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urn:uuid:f59b5d59-c70a-4843-bb5b-a4a8676ed407 03 15 9781951399375 00 EB E101 10 10 02 30698847 01 02 Goffman in the Open Series 01 01 Mapping Goffman’s Invisible College 1 A01 Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz is Director of the Center for Intercultural Dialogue and Professor Emerita of Communication at the University of Wisconsin–Parkside. Her previous books include Erving Goffman: A Critical Introduction to Media and Communication Theory (2011) and Rolling in Ditches with Shamans: Jaime de Angulo and the Professionalization of American Anthropology (2004). 01 eng 00 479 03 10 SOC076000 10 SOC026000 10 SOC002010 01 06 03 00 Erving Goffman is often remembered as a solitary thinker—famously private, and never a co-author. This book offers a counterpoint by tracing Goffman’s connections to a network of colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania between 1968 and 1982, including Dell Hymes, William Labov, John Szwed, Ray Birdwhistell, and Sol Worth. It follows five major collaborations that emerged in that setting, along with others that never quite came together. The analysis also considers Goffman’s earlier work at institutions including the University of Chicago, the National Institute of Mental Health, the University of California, Berkeley, and Harvard University, alongside related initiatives at Indiana University and the University of Texas.Beyond documenting Goffman’s intellectual network, the book uses his connections as a case study to examine interdisciplinarity, invisible colleges, and disciplinary history. By examining both the productive and faltering collaborations in Goffman’s orbit, the book sheds light on the complex, often unpredictable pathways through which academic ideas take shape. This work will appeal to scholars across disciplines seeking to understand the collaborative foundations of academic life. 04 00 Acknowledgments xi Abbreviations xiii List of Tables and Figures xvii Chapter One: Introduction 1 Chapter Two: Before Penn 15 Chapter Three: People at Penn 50 Chapter Four: Major Projects at Penn 125 Chapter Five: Minor Projects at Penn 190 Chapter Six: Penn Adjacent 231 Chapter Seven: Beyond Penn 323 Chapter Eight: Conclusion 333 Appendix: Peripheral Colleagues at Penn 366 References 396 Index 438 mediastudies.press 01 mediastudies.press 04 01 20250815 02 WORLD 06 15 9781951399382 06 15 9781951399344 06 15 9781951399351 06 15 9781951399375 WORLD 09 mediastudies.press 20 01