David R. Maines and His Collaborative Circles: A Remembrance

Abstract

David R. Maines was a founder of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, a fierce defender and practitioner of interactionist sociology, and cross-disciplinary pioneer, bridging sociology and communication research in the study of narrative. He invariably gathered collaborative circles of colleagues and students around him wherever his intellectual travels took him. Here, I recall the collaborative circle that formed with him at its center at Penn State in the late 1980s and early 1990s. This was a time of both personal and professional turmoil for David, and also prolific scholarly achievement. I then introduce other contributions to this volume that feature others' remembrances and appreciations of David's life and work.

Citation

Ulmer, J.T. (2023), "David R. Maines and His Collaborative Circles: A Remembrance", Chen, S.-L.S. (Ed.) Festschrift in Honor of David R. Maines (Studies in Symbolic Interaction, Vol. 57), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 3-8. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0163-239620230000057001