General Interests
"'What's it worth?'
That question summarizes my research interests. The worth or value I'm interested in is not finding the price, but the value that people place on a good (or avoiding a bad). It's important to distinguish, too, the difference between a value in exchange and a value in use. My current investigation is on the value people place on reducing their risk of death from natural or man-made disasters. Within business and management topics, I'll be exploring the impacts of business regulation, and how non-profit and public sector work is valued."

Years at Knox: 2005 to present

Education
Ph.D., Economics, 2000, Georgia State University.
M.Ed., Adult Education Program Management, 1986, Georgia State University.
B.A., Philosophy, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, 1978.

Teaching Interests
Principles of economics, labor economics, the economics of public health, management principles, cost benefit analysis

Recent Accomplishments
Publications
"Modeling the impact of HIV chemoprophylaxis strategies among men who have sex with men in the United States: HIV infections prevented and cost-effectiveness." Co-authored with K. Desai, S. L. Sansom, M. L. Ackers, S. R. Stewart, H. I. Hall, D. J. Hu, R. Sanders, S. Soorapanth, M. Boily, G. P. Garnett and P. D. McElroy. AIDS 22.14 (2008): 1829-1839.

"Does Funding for HIV and Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention Matter? Evidence from Panel Data." Co-authored with H.W. Chesson, P. Harrison, and B. Varghese. Evaluation Review 29.1.

Presentations
"Getting from Priorities to the Allocation of Resources." Community Planning Leadership Summit, New York, New York, 2003.

"What Does it Cost to Do That Intervention?" HIV Prevention Leadership Summit, Atlanta, Georgia, 2004, and New Orleans, Louisiana, 2003; and the United States Conference on AIDS, Anaheim, California, 2002.

"Making Use of Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Community Planning: Methods and Tools." Community Planning Leadership Summit, Chicago, Illinois, 2002.

"What is the Role of Cost-effectiveness Analysis in the Allocation of HIV Prevention Resources?" National HIV Prevention Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, 2001.

"An Introduction to Cost-Effectiveness for HIV Prevention." Community Planning Leadership Summit, Houston, Texas, 2001.

"Economic Concepts and Thinking: The Potentials for HIV Prevention." Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention (DHAP)'s Turning Research into Prevention (TRIP), Atlanta, Georgia, 2001.

"New Evidence on VSL Estimates Based on Current Labor Market Conditions." CDC Prevention Effectiveness Seminar, Atlanta, Georgia, 2000.

"Valuing Risk Reductions for Different Hazards. Workshop on Valuing the Health Benefits of Food Safety." College Park, Maryland, 2000.

"Consistent Risk Measurement, the Sources of Risk, and Estimating the Value of a Statistical Life." Co-authored with Dr. Laura Taylor. Allied Social Sciences Associations Meetings, Boston, Massachusetts, 2000.

"Consistent Risk Management and the Estimation of the Value of a Statistical Life." Camp Resources VI, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1999.

Campus & Community Involvement
Knox County Board of Health, 2006 to present.

Economist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention (NCHSTP), 2000 to present.

Contact
309-341-7115
cscotton@knox.edu