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Heal: An Experience Report
(Virginia Tech, 2015-11)For over ten years I have been learning about life with a son who experiences Post- Traumatic Stress. My experiences with both the roadblocks and the resources from my adventure into this realm of the unknown have led me ... -
Race and/or Reconciliation : Proceedings of the 3rd Conference on Veterans in Society
(Virginia Tech, 2016)The Veterans in Society (ViS) research group is proud to present the proceedings of the Third Conference on Veterans in Society: Race and/or Reconciliation, with papers that represent a wide range of research and community ... -
War Trauma in the Construction of American Lost-war Culture: From WWI to Vietnam and the Present
(Virginia Tech, 2015-11)The war veteran suffering Shell Shock is one of the most enduring images of twentieth century war. Among 21st century media pundits and even some medical professionals, however, few are aware that Shell Shock was largely ... -
Race, Civil War Memory, and Sisterhood in the Woman's Relief Corps
(Virginia Tech, 2015-11)This paper explores the intersections of race and the public remembrances of the American Civil War in the Woman's Relief Corps (WRC), auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR). It specifically examines the role ... -
Veteran Status and Work in Deadly Civilian Jobs: Are Veterans More Likely to Be Employed in High-Risk Occupations than Nonveterans?
(Virginia Tech, 2015-11)The demand for workers in high-risk occupations is growing, as is the number of service members transitioning from military to civilian jobs. This paper will address whether veterans are more likely to hold physically ... -
MILITARY BRATS: A Living Study in Race Relations
(Virginia Tech, 2015-11)In 1948, President Harry Truman issued Executive Order 9981, desegregating the United States military. Much has been written about the Order's effect on soldiers; almost none about the powerful effect it has had on generations ... -
Local Military Matters: Bridging the Military-Civilian Gap through College-Community Interactions
(Virginia Tech, 2015-11)The call for papers for the 3rd annual Veterans in Society Conference included a statement made by President Ruscio of Washington & Lee University in which he wondered "whether people with different backgrounds, different ... -
Models of the Post-Racial World? Rhetorics of Race among U.S. Military Brats
(Virginia Tech, 2015-11)The U.S. military has long been claimed as a model for racial integration, having been integrated by executive order before the general population; significantly, too, the military is constantly shuffling but organized by ... -
The Church: One of the First Military Veterans Organizations
(Virginia Tech, 2015-11)Today, the Federal Department of Veterans Affairs recognizes well over 100 military veteran organizations including the American Legion, American Veterans (AMVETS), Paralyzed Veterans of America, and Veterans of Foreign ... -
Some were free born. Some were fugitives. Some were slaves. Now they were all veterans.
(Virginia Tech, 2015-11)This essay centers on the soldiers of the 102nd United States Colored Infantry (USCI), originally organized in August 1863 as the First Michigan Colored Infantry, the only all-black regiment organized in the state and one ... -
Last Night I Dreamed of Peace: The Diary of Dang Thuy Tram. War, Writing, Reconciliation
(Virginia Tech, 2015-11)Last Night I Dreamed of Peace: The Diary of Dang Thuy Tram is a diary written by a North Vietnamese field physician serving in South Vietnam during the war we fought there who treated Vietnamese communists and ... -
Reconciliation as [Lofty] Aim: A Genre Analysis of Iraq War-Era Women Veterans' Memoirs
(Virginia Tech, 2015-11)Using the framework of rhetorical genre studies, this paper presents findings from an analysis of fifteen memoirs written by Iraq War-era women veterans. This work seeks to elucidate how the genre of "the war memoir" both ... -
Images of Reintegration: Alternative Visual Rhetorics of the Returning World War II Soldier
(Virginia Tech, 2015-11)During World War II, comic books and movies buoyed the public's spirits and offered hope to combat the uncertainty of a world at war. However, these visual media often did so at the expense of portraying authentic military ... -
Outsiders of Battlefield Experience: The Journey Home for the Civil War Soldier
(Virginia Tech, 2015-11)Present value is applied to the rapid nature of Civil War soldiers' redeployment home. This paper explores the means by which Union and Confederate soldiers found their way home and the obstacles they encountered along the ... -
Bounding Veterans Studies: A Review of the Field
(Virginia Tech, 2015-11)Over the past decade, the amount of research and teaching concerning veterans has proliferated to a point where some believe there is an academic discipline of Veterans Studies. Assuming this is correct, what is Veterans ... -
Bennett H. Young and the Rhetoric of Reconciliation
(Virginia Tech, 2015-11)Serving twice as Commander-in-Chief of the United Confederate Veterans, and then holding the title of Honorary Commander-in-Chief for Life until his death in 1919, Bennett H. Young was an instrumental figure in expanding ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ...
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