Doe, Sue, editorLangstraat, Lisa, editorUtah State University Press, publisher2007-01-032007-01-032014http://hdl.handle.net/10217/88157Includes bibliographical references and index.Institutions of higher education are experiencing the largest influx of enrolled veterans since World War II, and these student veterans are transforming post-secondary classroom dynamics. While many campus divisions like admissions and student services are actively moving to accommodate the rise in this demographic, little research about this population and their educational needs is available, and academic departments have been slower to adjust. In Generation Vet, fifteen chapters offer well-researched, pedagogically savvy recommendations for curricular and programmatic responses to student.Introduction / Sue Doe and Lisa Langstraat -- Part I: Beyond the Military-Civilian Divide: Understanding Veterans -- Chapter 1. Veterans in College Writing Classes: Understanding and Embracing the Mutual Benefit / Sean Morrow and Alexis Hart -- Chapter 2. Uniform Meets Rhetoric: Excellence through Interaction / Angie Mallory and Doug Downs -- Chapter 3. Not Just "Yes Sir, No Sir": How Genre and Agency Interact in Student-Veteran Writing / Erin Hadlock and Sue Doe -- Chapter 4. Faculty as First Responders: Willing but Unprepared / Linda S. De La Ysla -- Part II: Veterans and Public Audiences -- Chapter 5. "I Have To Speak Out": Writing with Veterans in a Community Writing Group / Eileen E. Schell and Ivy Kleinbart -- Chapter 6. Closer to Home: Veterans' Workshops and the Materiality of Writing / Karen Springsteen -- Chapter 7. Signature Wounds: Marking and Medicalizing Post-9/11 Veterans / Tara Wood -- Chapter 8. Exploring Student-Veteran Expectations about Composing: Motivations, Purposes, and the Influence of Trauma on Composing Practices / Ashly Bender -- Part III: Veteran-Friendly Composition Practices -- Chapter 9. Recognizing Silence: Composition, Writing, and the Ethical Space for War / Roger Thompson -- Chapter 10. A New Mission: Veteran-Led Learning Communities in the Basic Writing Classroom / Ann Shivers-McNair -- Chapter 11. The Value of Service Learning for Student-Veterans: Transitioning to Academic Cultures through Writing and Experiential Learning / Bonnie Selting -- Chapter 12. "Front and Center": Marine Student-Veterans, Collaboration, and the Writing Center / Corrine E. Hinton.born digitalbooksengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.All rights reserved. User is responsible for compliance. Please contact University Press of Colorado at https://upcolorado.com/our-books/rights-and-permissions for use information.College students -- Services for -- United StatesIraq War, 2003-2011 -- Veterans -- Services for -- United StatesAfghan War, 2001- -- Veterans -- Services for -- United StatesAcademic writing -- Study and teaching (Higher)English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching (Higher)Veterans -- Education (Higher) -- United StatesTextAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Community College of Denver, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University Denver, Regis University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University and Western Colorado University communities only.