Hummel, Jeffrey Rogers
Professor, Economics
Jeff Hummel is the author of Emancipating Slaves, Enslaving Free Men: A History of the American Civil War (1996). He teaches both economics and history, and before joining the ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ economics
faculty in the fall of 2002, lectured as an adjunct at Golden Gate University and
Santa Clara University. He served in the U.S. Army as a tank platoon leader during
the early seventies, was Publications Director for the Independent Institute in Oakland,
CA, in the late eighties, and was a National Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford
University, for the 2001-2002 academic year.
Publications
Books
(Chicago: Open Court, 2014).
Other Publications
Select working papers:
Articles and reviews published in:
- Journal of Economic History
- Texas Law Review
- International Philosophical Quarterly
- and numerous other publications ...
Contributions to:
- .
Scripts for audio tapes produced by Knowledge Products:
±«ÓãÖ±²¥ Courses Taught
ECON 1A: Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 102: Macroeconomic Analysis
ECON/HIST 113A: Economic History of the United States
ECON 135: Money and Banking
ECON 202: Seminar in Macroeconomic Analysis (Graduate)
ECON 235: Seminar in Monetary Theory (Graduate)
HIST 176: The American Way of War: Civil War (History Department)
Syllabi: Spring 2021
Econ 235
Research Interests
- Macroeconomics
- Monetary Theory and History
- Economics of War and Defense
- Economics of Slavery
- U.S. Economic History
- U.S. Civil War
Preferred: jeffrey.hummel@sjsu.edu
Telephone
Preferred: (925) 324-0659
Office Hours
Tuesday, 6:00-6:30 P.M.; and by appointment
Education
Ph.D. History, University of Texas, Austin, 2001
B.A. History, Grove City College, 1971