The course will examine the connections between the biology of epidemics, human responses, and economic consequences. We will consider questions like: What are the direct economic consequences of epidemics? How do individuals restrict their travel in the face of the COVID 19 epidemic? What are the effects on education of children in poor African countries in the wake of the HIV/AIDS epidemic? The course will pay special emphasis on government policies, such as the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) and the degree to which these responses align with scientific knowledge of the epidemic. We will consider the following epidemics: the bubonic plague of the 1300s, the 1918 influenza epidemic, the HIV/AIDS crisis, and COVID19. The course will be supplemented by guest lectures from other related disciplines like biology, history and African studies.
This course is eligible for honors credit through Hutton Honors College.
Catalog Information:
COLL-S 104
FRESHMAN SEMINAR IN S&H
Born in southern Germany, but educated at the University of Kansas and University of Minnesota in economics, professor Glomms research and teaching interests include macroeconomics, economic growth, income distribution and political economy. Recent papers include, On the Political Economy of Means Tested Education Vouchers in European Economic Review and Distributional Effects of Public Education in an Economy with Public Pensions forthcoming in International Economic Review.
Professor Glomm loves to read. He likes to reap the benefits of globalization in the form of Swiss chocolate, Indonesian coffee, and Chilean red wine. He also can be found practicing applied game theory on the soccer field.
Professor Hardy is originally from northern England. He moved to the U.S. in 1991 to pursue his Ph.D. in Microbiology at the University of Alabama-Birmingham Medical School. His dissertation research focused on a respiratory transmitted virus. In 1998 he moved to Washington University St. Louis where I began work with Nobel Laureate Charles Rice on a group of mosquito-transmitted viruses. He joined the Biology faculty here at IU in 2002. He continues to work on mosquito-transmitted viruses with particular interest in the molecular determinants of replication and transmission. In recent years he has focused on understanding the means by which pathogens exploit the behaviors of their hosts, and how this leads to efficient transmission, and ultimately epidemics. He is currently Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education in the College of Arts + Sciences and the Associate Director of the ASURE program.
Outside of the classroom and the lab Rich enjoys backpacking, fishing, reading, and watching sports, particularly soccer, rugby and cricket.
