CSFE Blog
Broadband investment would mean billions to NC, but there’s a holdup: Utility poles
To be included in today’s digital world, all North Carolinians need access to reliable, high-speed broadband. Yet, today nearly 472,000 in our state – primarily in rural communities – remain without broadband access, limiting their options to work, learn, pray,...
Utility Poles: Key to Achieving Full Broadband Access in North Carolina*
Robert Cooter and Thomas Ulen's classic textbook, Law & Economics 4th Edition, describes the concept known as the Hold Up Problem. A hold up is a market actor who possesses and exercises market power to interrupt others' ongoing physical investment projects. It is...
Our New Annual Report, 2020-21
Check out our new annual report, just released today! In the summer of 2020, as we sat down amidst those uncertain times to hash out plans for the 2020-21 academic year, I wrote the following vision statement for the Center: We produce high-impact research in three...
Recap and Video of “Helping the Community Helps Your Campus”
As summer settles in, we invite you to check out the recap (below) and video of our May 19 event, "Helping the Community Helps Your Campus: New and Replicable Ways Two University Centers are Impacting Their Communities." Craig Richardson and I are co-presenters. We...
CSFE as Hub and Platform: Cross-Disciplinary Research that Matters
As CSFE nears the end of its fifth year, the Scaled-Up Seminar and our Faculty & Student Affiliates programs have become two key programs. Together, these programs connect over 100 faculty and student researchers from different disciplines and colleges at WCU, and...
Meet Emma Miller
Last year, we began our spotlight series on our 2020-21 Faculty Affiliates, and continuing with this series, today we would like to highlight Emma Miller. Emma Miller, MSW, LCSW is an Assistant Professor of Social Work and the U.S. Health Resources and Services...
Meet CSFE Associate Director Sean Mulholland
Last year, we began our spotlight series on our 2020-21 Faculty Affiliates. Today, we would like to introduce CSFE Associate Director and WCU Professor of Economics, Sean Mulholland. Sean was born and raised in South Carolina and earned his M.A. and Ph.D. from...
Meet Stephen Miller
Last year, we began our spotlight series on our 2020-21 Faculty Affiliates, and continuing with this series, today we would like to highlight Dr. Stephen Miller. Stephen is the Adams Bibby Chair of Free Enterprise in the Manuel H. Johnson Center for Political Economy...
Meet David McCord
In 2020, we began our spotlight series on our 2020-21 Faculty Affiliates, and continuing with this series, we would like to highlight Dr. David McCord. David is a Professor of Clinical Psychology at WCU, with research interests focused on personality theory and the...
Meet Turner Goins
To continue with our highlights of our 2020-21 Faculty Affiliates, today we are putting Dr. R. Turner Goins in the spotlight. Turner is the Ambassador Jeanette Hyde Distinguished Professor in the Department of Social Work in the College of Health and Human Sciences at...