Center for the Study of Free Enterprise
Professor Sean Mulholland became CSFE Director in July 2022. CSFE BlogResearch Reports
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Integrating the work of faculty and students with needs in the community where they are greatest.
What’s New
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...
Getting Back to “Normal” vs. Posttraumatic Growth: Ways for Individuals, Communities, and Societies to Grow in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Getting Back to “Normal” vs. Posttraumatic Growth: Ways for Individuals, Communities, and Societies to Grow in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic Chelsea Sokolow and Emma Miller, MSW, LCSW Western Carolina UniversityClick the Button Below to Download a PDF Version of...
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...
COVID-19 Prevalence and Empty College Seats
A year ago, many prospective 2020 high school graduates were finalizing their decisions on whether and where to attend college. The 2019-2020 application and acceptance process was much the same as it had been over the last twenty years. Most selective schools still...
Meet Angela Dills
To continue with our highlights of our 2020-21 Faculty Affiliates, today we are putting Dr. Angela Dills in the spotlight. Angela is the Gimelstob-Landry Distinguished Professor of Regional Economic Development and Professor of Economics at WCU. Angela received a B.A....