Wm. Michael Lynn
Wm. Michael Lynn
Marketing and Tourism
552 Statler Hall
Phone: 607-255-8271
Email: wml3@cornell.edu
Primary Research Focus
Tipping behavior, status consumption, and consumer response to product scarcity
Professional Biography
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.
Courses Taught
- Fall 09: HADM 3347 - Consumer Behavior
- Fall 09: HADM 6647 - Consumer Behavior
- Summer 09: HADM 7743 - Marketing Management for Services
Academic Degrees
- Ph.D., Ohio State University
- M.A., Ohio State University
- B.A., University of Texas