Table 1
Veteran Programs of Study by Award and Discipline.
| Programs of Study | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Degree/Certificate | EKU VTS | UMSTL MVS | SUNY/ESC Graduate Certificate |
| Baccalaureate Degree | No | No* | No |
| Minor | Yes | Yes | No |
| Associates Degree | No | No | No |
| Certificate of Study | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Discipline | X = contributing Discipline | ||
| Anthropology | X | X | |
| Communications | X | ||
| Criminal Justice | X | ||
| English | X | X | |
| Family Studies | X | ||
| Gerontology | X | ||
| Health policy | X | ||
| History | X | X | |
| Information Science | X | ||
| Management | X | ||
| Military Studies | X | ||
| Nursing | X | ||
| Philosophy | X | ||
| Political Science | X | ||
| Psychology | X | ||
| Public Administration | X | ||
| Sociology | X | X | |
| Social Work | X | X | |
| Veterans Studies | X | X | |
| Women & Gender studies | X | ||
[i] Notes: Since this survey was first made, each of these programs have evolved by dropping, adding, or combining courses from multiple disciplines. The authors decided to use this as the baseline year and not add or drop in correlation with the evolutions of the programs to allow for consistency in analysis.
*The UMSTL Military and Veterans Studies program allows students to “create” his or her own 36-hour interdisciplinary major studying the veteran experience in concert with the bachelor’s degree program in the Interdisciplinary Studies program.
Table 2
Total Number of Articles and Disciplines.
| Disciplines from leading peer-reviewed journals | # of articles |
|---|---|
| Anthropology | 4 |
| Communications | 1 |
| Criminal Justice | 15 |
| English | 7 |
| Family Studies | 32 |
| Gerontology | 49 |
| Health Policy | 22 |
| History | 14 |
| Information Science | 16 |
| Management | 3 |
| Military Studies | 5 |
| Nursing | 26 |
| Philosophy | 2 |
| Political science | 6 |
| Psychology | 6 |
| Public Administration | 8 |
| Social Work | 13 |
| Sociology | 17 |
| Women and Gender Studies | 7 |
| Total Articles w/out Journal of Veteran Studies | 253 |
| Articles from Journal of Veteran Studies | 67 |
| Total # of Journal Articles | 320 |
Figure 1
Word Clouds with and Without JVS Articles.
Note: The image on the left is a word cloud with all articles used in this study, to include JVS articles. The right image is a word cloud with only non-JVS articles.
Figure 2
Methodology Used in All Non-JVS Articles.
Figure 3
Methodologies used in JVS articles.
Figure 4
Unit of Analysis Identified in Non-JVS Articles.
Figure 5
Unit of Analysis in JVS Articles.
Figure 6
War Era Focus from All Non-JVS Articles.
Figure 7
War Era Focus of JVS Articles.
Figure 8
Publication Percentage by Year for All Journal Articles Minus JVS.
Figure 9
Percent Research Articles Published by Year in JVS.
Table 3
Intra-disciplinary Themes from Veteran Research from Non-JVS Research Articles.
| Disciplines from leading peer- reviewed journals | Leading theme | Total articles | # of articles referencing identified theme | % of Articles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthropology | Care | 4 | 4 | 100% |
| Communications | Memories | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Criminal Justice | PTSD | 15 | 11 | 73% |
| English | Narrative | 7 | 6 | 86% |
| Family Studies | Health | 32 | 32 | 100% |
| Gerontology | Care | 49 | 47 | 96% |
| Health Policy | Patient | 22 | 21 | 95% |
| History | Memory | 14 | 14 | 100% |
| Information Science | Health | 16 | 16 | 100% |
| Management | Providers | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| Military Studies | War | 5 | 5 | 100% |
| Nursing | Caring | 28 | 26 | 93% |
| Philosophy | Moral | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Political Science | Leaders | 6 | 5 | 83% |
| Psychology | Vietnam | 6 | 5 | 83% |
| Public Administration | Services | 8 | 8 | 100% |
| Social Work | Abuse | 13 | 13 | 100% |
| Sociology | War | 17 | 17 | 100% |
| Women Studies | Gender | 7 | 7 | 100% |
| Total | 253 | 243 | 95% |
Table 4
Percent of Cross Disciplinary Themes per non-JVS Article.
| Journals by Discipline | # of Articles | Health | Caring | Servicing | War | PTSD | Total % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthropology | 4 | 3% | 49% | 7% | 41% | 0% | 100% |
| Communications | 1 | 0% | 0% | 25% | 75% | 0% | 100% |
| Criminal Justice | 15 | 20% | 9% | 16% | 12% | 43% | 100% |
| English | 7 | 25% | 16% | 26% | 26% | 7% | 100% |
| Family Studies | 32 | 29% | 12% | 17% | 5% | 37% | 100% |
| Gerontology | 49 | 32% | 34% | 12% | 9% | 13% | 100% |
| Health Policy & Services | 22 | 41% | 41% | 15% | 1% | 1% | 100% |
| History | 14 | 3% | 3% | 10% | 82% | 2% | 100% |
| Information Science | 16 | 54% | 33% | 12% | 1% | 0% | 100% |
| Management | 3 | 20% | 31% | 5% | 38% | 7% | 100% |
| Military Studies | 5 | 2% | 4% | 10% | 84% | 1% | 100% |
| Nursing | 26 | 31% | 34% | 19% | 6% | 10% | 100% |
| Philosophy | 2 | 26% | 26% | 7% | 29% | 12% | 100% |
| Political Science | 6 | 8% | 2% | 34% | 56% | 0% | 100% |
| Psychology | 6 | 5% | 1% | 10% | 13% | 71% | 100% |
| Public Administration | 8 | 6% | 8% | 58% | 27% | 0% | 100% |
| Social Work | 13 | 37% | 7% | 24% | 6% | 27% | 100% |
| Sociology | 17 | 5% | 3% | 34% | 56% | 3% | 100% |
| Women Studies | 7 | 25% | 29% | 28% | 17% | 2% | 100% |
| Total % of reference among all articles | 253 | 27% | 23% | 18% | 17% | 15% | 100.00% |
[i] Note: The larger percentages of all theme references coded across disciplines are bolded in each individual column to demonstrate the upper part of the percentage spread of references for each theme present in each discipline as compared to each other.
Figure 10
Percent JVS Research Articles of Top Themes.
Figure 11
Multidisciplinary Attributes of JVS Articles.
Figure 12
Inter/Multidisciplinary Attributes of JVS Articles.