[Ethnocomm] New Open Access Book: Mapping Goffman’s Invisible College

[Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz]

Dear Colleagues:

mediastudies.press <https://www.mediastudies.press/> is a scholar-led,
nonprofit, diamond open access publisher in the media, film, and
communication studies fields. They have just published my new book, *Mapping
Goffman’s Invisible College
<https://www.mediastudies.press/mapping-goffman>*.

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.

The book is available online
<https://www.mediastudies.press/mapping-goffman>, and as a free download in
PDF
<https://github.com/mediastudiespress/singles/releases/download/mapping1.0/leeds-hurwitz-mapping-goffmans-invisible-college-2025.pdf>
 and ePub
<https://github.com/mediastudiespress/singles/releases/download/mapping1.0/leeds-hurwitz-mapping-goffmans-invisible-college-2025.epub>.
A paperback version is also available <https://www.amazon.com/dp/1951399382>
.

*Mapping Goffman’s Invisible College
<https://www.mediastudies.press/mapping-goffman>* appears in the Goffman in
the Open series. Scholars interested in proposing volumes in this or other
series are encouraged to reach out with a query
<https://www.mediastudies.press/proposals>. You can learn more about
mediastudies.press, including operations
<https://www.mediastudies.press/transparency> and OA principles
<https://www.mediastudies.press/oa-principles>, on their site
<https://www.mediastudies.press/about>. The press is a member of the Open
Book Collective <https://openbookcollective.org/packages/2/info/> and
the ScholarLed
consortium <https://scholarled.org/>, and also publishes the *History of
Media Studies <https://hms.mediastudies.press/>* journal. Please contact
them at press at mediastudies.press.
Wendy

-- 
Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz, Ph.D.

Director
Center for Intercultural Dialogue
http://centerforinterculturaldialogue.org

Professor Emerita
Communication Department
University of Wisconsin-Parkside

Associate Faculty
Royal Roads University, Canada
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