Introduction to the Special Issue: 9/11, Post-9/11, and the Future of Veterans Studies

This special issue, 9/11, Post-9/11, and the Future of Veterans Studies, brings together four papers from researchers, practitioners, and educators and from veterans and civilians alike. Each contribution is unique, valuable, and blends the personal with the scholarly. Given the individual impacts September 11th has had on so many of us, we found it critical to invite our authors’ various lived experiences into the conversation. These articles explore, at their essence, facets of reintegration (re-entry, re-acculturation) broadly and, more specifically, post-9/11 veterans’ transitional experiences into higher education (as students and as professionals) as well as civilian life generally. In so doing, our contributors describe various opportunities for conflict, for resolution, and for progress.