Evan Turiano, visiting assistant professor of public policy and law at Trinity College (Hartford), has been named as the new associate director of the Center for the Study of Guns & Society, effective May 1, 2026. Turiano is a former CSGS postdoctoral researcher who was inspired by his work to create a new Trinity undergraduate course, “Guns in American Law and Policy.”
“My students read scholarship written by scholars affiliated with CSGS from a range of disciplines, including history, constitutional law, public health, and beyond,” he said. “The CSGS approach to gun studies, grounded in interdisciplinarity and the liberal arts tradition, shapes every aspect of how I teach.”
Turiano continues to engage with CSGS research and conferences. Three of his students recently presented at the center’s 4th Annual Undergraduate Student Research Conference.