Evan Turiano (he/him) is a scholar of history, politics, and law in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century United States and Atlantic World. He received his Ph.D. in U.S. History from the Graduate Center, City University of New York in 2022. His research interests include political and legal conflicts over slavery and abolition; civil rights; the use and regulation of deadly weapons in the United States; and American political and legal thought. Professor Turiano’s first book will examine the conflict over what legal rights were due to African Americans accused of being fugitives from slavery. The book will show how activism on this issue shaped the coming of the Civil War and the long history of civil rights in the United States. His writing has appeared in The Washington Post, Journal of the Civil War Era, and Reviews in American History.

A graduate of Trinity College, Professor Turiano values lively, discussion-based classrooms where students engage with ongoing scholarly, legal, and political issues. As a proponent of undergraduate research, he welcomes opportunities to mentor and collaborate with students outside the classroom.

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