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Randall Collins Ph.D. (born 1941 Knoxville Tennessee) is an American sociologist who is a Sociology professor at the University of Pennsylvania as well as a member of the Advisory Editors Council of the Social Evolution & History journal. He is a leading contemporary social theorist whose areas of expertise include the macro-historical sociology of political and economic change; micro-sociology including face-to-face interaction; and the sociology of intellectuals and social conflict.