Completed my Quality Matters training today! EKU Instructional Design Center’s Nedim Slijepcevic did a wonderful job facilitating the course. And Dr. Lisa Day, Director of Interdisciplinary Studies, will be glad to hear that Women & Gender Studies, African/African American Studies, and Veterans Studies were all represented. I’m looking forward to applying what I’ve learned in future online and hybrid course designs.

If you would like to learn more about QM go to their website at https://www.qualitymatters.org/.

Travis L. Martin, PhD, is founding director of the Kentucky Center for Veterans Studies at Eastern Kentucky University. He has established several nationally recognized programs to support returning veterans in higher education and the non-profit sector. A scholar of American literature, psychoanalytic trauma theory, and social theory, Dr. Martin presents frequently at conferences and universities. He has published dozens of research articles and creative short works on veterans’ issues. A former sergeant in the U.S. Army, he served during two deployments in the Iraq War (2003-04 & 2005). His book War and Homecoming: Veteran Identity and the Post-9/11 Generation is slated for publication with the University Press of Kentucky in 2022. He resides in Richmond, KY.