He Was a Heck of a Nice Guy, Kind of Shy, and the Kids Liked Him

Authors

Robert Habenstein, University of Missouri

Editors

Dmitri N. Shalin

Document Type

Interview

Publication Date

1-22-2009

Publication Title

Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

First page number:

1

Last page number:

21

Abstract

This interview with Robert Habenstein, Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Missouri, was recorded over the phone on December 23 and December 29, 2008. Dmitri Shalin transcribed the interview, after which Dr. Habenstein and Dr. Patricia Morrow Habenstein approved posting the present version on the web. Breaks in the conversation flow are indicated by ellipses. Supplementary information and additional materials inserted during the editing process appear in square brackets. Undecipherable words and unclear passages are identified in the text as “[?]”. The interviewer’s questions are shortened in several places.

Keywords

Goffman; Erving; Interviews; Social interaction; Sociologists; Symbolic interactionism

Disciplines

Politics and Social Change | Social Psychology and Interaction | Sociology

Language

English

Publisher Citation

Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives, ed. by Dmitri N. Shalin (UNLV: CDC Publications, 2009).

Repository Citation

Habenstein, R. (2009). He Was a Heck of a Nice Guy, Kind of Shy, and the Kids Liked Him. In Dmitri N. Shalin, Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives 1-21.
Available at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/goffman_archives/32