Jared Orsi

State Historian Councilmember

Dr. Jared Orsi is a professor of history at Colorado State University and director of the Public Lands History Center. He specializes in environmental and borderlands history, teaching courses on US and Mexican history. His book Citizen Explorer: The Life of Zebulon Pike was a finalist for the Colorado Book Award for history in 2015.

Doctor Jared Orsi atop Mount Rosa
Jared Orsi

Written by Jared Orsi

  • Beloved Primary

    Race, Privilege, and Landscape in Colorado History

    As we look forward to Colorado Day on August 1, we asked each member of the State Historian’s Council to reflect on what “our beloved Colorado” means to them. Here, Jared Orsi reflects on who we mean - and who we exclude - when we say “our.”