Aaron Victor Cicourel, (August 29, 1928 – July 22, 2023) was an American sociologist. A Professor of sociology who spent much of his career at the University of California, San Diego, he specialized in sociolinguistics,[1] medical communication, decision-making, and child socialization. He was intellectually influenced greatly by Alfred Schutz, Erving Goffman,[2] and Harold Garfinkel.