Ronald James Gould (born April 15, 1950) is an American mathematician specializing in combinatorics and graph theory.

He is a Goodrich C. White professor emeritus in the Emory University Department of Mathematics.

After attending SUNY Fredonia for his undergraduate degree, Gould received his Ph.D. in 1979 from Western Michigan University.

His thesis was titled Traceability in Graphs, and was completed under the supervision of Gary Chartrand.

[3] Gould is most noted for his work in the area of Hamiltonian graph theory.