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The academic buildings on our campus and internet connections around the world are filled with tens of thousands of student soldiers and veterans who choose Liberty University for higher education. Liberty University is blessed to have an active military student body and ROTC program. Liberty University Online’s (LUO) undergraduate and graduate programs boast student soldiers and veterans from all over the globe, allowing students the flexibility to study in different time zones and locations.

Faculty members recognize our student soldiers and military veterans as capable students who sometimes have unique needs or unique circumstances. This resource page was developed to help faculty better acquaint themselves with these challenges and prepare them to successfully guide these students.

Resources for Teaching Military Students

Faculty members are encouraged to familiarize themselves with these available resources aimed at helping better reach and teach our student soldiers and military veterans.

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Books Available at the Jerry Falwell Library

Ackerman, R., & DiRamio, D. (2009). Creating a veteran-friendly campus: Strategies for transition and success: New Directions for Student Services, No. 126. Jossey-Bass.
Armstrong, K., Best, S., & Domenici, P. (2006). Courage under fire: Coping with strategies for troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan and their families. Ulysses.
Astor, R.A., Jacobson, L., & Benbenishty, R. (2012). The teacher’s guide for supporting students from military families. Teachers College Press.
Beder DSW, J. (Ed.). (2016). Caring for the Military: A Guide for Helping Professionals (1st ed.). Routledge. (ebook)
Berglass, N., & Harrell, M.C. (2012). Well after service: Veteran reintegration and American communities. Washington, DC: Center for a New American Security. (ebook)
Bricker, S. L. (2017). An instructor’s guide to teaching military students: Simple steps to integrate the military learner into your classroom. Rowman & Littlefield. (ebook)
Cantrell, B., & Dean., C. (2007). Once a warrior: Wired for life. Hearts Toward Home International.
Castro, C. A., & Dursun, S. (2019). Military veteran reintegration: Approach, management, and assessment of military veterans transitioning to civilian life. Academic Press.
DiRamio, D. (2011). Veterans in higher education: When Johnny and Jane come marching home: ASHE Higher Education Report. Jossey-Bass.
DiRamio, D. C. (2017). What’s next for student veterans?: Moving from transition to academic success. National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, University of South Carolina. (ebook)
Everson, R.B., & Figley, C. (2011). Families under fire: Systemic therapy with military families. Routledge (ebook)
Finley, E. (2011). Fields of combat: Understanding PTSD among veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan. Cornell University Press.
Friedman, M.J., & Sloan, L.E. (2008). After the war zone: A practical guide for returning troops and their families. Da Capo Press.
Hamrick, F.A., & Rumann, C.B. (2012). Called to serve: A handbook on student veterans and higher education. Jossey-Bass.
Herrmann, D. (2011). Progress in educating veterans in the 21^st century. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
Herrmann, D., Allen, B., Wilson, R.B., & Hopkins, C. (2009). Educating veterans in the 21^st century. Booksurge Publishing.
Hill, J., Lawhorne, C., & Philpott, D. (2011). Life after the military: A handbook for transitioning veterans. Government Institutes.
Hoge, C.W. (2010). Once a warrior-Always a warrior: Navigating the transition from combat to home – Including combat stress, PTSD, and mTBI. GPP Life.
Kelley, B., Smith, J., & Fox, E. (2013). Preparing your campus for veterans’ success: An integrated approach to facilitating the transition and persistence of our military students.
Hakanson, M. (2008). The spiritual side of traumatic stress normalization: Christian spirituality and social neuroscience considerations for clinicians and military chaplains. Waldport Press.
Lagac Roy, D., & Belanger, Stephanie A. H. (2016). Military operations and the mind: War ethics and soldiers’ well-being. McGill-Queen’s University Press.
Laukaitis, J. J. (2018). In Laukaitis J. J. (Ed.), Denominational higher education during world war II. Palgrave Macmillan (ebook)
McNair, P., & Stielow, F. (2012). Identity series: Finding success as a returning veteran or military student. Addison Wesley.
Miller, L. (2011). A new approach for assessing the needs of service members and their families. RAND.
Moelker, R., Andres, M., & Rones, N. (Eds.). (2019). The Politics of Military Families: State, Work Organizations, and the Rise of the Negotiation Household (1st ed.). Routledge. (ebook)
Moore, B. A., & Penk, W. (2019). Treating PTSD in military personnel: A clinical handbook (Second ed.). The Guilford Press. (ebook)
Moore, B.A., ed. (2012). Handbook of counseling military couples. Routledge. (ebook)
Moore, E. (2017). Grateful nation: Student veterans and the rise of the “military-friendly” campus. Duke University Press. (ebook)
National, A. O. S. E. A., Division, O. B. A. S. S., Board, O. C. Y. A. F., & Committee, O. T. W. O. M. (2019). Strengthening the military family readiness system for a changing american society. ProQuest Ebook Central (ebook)
Nakashima Brock, R. & Lettini, G. (2012). Soul repair: Recovering from moral injury after war. Beacon Press.
Scurfield, R.M., & Platoni, K.T. (2013). War trauma and its wake: Expanding the circle of healing. Routledge.
Slone, L.B., & Friedman, M. (2008). After the war zone: A practical guide for returning troops and their families. Da Capo Lifelong.
Sherman, N. (2010). Untold war: Inside the hearts, minds, and souls of our soldiers. W.W. Norton.
Snyder, D.K., & Monson, C.M., eds. (2012). Couple-based interventions for military and veteran families: A practitioner’s guide. Guilford Press. (ebook)
Storti, C. (2011). Art of coming home. Intercultural Press. (ebook)
Stebnicki, M. A. (2020). Clinical military counseling: Guidelines for practice. American Counseling Association.
Tick, E. (2005). War and the soul: Healing our nation’s veterans from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Wheaton, IL: Quest Books.
Thompson, D.A., & Wetterstrom, D.F. (2009). Beyond the yellow ribbon: Ministering to returning combat veterans. Abingdon Press.
Ventrone, J., & Hollis, A. (2016). From the air force to college: Transitioning from the service to higher education. Rowman & Littlefield.
Wilson-Smith, K. M., & Corr, P. J. (2019). Military identity and the transition into civilian life: “lifers”, medically discharged and reservist soldiers. Springer International Publishing. (ebook)
WOLFE, T. (2018). Out of uniform, second edition: Your guide to a successful military-to-civilian career transition (N – New ed.). Potomac Books. (ebook)
Wizelman, L. (2011). When the war never ends: The voices of military members with PTSD and their families. Rowman and Littlefield.
Zaleski, K. (2018). Understanding and treating military sexual trauma (Second ed.). Springer.

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