Ronald Kenneth Leo Collins (born July 31, 1949) is the co-founder and co-director of the History Book Festival and co-founder and co-chair of the First Amendment Salons. He was the Harold S. Shefelman Scholar at the University of Washington School of Law. He is also the editor of Attention (an online journal on the life and legacy of Simone Weil) and the Lewes Public Library's Distinguished Lecturer.