Dr. Aaron Gluck Thaler

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Aaron Gluck-Thaler is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, with a faculty affiliation at the Citizen Lab. His research focuses on the history of surveillance, artificial intelligence, and the science and technology of the Cold War. He is currently working on a book project that examines the role scientists played in the emergence of data-intensive surveillance in the 20th century. Aaron received his PhD in the History of Science from Harvard University. Additionally, he holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from McGill University, a Master of Science in Social Science of the Internet from the Oxford Internet Institute, and a Master of Science in the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology from the University of Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. His research projects have been supported by various organizations, including the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship, Harvard’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, the Charles Babbage Institute, and the American Philosophical Society.

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Requirements for University of Toronto

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:6.5
Writing
Required:6.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:7
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:22
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:93
Prerequisites
Appropriate four-year bachelor's degree Background in sociological theory and statistics preferred
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Specialization Notes

Department of Sociology