Rate My Professor Michael French

French's academic interests center on health economics, substance abuse treatment and policy, economic evaluations of health interventions, labor market outcomes linked to substance use, alcohol and drug policy, and the economics of crime. His prolific publication record includes peer-reviewed articles such as "Are Tattoos Associated with Employment and Wage Discrimination?: Analyzing the Relationships Between Body Art and Labor Market Outcomes" (Human Relations, 2019, with K. Mortensen and A.R. Timming), "Watch for Motorcycles! The Effects of Texting and Handheld Bans on Motorcyclist Fatalities" (Social Science and Medicine, 2018, with G. Gumus), "Tattoos, Employment, and Earnings: Is There a Link in the Ink?" (Southern Economic Journal, 2016, with J.C. Maclean et al., winner of the 2016 Georgescu-Roegen Prize), "Key Provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA): A Systematic Review and Presentation of Early Research Findings" (Health Services Research, 2016, with J.F. Homer et al.), "The Economic Costs of Jail-Based Methadone Maintenance Treatment" (American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 2018, with B.P. Horn et al.), and book chapters like "Substance Use and School and Occupational Performance" in the Oxford Handbook of Substance Use Disorders (2014, with I. Popovici). French has served as principal investigator on grants from the National Institutes of Health and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and contributed to numerous university committees, scientific advisory boards, and editorial reviews.