| Stanford Lyman | |
| Birth Name: | Stanford Morris Lyman |
| Birth Date: | 10 June 1933 |
| Birth Place: | San Francisco, California |
| Nationality: | American |
| Fields: | Sociology |
| Workplaces: | New School for Social Research Florida Atlantic University |
| Alma Mater: | University of California at Berkeley |
| Thesis Title: | The Structure of Chinese Society in Nineteenth-Century America |
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| Thesis Year: | 1961 |
| Doctoral Advisors: | Kingsley Davis Franz Schurmann Edward A.N. Barnhart |
| Known For: | Interactionism |
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Stanford Morris Lyman (June 10, 1933 – March 9, 2003) was an American sociologist.[1] He is recognized for his work on interactionism and the sociology of race relations in the United States.[2] [3] He served as president of the Mid-South Sociological Association, and he co-founded the American Sociological Association's Section on Asian/Asian American sociology.[4] He was also a founder of the International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society.[5] He died of liver cancer on March 9, 2003.[6]