Resiliency for Veterans Studies

A resilient field of study considers the history and future longevity of the academic conversations it produces. Through a historical understanding of veteran studies and comprehension of how we collaborate with each other to produce meaningful scholarship, scholars of veteran studies will be able to progress in a more robust and impactful field of study. Speaker 1 will review some defining moments of the nascent academic field over the last two-plus decades and ponder its current status and future prospects. Speaker 2 will identify some challenges and opportunities facing new voices in veterans studies and potential impacts on the field as a whole. Through a review of literature in the Journal of Veterans Studies that highlights such interdisciplinary collaboration. Speaker 3 will show how working together as academic fields to accomplish a shared mission, much as the military branches do, supports resiliency in veteran studies. Finally, Speaker 4 joins scholars who look to communal or collective experiences as a source of resilience—a perspective that is relevant for veterans, whose military training often leads them to adopt collectivist attitudes.


Panelists:
D. Alexis Hart, Allegheny College
Corrine E. Hinton, Texas A&M University - Texarkana
Micah C. Wright, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio; Michael Hoffman, University of Michigan