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Veterans in Society: Changing the Discourse - Conference Overview
(Virginia Tech, 2013)The attached document describes the activities, presentations, and speeches that took place during the "Veterans in Society: Changing the Discourse" conference, which was held from April 14-15, 2013 at the Inn at Virginia ... -
Writing War: Veterans in the College Writing Classroom
(Virginia Tech; Veterans in Society: Changing the Discourse, 2013-04-15)As writing classrooms may be the primary locations where students' military experiences are shared, writing instructors bear special ethical responsibility when teaching veterans. A discussion of research conducted with ... -
Defense to Degree: Accelerating Engineering Degree Completion for Military Veterans
(Virginia Tech; Veterans in Society: Changing the Discourse, 2013-04-15)This paper will focus on the accelerated track for military veterans into bachelor's degrees in engineering. It is important to have contact with the military veteran prior to their arriving on campus to begin their ... -
Moving Words / Words that Move: An Analysis of Discursive Practices Plaguing U.S. Servicewomen
(Virginia Tech; Veterans in Society: Changing the Discourse, 2013-04-15)Through a rhetorical analysis of three terms commonly used in military culture to describe servicewomen, this paper aims to inform instructors of the influence repeated exposure to visual/verbal practices (Fleckenstein; ... -
Stolen Valor: Supporting and Defending Another's Right to Lie
(Virginia Tech; Veterans in Society: Changing the Discourse, 2013-04-15)The United States Supreme Court's recent decision (plurality) in U.S. v. Alvarez (567 U.S. __, 132 S.Ct. 2537) has met with derision in some circles and support in others. The Court stated, "content-based restrictions on ... -
A Sample of Best Practices to Support Veterans in Attending and Completing Engineering Degree Programs
(Veterans in Society: Changing the Discourse; Virginia Tech, 2013-04-15)This paper describes some sample best practices identified by three institutions, Virginia Tech, Kansas State University, and the University of San Diego to support the recruitment, transition, and retention of veterans ... -
Military Experience and the Arts: Bridging the Gap Between Military and Civilian Cultures Through Creative Expression Scholarship
(Virginia Tech; Veterans in Society: Changing the Discourse, 2013-04-15)This paper considers the arts as a means of engaging veterans' military experiences, to help in reframing trauma and helping veterans use their pasts to move into positive futures. The author provides motivations and ... -
Examining the Motives for Veterans Writing Workshops: Is It Clinical, Political, Instructional, or All the Above?
(Virginia Tech; Veterans in Society: Changing the Discourse, 2013-04-15)This paper surveys some of the issues involved with forming a veterans writing group. There appear to be three reasons for starting a veterans writing group: therapy, politics, or instruction, and these intentions often ... -
Veterans and Broadband Access in Virginia: Implications for Healthcare Planning and Policy
(Virginia Tech; Veterans in Society: Changing the Discourse, 2013-04-15)The paper summarizes results and ongoing research into the implication of broadband access and utilization as a means to improve veterans' health care services and coordination. The study examines (a) broadband access, ... -
‘Performing for the Camera’ ?: Oral History Interviews of Female Military Service Personnel
(2014-04)This paper examines the discourse female military service personnel use to describe their military service. Using video-recorded oral history interviews available online from the Library of Congress Veterans History Project, ... -
Resisting & Re-inscribing Gender Norms: See Me/ Hear Me
(2014-04)Women veterans not infrequently report the forced iconic characterizations of “bitch,” “whore,” or “dike” forced upon them by their fellow service-members, superiors, and the larger culture both during and after their ... -
Examining the Differences in Veterans and Non-Veterans at the Chronic Pain Management Unit
(2014-04)The CPMU consists of both veterans and non-veterans who exhibit a wide range of chronic pain problems. In this study, it is hypothesized that veterans and non-veterans will score better at discharge than at admission, based ... -
Veterans in Society Conference 2014: Humanizing the Discourse (Conference Program)
(2014-04)This program lists the daily sessions, presentations, and events that took place during the 2014 Veterans in Society Conference, which was held from April 27-28, 2014 at the Hotel Roanoke in Roanoke, VA. This program also ... -
Bridging a Gap Between Knowledge and Experience: Civilian Views of Military Service
(2014-04)Assume that knowledge can never exceed experience. In the case of studying the military and veterans’ issues, then, how much can a civilian understand, or how much credibility might a civilian have to leverage when making ... -
Standing Up To Be Counted: Female Military Personnel and Online Mentoring
(2014-04)Women working in male-dominated fields such as science and the military often encounter challenges fitting into their workplace communities, feeling themselves to be cast as less intelligent and less powerful (physically ... -
Veterans as a Stabilising Factor in Politics: West Africa as a Case Study
(2014-04)This paper discusses civil-military relations in Africa with an emphasis on regional instabilities as they affect the economic, socio-cultural, and political settings of the people. It observes the involvement of war ... -
The Contributions of Veterans in Business and Economy: Africa as a Case Study
(2014-04)This paper discusses the growing influence retired military men and women are now exacting in African society based on their business franchises, which cut across telecoms, agriculture, mining, shipping, oil and gas, ... -
Understanding and Building Effective Narrative on Veteran Experiences to Compel Program and Policy Action
(2014-04)Virginia has the third highest per capita population of veterans, and the seventh highest in total population. Many of these veterans are faced with wide-ranging and complex health issues, which vary greatly depending on ... -
The Changing Face of War
(2014-04-28)Society has views of warfighters, who they are and the battles they fight. Recently a new group of warfighters have been brought into our consciousness; however, it is necessary to examine how we are influenced by the ... -
How Do Military Veteran Students Write? Exploring the Effectiveness of Current Writing Pedagogy
(2014-04-28)Through Post-911 GI Bill benefits, military veterans are flooding college admissions offices and writing classes at rates not seen since the World War II era. According to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, ...
