Tony Gill

Anthony Gill (Ph.D. UCLA 1994) is professor of political science at the University of Washington and an adjunct professor of sociology at the UW.  He is also a Distinguished Senior Fellow at Baylor University’s Institute for Studies of Religion, a research affiliate at the Mises Institute (Auburn, AL), a frequent mentor at the Institute for Humane Studies, and is currently nominated for membership in the Mont Pelerin Society.  He specializes in the political economy of religion, religious liberty, and is currently dabbling in the economics of culture.  He is author of two books — Rendering unto Caesar: The Catholic Church and the State in Latin America and The Political Origins of Religious Liberty — and a bunch of articles and stuff in places like the American Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, Rationality & Society, and Public Choice.  In addition to running a podcast called Research on Religion from 2010-18, he has appeared twice on EconTalk (on religion and tipping), and is a frequent contributor at the American Institute for Economic Research.

As a recipient of the UW Distinguished Teaching Award (1999), he also designs poster art for his conference presentations, journal articles, and classes (and hopes more scholars will do that).

Beyond academia, Prof. Gill is into backpacking, scuba diving, puppetry, boxing, Golden Retrievers, and bourbon.