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EDUCATION
2015 Ph.D. Political Science. University of Hawai‘i at Manoa.
Dissertation: Fight to Live, Live to Fight: Mapping Veteran Narratives of Violence in Peace.
2011 M.A. Ethnic Studies. Colorado State University.
Thesis: The Tea Party and the Discourse of Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality
2009 B.A. Sociology & Political Science
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2021-Current Director of Adult Learner and Veteran Services Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
2021 Instructor & Research Affiliate, Veterans Studies Program University of California, Irvine, CA
2021 Academic Success Coordinator: Student Achievement Center Colorado State University, Fort
Collins, CO
2019-2020 University of Dayton. Researcher & Consultant. Human Rights Center. Legacies of War project.
2018-2019 Bard College & Central European University. Visiting Professor. Bard Globalization & International
Affairs Program.
2017-2018 Central European University. Narrative Politics Post-Doctoral Fellow. International Relations Dept.
2014-2017 Colorado State University. Instructor. Political Science & Ethnic Studies Depts.
2012-2014 University of Hawai‘i. Graduate Teaching Instructor.
PUBLICATIONS
REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES
Schrader, B. (2019) Fight to Live, Live to Fight: Veteran Activism After War. (New York: SUNY Press)
Schrader, B. (2017) The Affect of Veteran Activism. Critical Military Studies. Routledge.
MANUSCRIPTS IN SUBMISSION
Schrader, B. “No Awards for Endless Wars: An Autoethnographic Account of Protesting George W. Bush.” In War and Social Movements, (Ferdinand Schöningh: Paderborn, Germany).
MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPERATION
Schrader, B. “’Get Some: 1st & 3rd Person Entanglements of War” (Security Dialogue—Revise & Resubmit)
Schrader, B. “Returning to the scene of the crime: Veterans returning to build peace,” (Veteran Studies—Revise & Resubmit)
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Schrader, B. (2016). Veteran Activism Against Trump. Flow (Online Media Journal).
Schrader, B. Becoming Revolution. Occupy Thought. (Media Commons Online Journal).
AWARDS & HONORS
2017 Ethnic Studies Graduation Ceremony Keynote Speaker
2015 & 2016 NTT Professional Development Grant
2015 Jorge Fernandes Memorial Fellowship
2014 Nobumoto Tanahashi Peace Graduate Fellowship.
2012 UH Manoa Political Science Graduate Achievement Award
2009 March Leader for the Fort Collins MLK day parade
2008 Carl & Harriet Gilman Memorial Scholarship
2008-2010 Colorado State University Liberal Arts Dean’s List
INVITED TALKS
2020 Brooklyn Institute for Social Research, Colombe Foundation, “Imperialism and American Life:
Culture, Politics, and Resistance.”
2020 Vietnam Legacies Symposium, Human Rights Center, University of Dayton, “Returning to the
Scene of the Crime: Veterans Returning to Build Peace.”
2020 Guest Speaker, Peace and Nonviolence Course, Colorado College, “War, Militarism, and the
Soldiers Experience.”
2019 Human Rights Center Faculty Fellows Series, University of Dayton, “Legacies of War in Vietnam,”
2019 The New Political Communication Unit at Royal Holloway, University of London, “Fight to Live,
Live to Fight: Veteran Activism After War book talk.”
2019. Bard College Chase Lecture Series, New York, NY, “Fight to Live, Live to Fight: Veteran Activism
After War book talk.”
2018 “CEU, Bard, & Hungary: Where we are now.” Bard Globalization and International Affairs
program.
2014 “Veteran’s Narratives.” Hobart & William Smith Colleges. For Veteran Activism, Gender, and the
Global War on Terror course.
ACADEMIC CONFERENCES
PAPERS PRESENTED
2019 Voice of the Veteran as Researcher. Kings College, London. Paper Presented: “Living war, Writing
War, Teaching War.”
2019 Cultural Studies Association Annual Conference. New Orleans, LA. Paper Presented: “‘Get Some’:
First and Third Person Entanglements of War.”
2019 International Conference on War and Social Movements. New York, NY. Paper Presented: “No
Awards for Endless Wars: An Autoethnographic Account of Protesting George W. Bush.”
2018 Cyborgian Self-Awareness Trauma and Memory in Blade Runner and Westworld. European
International Studies Association. Annual Conference—Prague, Czechia
2017 The Soldiers Contract. Pan-European International Studies Association. Annual Conference-
Barcelona, Spain.
2017 Liars, Traitors, & Thieves… Or Heroes?, and; Managing the Narrative at the RNC. Western Political
Science Association. Annual Conference. Vancouver, Canada
2016 Affect of Veteran Activism. Cultural Studies Association. Annual Conference—Philadelphia, PA.
2016 What Does A Sniper See?, and; Fighting Violence in the Ranks. International Studies Association.
Annual Conference—Atlanta, GA.
2015 Fighting Violence in the Ranks; Service, Citizenship, and the “American Dream,” and; Occupy
Veterans!. Pan-European International Studies Association. Annual Conference—Sicily, Italy.
2015 Service, Citizenship, and the “American Dream.” Cultural Studies Association. Annual Conference
—Riverside, CA.
2014 Remaking Sense: Bullets, Rags, and Art. Cultural Studies Association. Annual Conference—Salt
Lake City, UT.
2014 War Imaginaries and the Affect on Race, Ethnicity, and Migration, and; Autoethnographic
Political Affect of War. International Studies Association. Annual Conference—Toronto, Canada
2013 Forged in War, Battling For Peace. American Political Science Association. Annual Conference—
Chicago, IL.
2013 Occupy Veterans! Western Political Science Association. Annual Conference—Hollywood, CA.
2012 The Clausewitz Inversion: Disrupting the Security Dispositif. International Political
Sociological Studies—Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2011 Coming to a State Near You: The Tea Party & Public Policy, and; The Spoils of War: The M.I.C. &
Higher Education. Ethnic Studies Under Attack: Student Conference. Colorado State University.
ROUNDTABLES
2018 Military Veterans as Academics in Critical Military Studies and International Relations.
European International Studies Association. Annual Conference—Prague, Czechia
2018 Enjoying War. International Studies Association. Annual Conference—San Francisco, CA
PANELS ORGANIZED
2018 Military Veterans as Academics in International Relations and Critical Military Studies.
European International Studies Association. Annual Conference—Prague, Czechia
2016 Veteran Identities: Students, Activists, and Politicians, and; Recreating the Suck. Cultural
Studies Association. Annual Conference—Philadelphia, PA.
DISCUSSANT
2018 Critical Approaches to Studying the Military. International Studies Association. Annual
Conference—San Francisco, CA
2016 Recreating the Suck. Cultural Studies Association. Annual Conference—Philadelphia, PA.
CAMPUS/DEPARTMENT TALKS
2016 Veterans Experiencing Homelessness. Colorado State University. For Student
Leadership, Involvement, and Community Engagement office.
2016 Ethnic Studies Methods. Colorado State University. For graduate Research Methods course.
2014 Using Mixed Methods. Colorado State University. For graduate Research Methods course.
2012 Ethnic Studies in Retrospect. Colorado State University. For graduate Ethnic Studies History
and Theory course.
2012 GI Resistance. University of Hawai‘i. For English Composition course.
2012 The Clausewitz Inversion: Disrupting the Security Dispositif. University of Hawai‘i. Political
Science department colloquium series.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE.
(*Denotes Graduate Course)
University of California Irvine, Veteran Studies Program
Veteran Voices (Writing intensive/Online) Winter & Summer 2021
Bard Globalization & International Affairs Program
Critical Military Studies* Fall 2018, Spring 2019
IR in Action* Fall 2018, Spring 2019
Central European University, International Relations Department
(De)Militarisms* Winter 2018
Critical Military Studies* Fall 2018
IR in Action* Fall 2018
Colorado State University, Political Science Department
Contemporary Political Theory Fall 2016
International Relations Spring 2017
Colorado State University, Ethnic Studies Department
Critical War Theory Spring 2017
Perspectives From War Spring 2016, Fall 2016
War, Militarism, and GI Resistance Spring 2014, Spring 2015
Global Environmental Justice Movements Fall 2015
Racial Formations Spring 2014, Spring 2016
Introduction to Ethnic Studies Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016,
Fall 2016, Spring 2017
University of Hawai‘i, Political Science Department
Politics of Media—Online Course Fall 2013
History of Political Thought Summer 2013, Summer 2012
Politics & Media Spring 2013
Introduction to Political Science Fall 2012
GRADUATE STUDENT SUPERVISION
(* indicates graduated, ^indicates I was second reader)
Yara Asmar* (MA, Central European University)
Goknur Aslantepe* (MA, Central European University)
Joseph Watkins*^ (MA, Central European University)
Mariana Villafana*^ (MA, Central European University
Professional SERVICE
2018 Supervise two MA thesis projects. Central European University. International Relations.
2018 External Peer Reviewer for Review of International Studies
2016 External Peer Reviewer for Men & Masculinities Journal
2016 Osher Re-entry Scholarship Committee. Colorado State University. Adult Learner and Veteran
Services.
2015- Non-Tenure Track Representative for department faculty meetings. Colorado State University.
Ethnic Studies Department.
2012-2013 Professionalization and Development Committee. University of Hawai‘i. Political Science
Department.
2011-2012 Colloquium Committee. University of Hawai‘i. Political Science Department.
2008-2011 Curriculum Committee. Colorado State University. Peace and Reconciliations Studies.
2010-2011 Graduate Student Representative for department faculty meetings. Colorado State University.
Ethnic Studies.
2010-2011 Students of Ethnic Studies Raising Voices of Empowerment (SERVE). President. Graduate Student
Organization.
2009-2010 Veterans Experience on Campus Exploratory Committee. Colorado State University. The Institute
for Teaching and Learning (TILT).
2010 LeaderShape Institute. Colorado State University. Cluster facilitator.
2008- Campus Step-Up: Colorado State University Social Justice retreat. Small group facilitator. (I have
been a facilitator for this retreat 5 different years)
ADDITIONAL TRAINING
2012 Warrior Writer Facilitator Training. Veteran advocate training.
2008 Social Justice Training Institute. Diversity training. University of Illinois-Champaign Urbana
2007-2008 Presidents Leadership Program. Leadership training. Colorado State University.
2006 LeaderShape Training Institute. Leadership training. Colorado State University
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT/OUTREACH
2022 “Barriers to Service,” We Believe You Podcast. Colorado State University, Women and Gender
Advocacy Center.
2020 “The Afghanistan Papers,” Talk. Fort Collins Community Action Network.
2017 Warrior Writers workshops co-facilitator. Pikes Peak Community College.
2017 Veterans at Standing Rock. Talk. Community Group: Strength Through Peace.
2015 Money in Democracy Panel. Rams For Bernie. Panel Member.
2015 Confronting Identity and Privilege in Community. Workshop facilitator. For Fort Collins
community.
2015 Talk: Feminism & Militarism. Rocky Mountain Women in Philosophy group.
2015 Body of War. Film Facilitation. Community Group: Strength Through Peace.
2013 Talk: Demilitarization. Farrington High School Peace & Justice group.
2012 Watada Lectures: Alternative Veterans Day Forum. Panel Member.
2010 El Centro Presents: Veterans Day Panel. Colorado State University. Panel Member.
2008 The 2008 Democratic National Convention protests in review. Panel Member. For the Center for
Justice, Peace, and the Environment (CJPE).
2007 When I Came Home. Film Facilitation. Colorado State University.
MEDIA COVERAGE
2008 Tim Maddox. “5 Years in, Students Largely Mum on Iraq War.” Rocky Mountain Collegian.
2007 Chris Hedges and Laila Al-Arian. “The Other War: Iraq Vets Bear Witness.” The Nation.
2007 My War, My Story. Directed by Andy Blood. Wolfgang Productions. Documentary Film.
2006 Anne Usher. “Drugs part of life in combat.” Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel.
NON-ACADEMIC WORK
2021-Current Director of Adult Learner & Veteran Services. Colorado State University
2021 Academic Success Coordinator. Exploratory Studies. Colorado State University
2019-2022 Veterans for Peace: National. Board of Directors. 2019-2022
2019-2021 About Face: Veterans’ Against War: National. Board of Directors.
2018-2019 About Face: Veterans’ Against War. NYC. Political Education Coordinator. 2018-2019
2008-2009 Student Leadership, Involvement, and Community Engagement (SLiCE). Special Events
Coordinator.
2006-2009 Associated Students of Colorado State University (ASCSU). Speaker Pro Temp, 2008-2009; Chief of
Staff, 2007-2008; Senator, 2006-2007.
2007-2011 Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW). Fort Collins Chapter President.
2001-2005 United States Army. Cavalry Scout.
AWARDS & HONORS
2017 & 2018 CEU Humanities Fellowship (€30,000)
2015 & 2016 NTT Professional Development Grant ($1,000)
2015 Jorge Fernandes Memorial Fellowship ($5,000)
2014 Nobumoto Tanahashi Peace Graduate Fellowship. From the Matsunaga
Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution. ($12,000)
2012 UH Manoa Political Science Graduate Achievement Award ($10,000)
2009 March Leader for the Fort Collins MLK day parade
2008 Carl & Harriet Gilman Memorial Scholarship ($5,000)
2008-2010 Colorado State University Liberal Arts Dean’s List
TEACHING AREAS
Veteran Issues & US Militarism
Critical War & Peace Studies
International Relations
Political Theory
American Politics
Ethnic Studies
American Studies
US Empire
Intersections of Identity
Media Studies
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS/AFFILIATIONS
2015- Pan-European International Studies Association
2014- Cultural Studies Association
2013- International Studies Association
2013- American Political Science Association
2013-2014 Western Political Science Association
2008- Pi Sigma Alpha (Honors Political Science Society)
2008- Alpha Kappa Delta (Honors Sociological Society)
REFERENCES
Dr. Michael Shapiro Dr. Kathy Ferguson
Professor Professor/Department Chair
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Political Science Department Political Science Department
2424 Maile Way, Saunders 640 2424 Maile Way, Saunders 640
Honolulu, HI 96822 Honolulu, HI 96822
(808) 956–8357 (808) 956–8357
shapiro@hawaii.edu kferguso@hawaii.edu
Dr. Eric Ishiwata Dr. Irene Vernon
Associate Professor Professor/Department Chair
Colorado State University Colorado State University
Ethnic Studies Department Ethnic Studies Department
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1790 Fort Collins, CO 80523-1790
(970) 491-7351 (970) 491-7351