Omar Lizardo

Omar Lizardo
Born	New York City, New York
Alma mater	Brooklyn College (B.A.) University of Arizona (Ph.D.)
Known for	cultural sociology, cognitive sociology, organizational sociology, social network analysis
Awards	Lewis A. Coser Award, Charles Tilly Award, Clifford Geertz Award
Scientific career
Fields	Sociology
Institutions	University of Notre Dame
Doctoral advisor	Ronald Breiger
Other academic advisors	Albert Bergesen

Omar Lizardo (born c. 1974) is a sociologist, Professor of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame, and the co-editor, with Rory McVeigh and Sarah Mustillo, of the American Sociological Review, the flagship journal for the American Sociological Association. According to one commentator, he "has a history of grappling with important ideas in an innovative and insightful fashion" and is a widely cited author in numerous sub-fields of sociology. He is specifically known for his work at the intersection of cognitive science and sociology of culture, but also social networks, organizational sociology and sociological theory. He is a regular contributor to the popular sociology group blog, orgtheory.net. Among many other accolades, in 2013 he won the Lewis Coser Award for Theoretical Agenda Setting and in 2014, the Charles Tilly Best Article Award for Comparative and Historical Sociology.

Lizardo was born in New York City, but spent most of adolescent and teenage years La Romana, Dominican Republic. He graduated from Brooklyn College, CUNY with a B.S. in Psychology. He received a MA in 2002 and PhD in 2006 from the University of Arizona both in sociology. He completed his dissertation under the supervision of Ronald Breiger, Kieran Healy, and Erin Leahey, titled Globalization, World Culture And The Sociology Of Taste: Patterns Of Cultural Choice In Cross-National Perspective. Lizardo also co-authored with Albert Bergesen while at Arizona.