Writing

Writing by Cole Rehbein. Essays, journalism, and academic papers.

Essays

Essays on crisis work, behavioral science, technology, and the examined life live on the blog. Low frequency, long half-life. Also over RSS.

Journalism

Santa Fe Reporter

Calendar editor, copy editor, and culture contributor (2019–2020). Community events, copyediting, restaurant reviews, food writing, gallery openings.

Rio Grande Sun

City reporter (2020–2021). City politics, council meetings, and local events in Española and Rio Arriba County.

Academic Papers

The Internally Determined Self

Senior paper, St. John’s College (2019). Spinoza’s Ethics as a remedy for postmodernity’s identity crisis. Philosophy and history of math and science; minors in classical studies and comparative literature.

Is It Right to Rebel?

Adolescence as crisis in moral identity development. PSYC 6400, Advanced Developmental Psychology, NMHU (2022).

Memory & Cognition literature review

Graduate literature review. Memory and Cognition, NMHU.

Thesis: mindfulness-based behavioral activation

A brief, outdoor mindfulness-based behavioral activation intervention for college students with depression. M.S. thesis, clinical/counseling psychology, NMHU (2026). See Research.