Background
Psathas, George was born on February 22, 1929 in New Haven. Son of Milton Emanuel and Melpa (Joannides) Psathas.
(Essays on the structure and organization of conversation ...)
Essays on the structure and organization of conversation in natural settings. Contents: Introduction: Methodological Issues and Recent Developments in the Study of Naturally Occurring Interaction, by George Psathas; The Preference for Self-Correction in the Organization of Repair in Conversation, by Emanuel A. Schegloff, Gail Jefferson and Harvey Sacks; Modifications of Invitations, Offers and Rejections, by Judy Arlene Davidson; Some features in the Elicitation of Confessions in Murder Interrogations, by D.R. Watson; and Talking in Interviews: A Dispreference for Patient-Initiated Questions in Physician-Patient Encounters, by Richard Frankel. Co-published with the International Institute for Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis.
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Psathas, George was born on February 22, 1929 in New Haven. Son of Milton Emanuel and Melpa (Joannides) Psathas.
Bachelor, Yale University, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1956. Master of Arts, University Michigan, 1951.
Diploma, Northeast School Photography, 1979.
Instructor to assistant professor Indiana University, Bloomington, 1955-1963. Lecturer Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1961-1962. Associate professor Washington University, St. Louis, 1963-1968, research associate Social Science Institute, 1963-1968.
Program director community mental health training program National Institute of Mental Health/Washington University, 1966-1968. Professor sociology Boston University, 1968—1997, professor emeritus, since 1997, acting chair, 1968-1969, associate chair, 1969-1970, 76-78, chair, 1984-1985, director Center for Applied Social Science, 1970-1973, co-director post-doctoral research training program in sociology and mental health National Institute of Mental Health, 1976-1979. Co-director Sociology and Health Services Research Training Program NCHSR and Boston University, 1970-1978.
Visiting lecturer Medical Research Council Medical Sociology-U. Aberdeen, Scotland, 1974, University Colorado, 1963, University London, 1973, University Bologna, 1996. Visiting professor Panteios School Political Science, Athens, 1982, International University Japan, Yamato-Machi, 1988, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan, 1989. British Academy visiting professor University Manchester, England, 1996.
Guest professor Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna, Austria, 1996, 2003. Adjunct professor Bentley College, 2003-2007. Chair Massachusetts Interdisciplinary Discourse Analysis seminar, 1989-1900.
Consultant National Science Foundation, 1978, 79, 89, 94, 95, Research Council Canada, 1983-1984, Social Science Research Council England, 1981-1982. Active Center Advanced Research in Phenomenology, since 1980. Alfred Schutz Memorial lecturer Society Phenomenology and the Human Sciences, 2000.
Board directors Society Retired Faculty and Staff, Boston University, since 2001, vice president, 2001-2003, president, 2004-2007. Co-chair Language and Social Interaction Seminar, since 2004. Honorary member, Society Phenomenology and Human Science, since 2007.
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(Essays on the structure and organization of conversation ...)
Consultant Human Relations Laboratory, Boston, Bethel, St. Louis, 1967, 69, School for the Blind, Kallithea, Athens, Greece, 1982. Training directors committee National Center for Health Services Research, Washington, 1971-1973. Board directors Carroll Center for the Blind, Newton, Massachusetts, 1974-1979.
Member American Association of University Professors (secretary 1977-1979, vice president Boston University chapter 1979-1980, president since 1997), American Sociological Association, Eastern Sociological Society, International Sociology Association, International Visual Sociology Association, International Institute Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis (chair 1990-2001, honorary chair since 2001), Society Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, Society Phenomenology and Human Sciences (co-chair 1981-1985, executive committee 1993-1998, 2004-2006, honorary member, since 2006), Society Study Social Problems (treasurer, business manager 1959-1961).
Married Irma M. Amatruda, February 5, 1951. Children: Christine Ann, David George, Anthony Paul.