Abigail Rolbiecki named director of the Institute for Research in the Social Sciences at CSU

Abigail Rolbiecki has been named the director of the Institute for Research in the Social Sciences at Colorado State University. An internationally recognized expert in meaning-centered narrative interventions and trauma-informed therapeutic processing, Rolbiecki has overseen more than $8M in funded research and led both interdisciplinary teams and multi-institutional partnerships that integrate the social sciences into ambitious, transformative scientific and scholarly projects.

History Associate Professor Doug Yarrington publishes historical study of Venezuela in the first half of the 20th century

Doug Yarrington, an associate professor of History in the College of Liberal Arts recently published a sweeping history of Venezuela that explores the ways corruption and efforts to combat it shaped the national state during the years of its formation.

Economics Professor Ed Barbier and Associate Professor Jo Burgess publish environmental economics textbook for students new to the field

University Distinguished Professor of Economics Ed Barbier and Associate Professor of Economics Jo Burgess recently published their first co-authored textbook, intended to invite students with little or no knowledge of economics to explore the field of environmental economics. The book uses extensive case studies to introduce concepts including sustainable development and the inextricable relationship between the natural world and the global economy.