Goffman Dissertation — Part Two

Acting through an intermediary whom I know she respects, I requested a copy of the dissertation from Prof. Goffman herself.  Unfortunately, she “did not authorize” access, although I have been…
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Fact Checking an Ethnographer

No, not that one. I am working on a longer project about how to test the accuracy of ethnographies, and I decided to begin my new summer reading list with…
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The Goffman Dissertation

On June 3, I requested a copy of Alice Goffman's dissertation from the American Sociological Association, which had given her its "best dissertation" award for 2011.  As of my most…
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Goffman Debunked Again

[Preface: This is my third post on the problems in Alice Goffman’s On the Run, and I have at least one more planned.  These important issues of scholarly responsibility have…
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I Sued the Grateful Dead

I published this piece on Slate last week, about the first lawsuit I ever filed: I Sued the Grateful Dead    Over the Fourth of July weekend, the surviving members of…
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Honored to Be Here

Thanks for the invitation and the introduction, Dan.  My first post as a perma-blogger -- and as a new father-in-law --  will be up later this morning.  For now, I…
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Lubet on Katz on Goffman

As Dan points out, Prof. Jack Katz has written a thoughtful defense of Alice Goffman, and I encourage everyone to read it (here).  [UPDATE: It turns out that Katz is…
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