Editing Joseph Greenberg (section)

===Career===
After the war, Greenberg taught at the [[University of Minnesota]] before returning to Columbia University in 1948 as a teacher of [[cultural anthropology|anthropology]]. While in New York, he became acquainted with [[Roman Jakobson]] and [[André Martinet]]. They introduced him to the [[Prague Linguistic Circle|Prague school]] of [[structuralism]], which influenced his work.

In 1962, Greenberg relocated to the anthropology department at [[Stanford University]] in California, where he continued working for the rest of his life. In 1965 Greenberg served as president of the [[African Studies Association]]. That same year, he was elected to the United States [[National Academy of Sciences]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joseph H. Greenberg |url=http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/deceased-members/20001992.html |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=www.nasonline.org}}</ref> He was later elected to the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] (1973) and the [[American Philosophical Society]] (1975).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joseph Harold Greenberg |url=https://www.amacad.org/person/joseph-harold-greenberg |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=American Academy of Arts & Sciences |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=APS Member History |url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Joseph+Greenberg&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref> In 1996 he received the highest award for a scholar in Linguistics, the Gold Medal of Philology.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://insop.org/index.php?p=1_8_Ancient-Medal-Winners| title = Ancient Medal Winners » International Society of Philology - Votre Slogan ici| access-date = 2015-09-12| archive-date = 2016-03-03| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303171535/http://insop.org/index.php?p=1_8_Ancient-Medal-Winners| url-status = dead}}</ref>