Adrienne Lucas

I am a development economist specializing in the economics of disease and education. My current research focuses on the achievement return to a primary school literacy intervention in Kenya and Uganda, the intergenerational effects of adult antiretroviral therapy in Zambia, and the effect of secondary school quality on student achievement in Kenya. I have published research on malaria, free primary education, and secondary school choice.

I contribute courses to the economics core and electives in my specialties. At the introductory level, I teach Principles of Macroeconomics. For intermediate students, I teach Econometrics, an applied course that culminates in students producing their own final empirical projects. I offer elective courses at both the intermediate and advanced level. Development Economics offers an overview of the issues of and current research on developing countries. The Economics of Disease and Destruction is an advanced course for students interested in a deeper empirical understanding of episodes of disease and destruction and developing countries through the careful study of the recent literature in economics.

I am currently on leave as an Assistant Professor at the University of Delaware.