Awards and Honors
During his lifetime, Goffman was awarded a number of degrees and other honors:
- Doctor of Laws (LL.D.), University of Manitoba, 1976
- Guggenheim Fellowship, 1977–78
- In Medias Res, International Prize for Communicating, 1978
- Doctor of Hebrew Literature/Letters (D.H.L.), University of Chicago, 1979
- Mead-Cooley Award in social psychology
- Forms of Talk was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle award, 1981
- 6th most cited intellectual in the humanities and social sciences by The Times Higher Education Guide
- 73rd president of the American Sociological Association
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