 2012 The empirical focus of this seminar will be the frameworks through which members of various racial groups understand their experiences with racism and discrimination, and how they respond to such experiences. We will also...

Sociology 304: Culture and Social Analysis Workshop

Semester: N/A The Culture and Social Analysis (CSA) Workshop is a forum where sociologists and others who study culture from a sociological perspective discuss their work and reflect on the field as a whole. The workshop meets on average nine times a...

Sociology 204: Sociological Theory

Semester: N/A This seminar offers an introduction to classical sociological theory. We will explore several topics, namely: 1) what are the major themes of the foundational texts of sociology; 2) how these texts were shaped by the social context in which...

In recent years Lamont has taught undergraduate courses on “Successful Societies: Markers and Pathways,” "Culture, Power, and Inequality," "Racism and Anti-Racism in Comparative Perspective," and "Knowledge Production and Evaluation." At the graduate level, she taught "Qualitative Data Analysis," "Classical Sociological Theory," and "Culture and Inequality." Since 2004, she has co-organized the Culture and Social Analysis Workshop in the Department of Sociology, where faculty, post-doctoral researchers, graduate students and visitors come together to share their work in progress. Since 2005, she has also been the co-organizer of the Study Group on Exclusion and Inclusion at the Center for European Studies.

An active mentor of post-doctoral fellows, graduate students, and undergraduate students, Lamont advises research on a wide range of topics.  She received the 2010 Everett Mendelsohn Excellence in Mentoring Award, given by the Harvard Graduate Students Council. For a list of current and past graduate students and post-docs, click here. She was also one of eight Harvard faculty across all schools to be recognized as "master mentor" by the Office of the Senior Adviser for Faculty Development and Diversity in 2010.