Fishman, Joshua A

Dr. Joshua Aaron Fishman is a founder of the field of sociolinguistics. His interests include language and ethnicity, language spread and change, Yiddish studies, bilingual education, and traditional folk medicine. In the course of his career he has published over 1,000 scholarly articles and books in both Yiddish and English. He earned his B.S. and M.S. in social studies from the University of Pennsylvania in 1948 and his Ph.D. in social psychology from Columbia University in 1953. After graduation from Columbia, he worked for some years as an educational researcher, first for the Jewish Education Committee of New York and then for the College Entrance Examination Board in New York City. He also was on the faculty of the psychology department of The City College of the City University of New York (then City College) from 1955-1958. Subsequently, he worked as an associate professor and as Director of Research at the Albert M. Greenfield Center for Human Relations at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, until 1960. In 1960 he was hired by Yeshiva University; he became an emeritus professor in 1988. He began spending parts of the academic year at Stanford University in 1963, and in 1992 was designated a visiting professor of linguistics at Stanford.

From the description of Joshua A. Fishman papers, 1885-2008 (inclusive), 1926-2008 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 695536490

Sociolinguist.

From the description of Letters to Robert L. Cooper, 1965-1993. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122571691