Elizabeth Gurian

Gurian is an associate professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Norwich University. She is also the Director of the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. She teaches about criminal violence, capital punishment, and courts, and mentors undergraduate students. Her research focuses on multicide offenders, including serial and mass murderers, lone actor terrorists, and mass shooters.

 In 2016, Gurian was awarded an American Association of University Women publication grant for her work exploring serial murder adjudication and outcome patterns, which has since culminated in her book, Serial and Mass Murder: Understanding Multicide Through Offending Patterns, Explanations, and Outcomes. She has published in several leading criminology journals, and she has discussed her work through media such as BBC Radio, VPR, WCAX, and the New York Times and CBS podcast, “Why Women Kill”.

Ph.D. Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge

M.S. Criminal Justice, Northeastern University

B.S. Human Physiology, Boston University

CRIM 316 Criminal Violence
CJ 310 Courts
CJ 410 Senior Seminar
CRIM 250 The Death Penalty

Gurian, E.A. (2022). Serial and mass murder: Understanding multicide through offending patterns, explanations, and outcomes. New York, NY: Routledge.

2020 Gurian, EA & Woodbury Tease, A. Shadow and substance: an examination of capital punishment through the lens of the Twilight Zone and Black Mirror. JCJPC, 20(1): 43-58.

2018 Gurian EA. Offending, adjudication, and outcome patterns of solo male, solo female, and partnered mass murderers. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 62(7): 1906-1924.