Elliot George Mishler (October 6, 1924 – March 21, 2018) was an American social psychologist who had significant influence on the development of narrative psychology.
His dissertation was entitled: Personality Characteristics And The Resolution Of Role Conflicts.
At the same time he began to publish a series of important works on aspects of qualitative research.
His home was the location for regular discussion of narrative and other concepts in psychology as well as forms of social activism.
[5] He had substantial influence on the work of many scholars including Bertram Cohler, Brinton Lykes.