June, 2002

V I T A

NORMAN GOODMAN


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State University of New York
   at Stony Brook
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Personal Information

    Birthdate: February 19, 1934, New York City
   Marital Status: Married (1954); three children (born 1958, 1962, 1965)
   Military Service: United States Army (completed two years; honorably discharged)

Education
B.A. Brooklyn College, 1955 (Sociology major, Psychology Minor)
M.A. New York University, 1961 (Sociology major, psychology minor)
Ph.D. New York University, 1963 (Sociology major, psychology minor)
Present Position:    Chair, Distinguished Teaching Professor and Distinguished Service Professor,
                                Department of Sociology, State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Previous Positions
1955-1956 Instructor in Psychology, Officer Participation Program, Army Education Center, Fort Benning, Georgia
1957-1958 Social Investigator, New York City Department of Welfare.
 
1958-1960 Research Assistant, Russell Sage Foundation, New York.
 
1958-1961 Research Assistant, Association for the Aid of Crippled Children (now called, The Foundation for Child Development), New York City.
1961-1962 Instructor in Sociology, Department of Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education, Teachers College, Columbia University.
1962-1964 Lecturer (1962-1963) to Assistant Professor (1963-1964), Department of Anthropology-Sociology, Queens College of the City University of New York.
1964-Date
 
 
 
 

Assistant Professor (1964-1968), Associate Professor (1968-1973), Professor (1973-1986), Distinguished Teaching Professor (1986), Distinguished Service Professor (1990), Department Chair (1973-1989; 2000-2002), Department of Sociology, State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Visiting Scholar, Department of Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science, 1970-1971, 1978-1979, 1986-87,1992-93 and 1999-2000.

Honors, Awards and Fellowships

Alpha Kappa Delta, National Honorary Sociological Society, 1954.

Sarah E. Konowitz Award for Scholarship, Brooklyn College, 1955.

Bobbs-Merrill Award in Sociology, New York University, 1963.

New York University Founders Day Award for Excellence in Scholarship, 1963.

Special Research Fellowship, National Institute for Mental Health, London School of Economics and Political Science, 1970-1971.

State University of New York Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1975-76.

Student Life Award, Student Affairs Division, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1984.

Distinguished Teaching Professor of Sociology, State University of New York, 1986 (permanent title).

State University of New York Visiting Exchange Scholar, 1987 (permanent title).

Distinguished Service Award, School of Continuing Education, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1989.

Distinguished Service Professor, State University of New York, 1990 (permanent title).

Visiting Exchange Scholar, Institute of Sociology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Bejing, China; Committee on Scholarly communication with the People's Republic of China/National Academy of Sciences, June, 1991.

Semi-finalist, 1999 Outstanding First-Year Student Advocate, National Resource Center

For the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, University of South Carolina

Professional Societies

American Sociological Association (Sections on the Family, on the Sociology of Emotions, on Undergraduate Education, on the Sociology of Childhood, and on Social Psychology; Committee on Regulation of Research, 1983-1986; Associate Editor, Sociology of Emotions Newsletter, 1989-91; Nominations Committee, 1997-1998, and Awards Committee, 1998-1999, Section on Sociology of Emotions).

Eastern Sociological Society (Candace Rogers Award Committee, 1980-1981; Committee on Undergraduate Education, 1984-1987; Chair, Nominations Committee, 1988-89; Associate Editor, Sociological Forum; Committee on Publications, 1997-2000).

National Council on Family Relations.

Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction (Advisory Editor, Symbolic Interaction, 1980-1982 and Charles Horton Cooley Award Committee, 1998-1999).

Professional Activities

Member, Technical Advisory Committee of the Nassau County Youth Board (1965- 1974).

Member, Suffolk County Youth Board (1969-1974).

Member (and Vice Chairman), Suffolk County Youth Bureau Coordinating Council(1975-1978).

Reviewer, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 1981-1985.

Manuscript Reviewer, Major Publishing Companies (e.g., Random House, Prentice Hall, Rand McNally, 1970-date).

Fields of Special Interest

Social Psychology Courtship and Marriage
Socialization of Children and Youth
Identity Formation and Maintenance
Communication Processes
Sociology of Emotions

Books and Monographs

Articles and Chapters

Papers at Professional Meetings

Research Grants and Contracts