Dr. Max Mishler

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Max Mishler received his PhD from New York University in 2016, specializing in transnational history with a focus on the United States. His research centers on issues of slavery, abolition, incarceration, and the history of capitalism. His current book manuscript, entitled 'Civil Slavery: Punishment, Abolition, Origins of Mass Incarceration,' explores the intertwined histories of slave emancipation and penal servitude in the Atlantic world. His research has been supported by the Social Science Research Council, the Council on Library and Information Resources, and the McNeil Center for Early American Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He is broadly interested in public humanities, particularly in developing educational programs for currently and formerly incarcerated individuals.

Research Interests

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