Robert Staughton Lynd (Seputembala 26, 1892 ku New Albany, Indiana - Novembala 1, 1970 ku New York City) anali katswiri wazachikhalidwe cha anthu waku America wobadwira ku New Albany, Indiana. Iye anali pulofesa wa chikhalidwe cha anthu pa yunivesite ya Columbia, New York City.Robert ndi Helen Lynd amadziwika kwambiri polemba maphunziro apamwamba a "Middletown" a Muncie, Indiana - Middletown: A Study in Contemporary American Culture (1929) ndi Middletown in Transition ( 1937)[1], omwe ndi akale a American sociology. Muncie anali gulu loyamba kufufuzidwa mwadongosolo ndi akatswiri a chikhalidwe cha anthu ku United States.Lynd anapita ku koleji pa yunivesite ya Princeton ndipo adalandira digiri yaumulungu kuchokera ku Union Theological Seminary. Atagwira ntchito yophunzitsa zachipembedzo ku Elk Basin, Wyoming, pa msasa wamafuta wa Rockefeller, Lynd analemba nkhani yakuti “Done in Oil” povumbula mmene zinthu zinalili kumeneko. Bukuli ndi ntchito yake ya m'deralo zinapangitsa Lynd kuti adziwe za banja la Rockefeller ndipo zinachititsa kuti alembedwe ntchito ku Middletown ndi Rockefeller Institute of Social and Religious Research[2]. Pambuyo pa maphunziro a Muncie, Lynd adalandira digiri ya udokotala mu sayansi ya chikhalidwe cha anthu kuchokera ku yunivesite ya Columbia, pogwiritsa ntchito buku lachidule la Middletown monga zolemba zake. ana a Robert Staughton Lynd ndi Helen Lynd.