SOCIOL 2S06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 33: American Sociological Association, History Of The Jews In Ukraine, Stomach Cancer

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCIOL 2S06
• Professor: David Young

Document Summary

Got a ba in sociology from the university of toronto in 1945. Completed ma in 1949 and phd in 1953 (both in sociology) at the uni of chicago. Married a fellow student at the university of chicago got married in 1952. Had a son, tom and his wife suffered from mental illness. Took position as a visiting professor at the university of california at berkeley (1958) Ended up staying there longer than he planned. Publish presentation of self in everyday life in 1959 based on his phd thesis had developed a theory about face-to-face interaction. Published stigma in 1963 where he tried to extend his ideas from his other book and apply them to the phenomenon of stigma. Took an endowed chair at the university of pennsylvania in 1968. Remarried the canadian sociolinguist gillian sankoff in 1981. Elected president of the american sociological association in 1982.