About

Lynette Spillman is a professor of sociology whose research and teaching interests are grounded in cultural sociology and extend to economic sociology, social theory, comparative historical sociology, and political sociology. Her work examines cultural influences on social processes, and she investigates why meanings vary, how meanings influence human action, and the ways meaning-making affects social cohesion and conflict. She is especially interested in understanding economic and political culture in long-term historical processes. She teaches classes in cultural sociology, economic sociology, qualitative methods, social theory, and political sociology, and she has been a member of over sixty-five committees for students’ doctoral dissertations, masters’ theses, and senior theses.

Thematic Interests

Cultural sociology; social theory; economic sociology; comparative historical sociology; qualitative methods; political sociology

Current Research

Trade Associations and Economic Governance.

Book Chapters

Books

Journal Articles