I am the Laurance S. Rockefeller Career Development Chair and assistant professor of philosophy at MIT. I think about the structure of everyday interactions, especially face-to-face conversations. I like H.P. Grice, Georg Simmel, Erving Goffman, and Emile Durkheim.
My book, Erving Goffman, is currently under contract with Routledge. To my knowledge, this is the first book-length treatment of Goffman by a philosopher, aimed at treating Goffman as a philosopher.
Here is an interview I did.
Email me: berstler@mit.edu