Institutions
During his career Goffman served at the following institutions:
- University of Chicago, Division of Social Sciences, Chicago, assistants, 1952–53, resident associate, 1953–54
- National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland, visiting scientist, 1954–57
- University of California, Berkeley, assistant professor, 1957–59,professor, 1959–62, professor of sociology, 1962–68
- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin Professor of Anthropology and Sociology, 1969–82
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