Faculty Directory | Tyson-Lord Gray

Tyson-Lord Gray is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Business & Society Program at New York University's Stern School of Business, where he teaches Professional Responsibility & Leadership. He holds a concurrent appointment as the Harold A. Stevens Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, where he teaches Administrative Law and The Law and Policy of Sustainable Business.

Professor Gray's scholarship sits at the intersection of administrative law, food law and policy, environmental law, and corporate responsibility. His research examines the administrative and statutory limits of environmental policies, corporate food waste jurisprudence, and the role of ethics in legal analysis of corporate decision-making. His work has been published in the SMU Law Review and featured in Law360 and The Hill.

Professor Gray's broader scholarly work integrates virtue ethics and normative theory into legal analysis of environmental and food systems. He is an inductee of the Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Collegium of Scholars (2025) and serves on the Board of Directors for Green the Church. Before joining the Stern faculty, he was a Faculty Fellow in the Environmental Studies Department at NYU College of Arts and Sciences.

Professor Gray earned his B.A. from Trinity International University, an M.Div. from Morehouse School of Religion, an S.T.M. from Boston University, a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University, and a J.D. with an Advanced Certificate in Environmental Law from Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University. He is admitted to the New York State Bar and the District of Columbia Bar.