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Gregory M. Collins is a Lecturer in the Program on Ethics, Politics, and Economics (EP&E) and the Department of Political Science at Yale University. He served as the Director of Undergraduate Studies for the EP&E Program in the 2024-25 academic year and is a fellow at the Elm Institute.
His research and teaching focus on the history of political and economic thought, the intellectual origins of liberalism and conservatism, constitutional theory, the philosophical dimensions of political economy, business ethics, and African-American political thought. His scholarship emphasizes the tension between liberty and order, and he is the author of Commerce and Manners in Edmund Burke’s Political Economy (Cambridge University Press, 2020). His second book project, The Idea of Civil Society in Early Black Political Thought, is under review at Cambridge University Press.
His recent academic work includes articles on Frederick Douglass’ constitutional theory, Eric Voegelin’s engagement with property rights, Adam Smith’s imperial thought, and the political philosophy of taxation. His popular writings appear in outlets such as National Review and Law & Liberty.
Gregory has received several prestigious awards, including the Buckley Institute’s 2024 Lux et Veritas Faculty Prize, the Heritage Foundation’s 2024 Freedom and Opportunity Academic Prize, and the Acton Institute’s 2020 Novak Award. He earned his Ph.D. and M.A. in Politics from The Catholic University of America (2017 and 2014) and his B.A. in Political Science from UMass Amherst (2009).
