{"id":6741,"date":"2026-04-01T16:13:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T16:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/?p=6741"},"modified":"2026-04-09T18:09:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T18:09:56","slug":"building-a-collaboration-between-icw-and-the-center-for-the-study-of-guns-and-society-csgs-at-wesleyan-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/2026\/04\/01\/building-a-collaboration-between-icw-and-the-center-for-the-study-of-guns-and-society-csgs-at-wesleyan-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Building a Collaboration between ICW and the Center for the Study of Guns and Society (CSGS) at Wesleyan University"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/01\/photo_1071293-900x1260.jpg-768x432.avif\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/01\/photo_1071293-900x1260.jpg-768x432.avif 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"photo of man smiling\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n  \n  \n  <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--page-title\">\n\n    \n  <h1>Building a Collaboration between ICW and the Center for the Study of Guns and Society (CSGS) at Wesleyan University<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n    \n          <strong class=\"author-field\"><span >By<\/span>Gary Stein<\/strong>\n    \n          <span class=\"post-date-field\">April 1, 2026<\/span>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--social-share \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--social-share\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n    <span class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list\" style=\"line-height: 32px;\">\n      <span class=\"title\">\n        Share\n      <\/span>\n                        <a class=\"a2a_button_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/#copy_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Link\">\n            <span class=\"a2a_svg a2a_s__default a2a_s_copy_link\">\n              <svg height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 19 19\" width=\"19\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"m7.43475275 9.52380952-2.17490843 2.26076008c-1.08745421 1.058837-1.68841575 2.518315-1.68841575 4.0350275 0 1.5167124.60096154 2.9475732 1.68841575 4.0350274 1.058837 1.0874543 2.51831502 1.6884158 4.03502747 1.6884158 1.44087681 0 2.80427251-.5423678 3.86936601-1.5289606l.1656615-.1594552 2.2321428-2.2321428-1.6311813-1.6311813-2.2321429 2.26076c-.6581959.658196-1.5167124 1.0016026-2.43246332 1.0016026s-1.7742674-.3434066-2.43246337-1.0016026c-.65819597-.6581959-1.00160257-1.5167124-1.00160257-2.4324633 0-.8547009.2991453-1.6595442.87416905-2.2981957l.12743352-.1342677 2.23214286-2.2321429zm6.88661855-.40736607-5.26116068 5.26116075 1.61881868 1.6188186 5.2611607-5.2611607zm1.3837569-5.54501488c-1.4408768 0-2.8042725.54236779-3.869366 1.52896062l-.1656615.15945513-2.23214282 2.23214286 1.63118132 1.63118132 2.2321429-2.23214286c.6581959-.65819597 1.5167124-1.00160256 2.4324633-1.00160256s1.7742674.34340659 2.4324634 1.00160256 1.0016026 1.51671246 1.0016026 2.43246337c0 .85470089-.2991453 1.65954419-.8741691 2.29819559l-.1274335.1342678-2.2321429 2.2321428 1.5739469 1.5739469 2.2321429-2.2321428c1.0874542-1.058837 1.6884157-2.5183151 1.6884157-4.03502751 0-1.51671245-.6009615-2.94757326-1.6884157-4.03502747-1.058837-1.08745421-2.518315-1.68841575-4.0350275-1.68841575z\" transform=\"translate(-3 -3)\"\/><\/svg>\n            <\/span>\n            <span class=\"a2a_label visually-hidden\">Copy Link<\/span>\n          <\/a>\n                                <a class=\"a2a_button_facebook\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/#facebook\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Facebook\">\n            <span class=\"a2a_svg a2a_s__default a2a_s_facebook\">\n              <svg height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 19 19\" width=\"19\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"m23.9512 6h-16.9024c-.57923625 0-1.0488.46956375-1.0488 1.0488v16.9024c0 .5792362.46956375 1.0488 1.0488 1.0488h9.10024v-7.34768h-2.46772v-2.87584h2.46772v-2.11508c0-2.45404 1.49872-3.79012 3.68828-3.79012.7389668-.00263323 1.4775241.03516995 2.21236.11324v2.56348h-1.51392c-1.18788 0-1.4174.56544-1.4174 1.39612v1.8316h2.84772l-.37088 2.87584h-2.47684v7.34844h4.83284c.5792362 0 1.0488-.4695638 1.0488-1.0488v-16.9024c0-.57923625-.4695638-1.0488-1.0488-1.0488z\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" transform=\"translate(-6 -6)\"\/><\/svg>\n            <\/span>\n            <span class=\"a2a_label visually-hidden\">Facebook<\/span>\n          <\/a>\n                                <a class=\"a2a_button_twitter\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/#twitter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"X\">\n            <span class=\"a2a_svg a2a_s__default a2a_s_twitter\">\n              <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\"\n\t y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 30 30\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 30 30\" xml:space=\"preserve\" width=\"19\" height=\"19\">\n<path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M14.5,16.2l-0.8-1.1l-6.3-9h2.7l5.1,7.3l0.8,1.1\n\tl6.6,9.4h-2.7L14.5,16.2L14.5,16.2z M16.9,13.4l7.4-8.7h-1.8l-6.5,7.5L11,4.8H5l7.8,11.4L5,25.2h1.8l6.8-7.9l5.5,7.9h6L16.9,13.4\n\tL16.9,13.4z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\n\n            <\/span>\n            <span class=\"a2a_label visually-hidden\">X<\/span>\n          <\/a>\n                                <a class=\"a2a_button_linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/#linkedin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Linkedin\">\n            <span class=\"a2a_svg a2a_s__default a2a_s_linkedin\">\n              <svg height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 19 19\" width=\"19\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"m25 21.4220779c0 1.974026-1.6038961 3.5779221-3.5779221 3.5779221h-11.84415582c-1.97402598 0-3.57792208-1.6038961-3.57792208-3.5779221v-11.84415582c0-1.97402598 1.6038961-3.57792208 3.57792208-3.57792208h11.84415582c1.974026 0 3.5779221 1.6038961 3.5779221 3.57792208zm-14.5584416-12.21428569c-.98701295 0-1.60389606.61688311-1.60389606 1.48051949-.12337663.8636364.49350649 1.4805195 1.48051946 1.4805195.987013 0 1.6038961-.6168831 1.6038961-1.4805195 0-.86363638-.6168831-1.48051949-1.4805195-1.48051949zm1.3571429 12.70779219v-8.6363636h-2.83766234v8.6363636zm10.2402597 0v-4.9350649c0-2.5909091-1.3571428-3.8246753-3.3311688-3.8246753-1.4805195 0-2.0974026.8636363-2.4675325 1.4805194v-1.2337662h-2.8376623v8.6363636h2.8376623v-4.9350649c0-.2467532 0-.4935065.1233767-.7402597.1233766-.4935065.6168831-.987013 1.4805194-.987013.987013 0 1.4805195.7402597 1.4805195 1.974026v4.564935z\" transform=\"translate(-6 -6)\"\/><\/svg>\n            <\/span>\n            <span class=\"a2a_label visually-hidden\">LinkedIn<\/span>\n          <\/a>\n                                <a class=\"a2a_button_bluesky\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/#bluesky\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Bluesky\">\n            <span class=\"a2a_svg a2a_s__default a2a_s_bluesky\">\n              <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"50px\" height=\"50px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\">\n                <path fill=\"#00000\" d=\"M12 10.8c-1.087-2.114-4.046-6.053-6.798-7.995C2.566.944 1.561 1.266.902 1.565C.139 1.908 0 3.08 0 3.768c0 .69.378 5.65.624 6.479c.815 2.736 3.713 3.66 6.383 3.364c.136-.02.275-.039.415-.056c-.138.022-.276.04-.415.056c-3.912.58-7.387 2.005-2.83 7.078c5.013 5.19 6.87-1.113 7.823-4.308c.953 3.195 2.05 9.271 7.733 4.308c4.267-4.308 1.172-6.498-2.74-7.078a8.741 8.741 0 0 1-.415-.056c.14.017.279.036.415.056c2.67.297 5.568-.628 6.383-3.364c.246-.828.624-5.79.624-6.478c0-.69-.139-1.861-.902-2.206c-.659-.298-1.664-.62-4.3 1.24C16.046 4.748 13.087 8.687 12 10.8\"  fill-rule=\"evenodd\" \/>\n              <\/svg>\n            <\/span>\n            <span class=\"a2a_label visually-hidden\">Bluesky<\/span>\n          <\/a>\n                                <a class=\"a2a_button_email\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/#email\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"E-mail\">\n            <span class=\"a2a_svg a2a_s__default a2a_s_print\">\n              <svg height=\"12\" viewBox=\"0 0 18 12\" width=\"18\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"m8.14285714 9.42857143c-.17142857 0-.34285714 0-.51428571.08571428l7.28571427 6.34285719c.3428572.2571428.6857143.2571428.9428572 0l7.2857142-6.34285719c-.0857142-.08571428-.2571428-.08571428-.4285714-.08571428zm-1.28571428 1.11428567v.1714286 8.5714286c0 .6857143.6 1.2857143 1.28571428 1.2857143h14.57142856c.6857143 0 1.2857143-.6 1.2857143-1.2857143v-8.5714286c0-.0857143 0-.0857143 0-.1714286l-7.2 6.3428572c-.7714286.6857143-1.8857143.6857143-2.6571429 0z\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" transform=\"translate(-6 -9)\"\/><\/svg>\n            <\/span>\n            <span class=\"a2a_label visually-hidden\">Email<\/span>\n          <\/a>\n                  <\/span>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n \n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6743 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/04\/Picture1-220x300.png\" alt=\"Photo of men behind wagon wheel with guns\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/04\/Picture1-220x300.png 220w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/04\/Picture1.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This past year I served as ICW Postdoctoral Researcher and Visiting Scholar of History at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. My work centered on the budding collaboration between ICW and the Center for the Study of Guns and Society (CSGS) at Wesleyan University. Established in April 2022, CSGS stands as the nation\u2019s first academic center dedicated to interdisciplinary humanities approaches to the social and cultural history of firearms. CSGS fosters pioneering original research in the history of firearms, with topics ranging from firearms technologies and manufacture to practices of owning, carrying, and using a firearm. The center continues to uncover the cultural significances of gun ownership and the historical conditions that have enabled the acceptance of high levels of gun violence in the United States, relative to other countries. As a hub for interdisciplinary research, CSGS regularly hosts conferences and workshops, engages in numerous research projects, and invites collaborations with other universities, museums, and institutions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My role included strengthening the connection and potential for collaboration between CSGS and ICW. I served as liaison between the two institutes and contributed to plans for a joint conference that are underway. One task I completed was compiling a list of archival institutions in California that may be fruitful for future research on the history and culture of firearms in California. I included with each institution listed a brief narrative regarding the access, potential, and relevance for each, as well as certain relevant collections to be examined. Another subject I researched, which stands as a potential topic for a conference presentation at an ICW-CSGS conference, was the history and culture of the Stembridge Gun Rental company in Hollywood, CA. Stembridge housed the largest collection of prop guns in the country and supplied <em>nearly every American movie or television set <\/em>with firearms and blanks, from approximately 1920-2007. This image of the rental company comes from a 1969 article in <em>True: The Man&#8217;s Magazine<\/em>, a publication promoted \u201cfor today\u2019s man.\u201d<a href=\"applewebdata:\/\/EBEA8847-3D93-4FB1-B1D3-D117B723B5CE#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> Stembridge held its near-monopoly on prop guns for another four decades.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I conducted research for a CSGS project looking at historical laws and practices of firearm use in the U.S. My research focused on California, one of the five states being examined, post statehood. I analyzed sources such as codes, laws, and ordinances, 1850-1923, ranging from state to municipal. The laws consisted of prohibitions or requirements for a permit to carry, conceal, or discharge a firearm. The state of California presented a distinct case legally because most laws and ordinances relating to guns came from each county. California only held statewide gun laws during the Civil War and Reconstruction; after this period the state government repealed many statewide laws and left it to the counties to determine the legality of gun use separately. The county had become the primary framework for establishing local government in new states and territories. A county could be readily extended or subdivided as more settlers arrived and could expand its reach to govern even the most sparsely settled areas in the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6742 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/04\/Picture2-300x254.png\" alt=\"List of entry items in a database\" width=\"300\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/04\/Picture2-300x254.png 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/04\/Picture2.png 556w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The results of the research I conducted is now part of the CSGS database. I created a spreadsheet containing information about each law, such as the type of law it was, the year it was passed, the jurisdiction under which the law resided, and any additional comments to help the team at CSGS and future researchers locate and analyze these laws. These laws ranged from state codes or session laws to municipal ordinances to territorial provisions. I was to download each law and place it in a file under a uniform title. The title had to contain the following information and format: YEAR-STATE-Type or YEAR-STATE-Municipality-Type. For example, a law regarding the carrying of a firearm in 1863 would look like \u201c1863 CA Carry,\u201d while a municipal law or ordinance about licensing appeared as \u201c1875 CA Pasadena License.\u201d I have included a brief snapshot of the files downloaded as pdfs with their titles. Each pdf was uploaded onto the shared CSGS folder for California, along with each law\u2019s entry into the shared spreadsheet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My research for CSGS and ICW furthers the mission of both institutes. Not only will it ideally foster future collaborative work, but my work on California contributes to the central goal of CSGS, which is to uncover the social, cultural, and legal history of firearm use in the U.S. through humanities methodologies. I look forward to seeing what will come next for this state-laws project, and the imperative work being pursued at the Center as well as at ICW.<\/p>\n<p>Photo captions:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Bob Thomas, \u201c7,000 Guns for Hire,\u201d <em>True: The Man&#8217;s Magazine<\/em> (January 1969): 36 and 78. Photograph by Bob Grant, opposite page 78.<\/li>\n<li>Screenshot of the types of laws \u2013 and the naming format \u2013 compiled for the CSGS project:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"applewebdata:\/\/EBEA8847-3D93-4FB1-B1D3-D117B723B5CE#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> Bob Thomas, \u201c7,000 Guns for Hire,\u201d <em>True: The Man&#8217;s Magazine<\/em> (January 1969): 78.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gary Stein<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":6356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Building a Collaboration between ICW and the Center for the Study of Guns and Society (CSGS) at Wesleyan University<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/2026\/04\/01\/building-a-collaboration-between-icw-and-the-center-for-the-study-of-guns-and-society-csgs-at-wesleyan-university\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Building a Collaboration between ICW and the Center for the Study of Guns and Society (CSGS) at Wesleyan University - Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gary Stein\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/2026\/04\/01\/building-a-collaboration-between-icw-and-the-center-for-the-study-of-guns-and-society-csgs-at-wesleyan-university\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/husc.icw\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-01T16:13:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-09T18:09:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Elizabeth Logan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@HUSC_ICW\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@HUSC_ICW\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/2026\/04\/01\/building-a-collaboration-between-icw-and-the-center-for-the-study-of-guns-and-society-csgs-at-wesleyan-university\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/2026\/04\/01\/building-a-collaboration-between-icw-and-the-center-for-the-study-of-guns-and-society-csgs-at-wesleyan-university\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Elizabeth Logan\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/#\/schema\/person\/da75db9e9a6d9d6a0e3717917e4d87a1\"},\"headline\":\"Building a Collaboration between ICW and the Center for the Study of Guns and Society (CSGS) at Wesleyan University\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-01T16:13:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-09T18:09:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/2026\/04\/01\/building-a-collaboration-between-icw-and-the-center-for-the-study-of-guns-and-society-csgs-at-wesleyan-university\/\"},\"wordCount\":19,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/2026\/04\/01\/building-a-collaboration-between-icw-and-the-center-for-the-study-of-guns-and-society-csgs-at-wesleyan-university\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/01\/photo_1071293-900x1260.jpg-e1767648143576.avif\",\"articleSection\":[\"Article\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/2026\/04\/01\/building-a-collaboration-between-icw-and-the-center-for-the-study-of-guns-and-society-csgs-at-wesleyan-university\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/2026\/04\/01\/building-a-collaboration-between-icw-and-the-center-for-the-study-of-guns-and-society-csgs-at-wesleyan-university\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/2026\/04\/01\/building-a-collaboration-between-icw-and-the-center-for-the-study-of-guns-and-society-csgs-at-wesleyan-university\/\",\"name\":\"Building a Collaboration between ICW and the Center for the Study of Guns and Society (CSGS) at Wesleyan University - Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/2026\/04\/01\/building-a-collaboration-between-icw-and-the-center-for-the-study-of-guns-and-society-csgs-at-wesleyan-university\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/2026\/04\/01\/building-a-collaboration-between-icw-and-the-center-for-the-study-of-guns-and-society-csgs-at-wesleyan-university\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/01\/photo_1071293-900x1260.jpg-e1767648143576.avif\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-01T16:13:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-09T18:09:56+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/2026\/04\/01\/building-a-collaboration-between-icw-and-the-center-for-the-study-of-guns-and-society-csgs-at-wesleyan-university\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/2026\/04\/01\/building-a-collaboration-between-icw-and-the-center-for-the-study-of-guns-and-society-csgs-at-wesleyan-university\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/2026\/04\/01\/building-a-collaboration-between-icw-and-the-center-for-the-study-of-guns-and-society-csgs-at-wesleyan-university\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/01\/photo_1071293-900x1260.jpg-e1767648143576.avif\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/01\/photo_1071293-900x1260.jpg-e1767648143576.avif\",\"width\":512,\"height\":717,\"caption\":\"photo of man smiling\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/2026\/04\/01\/building-a-collaboration-between-icw-and-the-center-for-the-study-of-guns-and-society-csgs-at-wesleyan-university\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Building a Collaboration between ICW and the Center for the Study of Guns and Society (CSGS) at Wesleyan University\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/\",\"name\":\"Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West\",\"description\":\"USC Dornsife Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-01-at-3.44.11-PM.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-01-at-3.44.11-PM.png\",\"width\":1486,\"height\":712,\"caption\":\"Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/husc.icw\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/HUSC_ICW\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/husc_icw\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/#\/schema\/person\/da75db9e9a6d9d6a0e3717917e4d87a1\",\"name\":\"Elizabeth Logan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3e984ef3099b4d0dbbbbebca182f2b966e691ca41b025dc90a42a72122bea77b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3e984ef3099b4d0dbbbbebca182f2b966e691ca41b025dc90a42a72122bea77b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Elizabeth Logan\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/author\/elizabal\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Building a Collaboration between ICW and the Center for the Study of Guns and Society (CSGS) at Wesleyan University","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/2026\/04\/01\/building-a-collaboration-between-icw-and-the-center-for-the-study-of-guns-and-society-csgs-at-wesleyan-university\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Building a Collaboration between ICW and the Center for the Study of Guns and Society (CSGS) at Wesleyan University - Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West","og_description":"Gary Stein","og_url":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/2026\/04\/01\/building-a-collaboration-between-icw-and-the-center-for-the-study-of-guns-and-society-csgs-at-wesleyan-university\/","og_site_name":"Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/husc.icw\/","article_published_time":"2026-04-01T16:13:13+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-04-09T18:09:56+00:00","author":"Elizabeth Logan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@HUSC_ICW","twitter_site":"@HUSC_ICW","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/2026\/04\/01\/building-a-collaboration-between-icw-and-the-center-for-the-study-of-guns-and-society-csgs-at-wesleyan-university\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/2026\/04\/01\/building-a-collaboration-between-icw-and-the-center-for-the-study-of-guns-and-society-csgs-at-wesleyan-university\/"},"author":{"name":"Elizabeth Logan","@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/#\/schema\/person\/da75db9e9a6d9d6a0e3717917e4d87a1"},"headline":"Building a Collaboration between ICW and the Center for the Study of Guns and Society (CSGS) at Wesleyan University","datePublished":"2026-04-01T16:13:13+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-09T18:09:56+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/2026\/04\/01\/building-a-collaboration-between-icw-and-the-center-for-the-study-of-guns-and-society-csgs-at-wesleyan-university\/"},"wordCount":19,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/2026\/04\/01\/building-a-collaboration-between-icw-and-the-center-for-the-study-of-guns-and-society-csgs-at-wesleyan-university\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/01\/photo_1071293-900x1260.jpg-e1767648143576.avif","articleSection":["Article"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/2026\/04\/01\/building-a-collaboration-between-icw-and-the-center-for-the-study-of-guns-and-society-csgs-at-wesleyan-university\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/2026\/04\/01\/building-a-collaboration-between-icw-and-the-center-for-the-study-of-guns-and-society-csgs-at-wesleyan-university\/","url":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/2026\/04\/01\/building-a-collaboration-between-icw-and-the-center-for-the-study-of-guns-and-society-csgs-at-wesleyan-university\/","name":"Building a Collaboration between ICW and the Center for the Study of Guns and Society (CSGS) at Wesleyan University - Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/2026\/04\/01\/building-a-collaboration-between-icw-and-the-center-for-the-study-of-guns-and-society-csgs-at-wesleyan-university\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/2026\/04\/01\/building-a-collaboration-between-icw-and-the-center-for-the-study-of-guns-and-society-csgs-at-wesleyan-university\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/01\/photo_1071293-900x1260.jpg-e1767648143576.avif","datePublished":"2026-04-01T16:13:13+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-09T18:09:56+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/2026\/04\/01\/building-a-collaboration-between-icw-and-the-center-for-the-study-of-guns-and-society-csgs-at-wesleyan-university\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/2026\/04\/01\/building-a-collaboration-between-icw-and-the-center-for-the-study-of-guns-and-society-csgs-at-wesleyan-university\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/2026\/04\/01\/building-a-collaboration-between-icw-and-the-center-for-the-study-of-guns-and-society-csgs-at-wesleyan-university\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/01\/photo_1071293-900x1260.jpg-e1767648143576.avif","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/01\/photo_1071293-900x1260.jpg-e1767648143576.avif","width":512,"height":717,"caption":"photo of man smiling"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/2026\/04\/01\/building-a-collaboration-between-icw-and-the-center-for-the-study-of-guns-and-society-csgs-at-wesleyan-university\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Building a Collaboration between ICW and the Center for the Study of Guns and Society (CSGS) at Wesleyan University"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/","name":"Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West","description":"USC Dornsife Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/#organization","name":"Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West","url":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-01-at-3.44.11-PM.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-01-at-3.44.11-PM.png","width":1486,"height":712,"caption":"Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/husc.icw\/","https:\/\/x.com\/HUSC_ICW","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/husc_icw\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/#\/schema\/person\/da75db9e9a6d9d6a0e3717917e4d87a1","name":"Elizabeth Logan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3e984ef3099b4d0dbbbbebca182f2b966e691ca41b025dc90a42a72122bea77b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3e984ef3099b4d0dbbbbebca182f2b966e691ca41b025dc90a42a72122bea77b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Elizabeth Logan"},"url":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/author\/elizabal\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6741"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6755,"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6741\/revisions\/6755"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/icw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}