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 available 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.