Guy Numa is an Assistant Professor in the Economics Department at Colorado State University, a board member of the National Economic Association, and an editorial board member of the Journal of the History of Economic Thought.

Prior to CSU, Numa was an Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts Boston, a Research Fellow at the Institute for New Economic Thinking, and an Arthur Sachs Research Scholar at Harvard University. Numa also served as Visiting Assistant Professor at SUNY Stony Brook, and Assistant Professor at Université de Picardie Jules Verne (France). Previous appointments include teaching positions at Barnard College, the New School, and Université Paris Dauphine (France).

In his research and teaching, Professor Numa specializes in History of Economic Thought, Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, Industrial Organization, and Caribbean Political Economy. A common thread through each of these areas is the role and the scope of government in a market economy. Numa’s work has appeared in leading journals such as The Journal of Economic Perspectives, History of Political Economy, The Journal of the History of Economic Thought, and The European Journal for the History of Economic Thought. Numa is the author of a book on the regulation of the railroad industry published by Éditions Classiques Garnier. Professor Numa also co-authored two books on the 2009 social movements in the French Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique.

Professor Numa has been awarded the 2016 Young Researcher Award of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought (ESHET). The prize is awarded to scholars below the age of 40 in recognition of outstanding publications in the history of economic thought.