Rate My Professor Jennifer Trudeau-Tham

Jennifer Trudeau-Tham is an Associate Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics within the Jack Welch College of Business and Technology at Sacred Heart University. She holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Economics from the University of New Hampshire, as well as a B.S. from Fairfield University. Her primary research specialization is health economics, focusing on infant and maternal health outcomes influenced by factors such as sun exposure, media depictions of teen pregnancy, and insurance mandates in health care reform. She has expanded her work to economic analyses of global immunization programs, COVID-19 risk perceptions and social distancing in Latin America, vaccine uptake predictions, and community preferences for sea level rise adaptation and coastal management. Dr. Trudeau-Tham has presented her research at major conferences, including the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, American Society of Health Economists, Eastern Economic Association, and American Geophysical Union meetings. Her scholarship demonstrates impact through collaborations on interdisciplinary projects addressing public health and environmental challenges.

Dr. Trudeau-Tham teaches Principles of Microeconomics, Principles of Macroeconomics, Managerial Economics, and Health Economics, contributing to undergraduate education and mentoring student research projects. Her publications include 'Americans’ willingness to give to global immunization programs: Political heterogeneity in preferences for program management and response to priming communications' (Vaccine, 2024), 'Identifying local priorities for adaptation to sea level rise via stated preferences: A choice experiment from two coastal cities in Guatemala' (Ocean and Coastal Management, 2024), 'Willingness to Give Amid Pandemics: A Contingent Valuation of Anticipated Nongovernmental Immunization Programs' (International Journal of Health Economics and Management, 2022), 'Immediate And Informative Feedback During A Pandemic: Using Stated Preference Analysis to Predict Vaccine Uptake Rates' (Health Economics, 2021), and 'COVID-19 Risk Perceptions and Social Distancing Practice in Latin America' (Hispanic Health Care International, 2021), along with works in International Review of Administrative Sciences, International Journal of Public Administration, and Southern Economic Journal. She has received the Sacred Heart University Annual Scholarly Recognition Award (2016-2017), University Research and Creativity Grant (2024), tenure and promotion to associate professor (2020), runner-up for the Georgescu-Roegen prize, a university scholarship award, and recognition as a top cited female author in a Wiley virtual issue for International Women’s Day.