Erving Goffman - Awards and Honors

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