Faculty & Research
Michael Lynn
Dr. Michael Lynn is a professor of consumer behavior and marketing at the
Cornell University School of Hotel Administration. He received his Ph.D. in
Social Psychology from the Ohio State University in 1987, and has taught in the
marketing departments of business and hospitality schools since 1988. Dr. Lynn
paid his way through school by waiting tables and bartending. This experience
sparked his interest in service gratuities (tipping), a topic on which he has
over 35 published academic papers. His other research focuses on consumer status
and uniqueness seeking. Dr. Lynn is the past editor of the Cornell Hotel and
Restaurant Administration Quarterly, and is currently on the editorial
board of the Journal of Academy Marketing Science, which gave him an
outstanding reviewer award in 2006.