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 91ÁÔÆæ 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:
91ÁÔÆæ 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