Description: Associate Professor of History Colorado State University Michael Childers is an Associate Professor in the Colorado State University History Department specializing in the modern American West, environmental history, and tourism. His first book, Colorado Powder Keg: Ski Resorts and the Environmental Movement (University Press of Kansas, 2012), discussed the history of Colorado’s ski industry and the emergence of…
My Story Publications Associate Professor of History Colorado State University
Michael Childers is an Associate Professor in the Colorado State University History Department specializing in the modern American West, environmental history, and tourism. His first book, Colorado Powder Keg: Ski Resorts and the Environmental Movement (University Press of Kansas, 2012), discussed the history of Colorado’s ski industry and the emergence of the postindustrial West, where mountains became more valuable as ski resorts than as rangelands. The book was awarded the International Ski History A
The author of several articles and essays, he is currently writing his second book, tentatively titled, “The Mountains are Calling Tourists and the Unmaking of Yosemite National Park,” examining the park’s history through visitors’ own experiences, and the environmental costs of when a place becomes too popular.