Lecturer, Residential College
About
Jane Lynch is a Lecturer in Social Theory & Practice at the Residential College. She received her BA with honors in anthropology from Columbia University, her MA in social science from the University of Chicago, and her MA and PhD in anthropology from the University of Michigan. Her research interests include corporations, kinship, materiality, political economy, branding and property, globalization, commodities and exchange, and morality and ethics.
Based on two years of fieldwork in India conducted in textile markets and warehouses, design studios, bureaucratic offices, shareholder meetings, and historic weaving towns, her first book manuscript examines the social and institutional organization of the artisanal textile industry in India, specifically highlighting the negotiation of ethical values within the context of commercial relationships and transactions. Her research for this project has been supported by fellowships from Fulbright and the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, among others.
