War & Homecoming released on July 26 and we held our first signing and discussion event on July 27, 2022 at Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Lexington, KY. The audio above is from the reading and talk I gave. Check it out! Continue reading
Join Dan Manley and Dr. Travis Martin for an extended discussion about ways to support returning service members the new book War & Homecoming: Veteran Identity and the Post-9/11 Generation. Continue reading
A new book is coming in late July from Eastern Kentucky University professor Travis Martin, an Iraq War veteran who founded the nation’s first Veterans Studies program at EKU. “War & Homecoming: Veteran Identity and the Post-9/11 Generation” explores ways a new generation of veterans is redefining what it means to come home. Continue reading
Honored to be a guest on Veterans Radio today. Special thanks to host Eric Fretz and fellow guests Jim Craig (U of Missouri – St. Louis), Dr. Ernest McClees Jr. (Saint Leo U), and Bruce Pencek (Virginia Tech). This is a great episode if you want to learn about how … Continue reading
Recently, a policy change refunded Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits to veterans who relinquished them to participate in VA’s Veterans Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E) program. Continue reading
Recently, I was honored to be a guest on Veterans Radio, a broadcast media platform that has been educating the public on veterans issues for nearly two decades. Dr. Eric Fretz, a Faculty Lecturer at the University of Michigan, discusses the Journal … Continue reading
WEKU’s Corinne Boyer interviewed Veterans Studies students Samuel Lewis, Amber Woolery, and Kendra Watts to learn how our curricular and co-curricular offerings prepare students in fields such as social work and psychology to serve veterans and their families as future mental health practitioners. She … Continue reading
If my students do not know about the National Roll Call, veteran suicides, or how Vietnam Veterans were treated it is because the generation tasked with teaching them these things failed. Many young people are looking for ways to listen to veterans and help them in meaningful ways. They aren’t looking to distribute platitudes. They are looking to build authentic relationships, and it is our job to provide them with the knowledge and opportunity they need to succeed. Continue reading
Dr. Albright showed how self-awareness and self-care can shape all of life’s major transitions. The lecture helped my students see how the veteran’s transition from warrior to civilian can teach them about transitioning to life in college. It helped them see how these lessons could teach them about the transitions awaiting them after college. Learning to see past stereotypes and recognize veterans as models of human resilience is one reason why I advocate for the growing field of Veterans Studies. Continue reading
Brett helped me transform from a gung-ho Army Sergeant and rabble-rouser into a serious scholar and community leader. His belief in my abilities helped shape my life’s trajectory. We all wish him luck in the next chapter of his life. Continue reading
As part of “National Salute to Veteran Patients” week we visited patients at the VA Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. Continue reading
Travis L. Martin 