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2023

Ender, Morten G. (2023). “20 Years After Operation Iraqi Freedom, Military Spouses Persevere Amid Challenging Circumstances.” Stars & Stripes (March 8).

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Hampson, Rick (2010). “Americans Seek New Ways to Contribute to War Efforts,” USA Today (p. 1A). Interviewed and quoted in a story (October 12) about a disconnected cadre of Americans—many with no military connections—creating novel ways such as shooting one million basketball foul shots to raise funds to contribute to the war efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq or assist soldiers, veterans, and military families. http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-10-12-1Ahomefront12_CV_N.htm?csp=34.

Davis, Carolyn (2010). “Armed with YouTube, Troops are Putting on a Show,” Philadelphia Inquirer, (August 28). Interviewed and quoted in a story about social networking during military deployments and specifically making YouTube videos more recently in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Israel to increase morale and communicate with the home front. http://dailyme.com/story/2010082800000961/armed-youtube-troops-putting-show.html.

Rizer, Monique (2010). “A Shared Mission: Deployments Bring Reserve and Active Components Together, Improved Benefits and Services for Reserve Troops and their Families,” Interviewed and quoted in article that appears in the on-line edition of MilSPOUSE.com during the summer. http://www.milspouse.com/print.aspx?id=16767.

Chen, Stephanie (2010). “After War, Young Soldiers Come Home to Fight Unemployment,” CNN.com. Interviewed and quoted in story about unemployed Iraq and Afghanistan veterans providing context for recent Department of Labor Statistics showing veterans with higher unemployment rates than non-veterans. http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/07/07/veterans.unemployed.economy/index.html?hpt=Sbin.

Pirolo, Alessia (2010). “In the Name of the Sons,” First Things (June/July). Interviewed and quoted in article about the deaths of soldiers in Iraq who are the sons of former military members. http://www.firstthings.com/article/2010/05/in-the-name-of-the-sons.

Hartman, Rachel (2010). “Selective Memory: While Many Solemnly Observe Memorial Day, Some Argue Meaning is Lost in Weekend of Parties, Holiday Sales,” The Beaumont Enterprise (May 30):1A & 4A. Interviewed and quoted in article about how military service members are memorialized today compared to previous years and compared to war and peacetime.

2008

Sandvig, Zoe (2008). “Operation Second Chance,” Prison Fellowship (August). Interviewed for and quoted in story about moral waivers in the military. http://www.prisonfellowship.org/article.asp?ID=8357&zbrandid=420&zidType=CH&zid=2474326&zsubscriberId=259196174

Braden, Jonathon (2008). “Farragut Native and his Wife have Three Sons in Uniform,” Valley News Today Online, Shenandoah, Iowa (August 22). Interviewed for and quoted in a newspaper story about multi-family service members and endo-recruitment in the military. http://www.valleynewstoday.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20084591&BRD=2703&PAG=461&dept_id=555139&rfi=6

Glod, Maria (2008). “Children Suffer, Cope When Parents are Off to War,” Washington Post (July 18). Interviewed and quoted in a story of children left behind during military deployments. The story also appears on the Veterans for Common Sense website and in the Seattle Times http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008058797_militarykids18.html

Vandiver, John (2008). “Professor Studies Military Life in Germany,” Stars and Stripes (August 19). Featured through interview and quotes, summer research project examining army families in Germany. http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=63872&archive=true

Ali, Sarmad (2008). “Global Psyche: Ego Under Fire: For Adolescents, A National Threat can Boost Self-Esteem, Reflections from an Iraqi Emigrant,” Psychology Today, (July/August):21. Featured research on Iraqi adolescents. http://psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-20080718-000002.html

Hampson, Rick (2008). “In this war, Troops Get a Rousing Welcome Home,” USA TODAY, (July 2). Interviewed and quoted for a story about welcome homes and the overemphasis on them. http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2008-07-02-cominghome_N.htm. The story also appeared in the Navy, Air Force, and Army Times

Clark, Katy, (2008). “Armed Forces Recruiting Strains Ease,” PRI’s The World. (June 4). Interviewed for The World, Public Radio International, story on the lack of recruiting woes for United States Marine Corps in recent years. http://www.theworld.org/?q=node/18475.

Muhammed, Niza Islam (2008). “U.S. Military Accepts More Ex-Felons,” FinalCall.com News, (May 6). Interviewed and quoted for a story about the 861 “ex-felons” allowed into the military. The newsletter is the official communications organ of the Nation of Islam. http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/article_4681.shtml.

Hampton, Rick and Paul Overberg. (2008). “A Look at Lives Lost as U.S. Deaths in Iraq Near 4,000,” USAToday, (20 March): A1. Interviewed for and quoted in story about the American soldier deaths in Iraq that are nearing 4,000 since the beginning of the war in March 2003. http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-03-20-iraq-4000-deaths_N.htm.

Gorman, Steve. (2008). “DJ Plays Tunes, Words of Support for Troops,” LoHud.com--New York's Lower Hudson Valley Journal News (February 12). Interviewed for and quoted in story about the decentralization of communication technologies in and around the military. The story featured HOOAH!!!! Radio--a highly popular one woman-based internet radio station transmitted from her basement that provides music and words of support for U.S. troops and their families around the world including Afghanistan and Iraq. http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080212/NEWS01/802120355/-1/RSS01.

Watson, Steven T. (2008). “Technology Allows Service Members in Iraq to Stay Connected to Family, Friends.” The Buffalo News, (February 8). Interviewed and quoted in a front-page story about how service members and families use communication to maintain family roles during military deployments overseas for extended periods of time. http://www.buffalonews.com/home/story/271242.html.

2009

Hampson, Rick (2009). “West Point Offers Gravitas, Rapt Audience,” USATODAY, (Dec 2). Interviewed and quoted in article about President Barack Obama’s December 1st speech on Afghanistan American troop expansion and the reactions of cadets at West Point. http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2009-12-02-west-point-obama_N.htm.

Ender, Morten G. (2009). “My View: Don’t Close West Point, Make it a Model for Other Academies,” Times-Record Herald (July 9). An Op-Ed piece responding to recent concerns about closing West Point and other military school-houses. http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090709/OPINION/307099929/-1/opinion04.

Hagerman, Margaret (2009). “Faculty Interview: Morten Ender, Ph.D., United States Military Academy,” Child and Youth News (Spring 2009):6. Interviewed about research on military children and adolescence featured in a faculty interview in the newsletter of the Section on Children & Youth of the American Sociological Association. http://www2.asanet.org/sectionchildren/files/Child_Youth_News_Spring_2009.pdf.

Brown, Nancy and Phyllis Zimbler Miller (2009). “American Soldiers in Iraq,” Yourmilitarylife.com on BlogTalkRadio (April 8). Interviewed on BlogTalkRadio and discussed my new book American Soldiers in Iraq: McSoldiers or Innovative Professionals?. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/yourmilitarylife.

Ziezulewicz, Geoff (2009). “With their wives—not them—reporting for duty, military husbands work to find their place.” Stars & Stripes, (March 14):1. http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=61324. Interviewed and quoted in study about stay at home civilian husbands and fathers as female soldiers go off to war in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Feldman, Megan (2009). “Military Deserters Once Again Flock to Canada: Looks like this time they picked the wrong country,” Dallas Observer (March 12). http://www.dallasobserver.com/2009-03-12/news/gimme-shelter/. Interviewed but not quoted in article about female military deserters headed to Canada. Story appeared in other newspapers around the country.

2007

Hampson, Rick (2007). “In Wartime Calls Home, the Art of Being Positive Takes Priority.” USA Today (December 20):1. Interviewed and quoted in a front-page story about how, how often and what soldiers and families communicate during a deployment. http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-12-19-war-phone-cover_N.htm.

Hampson, Rick. (2007). “Teens Help Troops Stay Connected to Families.” USA Today, (November 27):1. Interviewed and quoted in a front-page story helping explain the social history of volunteerism on the part of the American public in helping troops deployed overseas. The story features two teenagers who founded the Cell Phones for Soldiers program out of their bedrooms in Norwell, Massachusetts. http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-11-26-phone-home_N.htm.

Kraske, Steve (2007). “Up/to/Date.” NPR affiliate KCUR 89.3 FM (November 12). Interviewed on a live one-hour call-in talk show on Veteran’s Day addressing how service men and women are viewed by Americans in a time when many do not support military actions abroad. The discussion centered on public opinion of the war in Iraq, soldier and family morale, and communication media. Available at: 11/12/2007 broadcast of Up to Date! http://archive.kcur.org/kcurViewDirect.asp?PlayListID=5378

Franey, Lynn (2007). “Courage is seldom a factor among soldiers who desert.” Kansas City Star, (July 9): A1 & A4. Interviewed and quoted in story about deserters in Kansas City area. Asked to provide reasons for why soldier desert. Available at: http://www.topix.net/content/kri/2007/07/courage-is-seldom-a-factor-among-soldiers-who-desert and http://www.kansascity.com/news/front/17475013.htm?source=syn. The story also appeared in the Olathe Daily News on July 12. http://www.olathedailynews.com/News_photo/News2.shtml.

Radke, Bill (2007). “Weekend America.” Produced out of Los Angeles by American Public Media and aired on 150+ National Public Radio stations, the show is designed to cover news, culture and the interesting miscellany of American life. Interviewed about public attitudes, behavior, and general malaise associated with the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars (June 9). http://weekendamerica.publicradio.org/programs/2007/06/09/a_question_about_ira.html

Gagnon, Geoffrey (2007). „The War Within.“ Boston Magazine. Interviewed for and quoted in a story about conscientious objection and reasons for why service members might claim conscientious objector status relative to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (May Issue). http://www.bostonmagazine.com/articles/the_war_within

von Zielbauer, Paul (2007). ”Army Is Cracking Down on Deserters.” The New York Times (April 9): A10. Interviewed for and quoted in a story about desertions and AWOLs in the military. Story also appeared in the Lakeland, Florida online Ledger http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070409/ZNYT02/704090415.

Freedberg Jr., Sydney J. (2007). “An Ever-Whiter War.” National Review, (February 3):58-60. Interviewed for and quoted in a story about U.S. death toll and U.S. service member demographics. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1238820601.html.

Nelson, Melissa. (2007). “Technology lets troops take families to war.” Associated Press article appeared in newspapers around the country (January 17, 2007). Bradenton Herald (http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/local/16480296.htm), Air Force Times (http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2007/01/apwired070118/). Interviewed regarding the most recent technological sources to communicate between home and war front.

2006

Eckhart, Jacey (2006). “Boys, Girls, and Parental Military Deployments.” The Jacey Echhart Show (October 8, 2006) on 1170 KCBQ Talk Radio in San Diego, California. Interviewed live on the radio call-in program discussing child and adolescent gender differences in responses to fathers deployed for an extended periods of in military war zones. http://www.operationhomefront.net/sandiego/TheJaceyEckhartShow.html

Thornburgh, Nathan (2006). “A Death in the Class of 9/11.” Time.com. (September 29). http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1540856-1,00.html. The stories featured his sociology student, 2LT Emily Perez, 23, who was the first U.S. combat death from the 2005 graduating class and the first female West Point graduate to be killed in Iraq. The stories also discuss the role of U.S. women in combat. The story was also picked up by CNN and aired October 2, 2006.

Green, Rick. (2006). “The Spoiled Elite Don’t Fight Wars.” Hartford Courant. (September 22). Interviewed and quoted in an article about social class and service in the military. http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-ctrgreen0922.artsep22,0,4883161.column?coll=hc-utility-local

Lydon, Christopher (2006). “The War Tapes: Cinema Guerrité.” National Public Radio's Live Open Source program hosted on June 6. The topic discussed was war films with Debbie Scranton the director and Zack a soldier of the recently released and award- winning documentary "The War Tapes." They discussed war films, the uses of film and other micro-technologies in Iraq, auto-photography, and inside-out uses of visual images and compared and contrasted documentaries done from WWII through Vietnam. http://www.radioopensource.org/the-war-tapes/.

Sweeney, Shannon, and Steven Kovach. (2006). “Young veterans return to war: College-age soldiers from Fort Drum prepare for 2nd tour in Iraq.” The Student Voice, 21(XI, April 27):40 &42. Interviewed and quoted in special issue of Syracuse University student newspaper focusing on the war on terror—specifically the impact on the lives of soldiers and their families.

Alvaraez, Linette. (2006). “In notification of Army of deaths, more pain.” The New York Times. Interviewed and quoted in article describing the social history of Army casualty affairs (April 7).

Klein, Avi. (2006): “The Morale Myth: Republicans say war critics undermine the troops. So why are dissent and soldier morale both going up? The Washington Monthly (May). Interviewed and quoted in article arguing that soldier morale is linked to micro-level social processes. http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2006/0605.klein.html.

Bauer, Sandy (2006). “Front lines a click away: Troops, loved ones linked as never before.” The Philadelphia Inquirer interviewed and quoted on the three year anniversary of the war in Iraq. The article focused on soldier and home-front communication methods and patterns such as children playing nightly on-line games with their deployed fathers (March 19). http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/14135560.htm. Also appeared in The San Jose Mercury News (March 27).

Jonsson, Patrik. (2006). “Troubled soldiers turn to chaplains for help,” Christian Science Monitor. Interviewed and quoted in a story highlighting the increased role and denomination of chaplains on both war and home-fronts and in assisting U.S. soldiers cope with psychological, social, and spiritual demands of war (March 8), http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0308/p01s03-usmi.html.

Simon-Ortiz, Sophie (2006). “Benefits of Military Marriage.” Youth Radio. Interviewed and quoted for a story about “convenience marriages” among U.S service members immediately prior to their deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. The story aired March 2, 2006 and is available in-text and on-line streaming at: http://www.youthradio.org/reflections/mktplace060118_marriagebenefit.shtml

Holland, Judy (2006). “Rangel wants to revive the draft.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Interviewed and quoted in the article regarding the socio-economic status of military recruits and responding to Representative Charles Rangel's introduction of a new bill that would reinstate the military draft mandating two years of military service for all Americans ages 18 to 42 and provide for what Rangel believes would be a more equitable sharing of the sacrifice required by the war in Iraq (February 26). http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/nation/story/5F32A80CB154E13F8625712000218DB4?OpenDocument

Buck, Rinker (2006). “Uncle Sam Wants Who?: Army's Direct-Mail Call To Arms Is Getting An Awful Lot Of Wrong Numbers.” Hartford Courant (February 26). Interviewed and quoted regarding the private troubles of the reporter's 54 year-old wife receiving mail solicitation recruitment materials from the U.S. Army and the public issues of the socio-demographics of military recruitment and new recruit shortfalls. http://www.courant.com/news/local/northeast/hc-armyrecruiting.artfeb26,0,408657.story?coll=hc-headlines-northeast.

2005

Rugman, Jonathan. (2005). “The U.S. Army, the Military Academy, and Recruitment.” Independent Television News (ITN) – Britain’s Commercial TV Network (November 24). Appeared on television news broadcast interviewed about Washington Post story and quote regarding recruitment of rural youth into the American military during time of war and recruitment of cadets to attend West Point.

Nguyen, Anna. (2005). “Technology offers lifeline for troops.” Cherry Hill Courier Post (November 27). Interviewed and quoted in the South Jersey newspaper in a story examining the confoundedness of soldier and family communication during the wartime. http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2005511270373

French, Richard. (2005). “Recruitment in the Army.” Regional News Network (RNN). Appeared live on RNN television news in Rye Brook, New York and interviewed regarding U.S. military recruitment in rural and poor areas of the United States (November 15). RNN is broadcast to the tri-state regions of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.

Anderson, Glenda and Guy Kovner. (2005). “Lake County Prime Military Recruiting Territory: Combinations of low media income, conservative political base makes rural areas major suppliers of troops.” The Press Democrat (November 13). Quoted in story about rural North California recruitment of low income, rural youth into the military during wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051113/NEWS/511130304/1033/NEWS01.

Trowbridge, Gordon and Karen Jowers. (2005). “Casualty and Comfort: Many families of the fallen praise…” Army Times. Interviewed and quoted for an investigative report on information provided to American families following the death of a U.S. service member (November 14), pp. 14-15. http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/new/0-ARMYPAPER-1220591.php.

Trowbridge, Gordon and Karen Jowers. (2005). “Complex family structures can be hurdles in notification.” Army Times. Interviewed and quoted for a story about the diversity of American families and how notification of death of a U.S. service member can vary depending on the type of family situation and the relationship to the significant others offering the military could benefit from a better understanding of the sociology of American families (November 14), pp. 15-17. http://www.armytimes.com/legacy/new/0-ARMYPAPER-1220948.php.

Sappenfield, Mark. (2005). “Dedication is visible among new soldiers” Christian Science Monitor, (November 10). http://csmonitor.com/2005/1110/p02s01-usmi.html. Interviewed for a Veterans Day story that highlighted my research on the collective experiences of U.S. soldiers and the “turning point” experiences being deployed to war have had on them.

National Public Radio. (2005). “Recruitment in the U.S. Army.” Interviewed on NPR for a news report about recruitment in the U.S. military—specifically, for reasons why rural youth might serve in the military during times of war (November 4).

Scott Tyson, Ann. (2005). “Youth in Rural U.S. are Drawn to Military: Recruits’ Job Worries Outweigh War Fears.” Washington Post (November 4th): A01. Quoted on social class and rural youth recruitment and social indicators for why youth might enlist in the military during times of war. Article also appeared in the Hartford Courant (November 5th); Seattle Times (November 9th); Boston Globe (November 25th). http://www.notyoursoldier.org/article.php?id=71.

Dao, James. (2005). “2,000 Dead: As Iraq Tours Stretch On, a Grim Mark” New York Times, (October 26). Quoted in story reporting the milestone of 2,000 U.S. Service members in Iraq and the impact on military families regarding a sustained war now in the third year. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/26/international/middleeast/26deaths.html?ex=1287979200&en=779f850c4d5db040&ei=5088.

Mastroianni, Michael. (2005). “Following Dad, or Mom, into service appeals to many” Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (September 27) Interviewed for and quoted regarding endo-recruitment in military families and legacies of military service in American families across the United States. The article also compares and constrasts counseling and support services for Vietnam and Iraq era veterans. http://pittsburghlive.com/x/style/family/s_378079.html.

Moss-Coane, Marty. (2005). Interviewed and answered call-in questions on Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane.” Philadelphia, PA NPR affiliate WHYY Radio. August 2, 2005. http://www.whyy.org/91FM/radiotimes.html

Mueller, Mike. (2005). “Walkingathinline” radio. Interviewed and answered questions from callers for one hour on attitudes toward the war in Iraq, patriotism, and military soldier experiences in Iraq on TanTalk Radio AM1340 and AM1400, Tampa and Clearwater, Florida on July 28. http://www.walkingathinline.com/.

Shanker, Thom. (2005). “All Quiet on the Home Front, and Some Soldiers Are Asking Why” (Military Memo). New York Times. Interviewed and quoted regarding waning support for the war from the perspective of U.S. service members (July 24). Story also appeared in the International Herald Tribune, July 30. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/24/politics/24troops.html.

Jowers, Karen and Gina Cavallaro. (2005). “War and Wedlock: Stress of Duty and Deployments turning marriage into a Minefield.” Army Times, Air Force Times, and Navy Times, July 27: Pp. 24-25. Quoted in the three newspapers regarding the rise in divorce rate among enlisted soldiers and especially officers since 2001 in the Army. http://www.leatherneck.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-20527.html.

Sapperfield, Mark. (2005). “A Different Kind of War.” Christian Science Monitor, May 30. Quoted in an article about the public’s regard for soldiers in Iraq despite the increasing unpopularity of the war. http://csmonitor.com/2005/0531/p01s01-usmi.html.

Romero, Dennis. (2005). “When War Hits Home.” Premier issue of the magazine Tu Cuidad Los Angeles, June/July, pp. 74-81. Quoted on the social contexts influencing Hispanics to join the U.S. military.

Gruver, Benjamin SPC. (2005). “ACS Program Supports Families of Deployed Soldiers.” Pointer View (May 6):8. Interviewed and quoted highlighting reactions to the different phases of deployment, the use of various mediums of communication and mass media and families.

Harper’s Magazine (2005). Featured Iraqi adolescent self-esteem and public safety research findings from Steve Carlton-Ford and Morten Ender in their Harper’s Index of statistics. Harper’s Magazine, May 2005: p. 11 & 72.

Kickerbocker, Brad. (2005). “Soldier blogs bring the front line to the folks at home.” Christian Science Monitor, http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0419/p01s05-ussc.htm. April 18. Interviewed and quoted in an article about the use of internet blogs by Iraqis and U.S. soldiers in Iraq and the social causes, consequences, and implications of such use.

O’Brian, John. (2005). “Response to New York Times Article.” March 23. Interviewed with WQAY Rock 102 radio in Springfield, Massachusetts about soldier and family communications patterns, deployment stress, and soldier financial wellbeing in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Medi Lexicon. (2005). “Iraqi Teens - The More Unsafe They Feel, The Higher Their Self-Esteem, UC Researcher Analyzes Survey.” 16 March. http://www.medilexicon.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=21360. Announcement and summary of research and presentation with Steve Carlton-Ford at the Eastern Sociological Society meetings.

Hoffman, Lisa. (2005). “Iraq war less fatal for blacks than Hispanics" The Albuquerque Tribune, March 19. http://www.abqtrib.com/albq/nw_world/article/0,2564,ALBQ_19864_3635378,00.html. Quoted on U.S. deaths in Iraq and racial and ethnic diversity among the casualties.

Wielawski, Irene. (2005). “For Troops, Home Can Be Too Close.” New York Times. Page C1 (March 15). Was quoted in the March 15 New York Times Science section about research on the human dimensions of real and lag time interpersonal communication media devices used by U.S. military service members in Iraq and their military families around the world and the social implications for well-being, information overload, morale, and notifications of deaths and serious injuries. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/15/health/psychology/15fami.html.

2004

Young, Robin. (2004). “Soldiers Celebrate Away.” WBUR – Boston Public Radio. Interviewed for story about military spending and spending lots of time and energy finding ways to bring soldiers deployed abroad slices of their lives back home. This story looks at mounting credit debt of soldiers abroad. November 24, 2004 http://www.here-now.org/shows/2004/11/20041124_2.asp.

Weinstein, Marissa. (2004). “Dr. Ender surveys military life, morale over in Iraq.” Potsdam Daily Courier-Observer (November 18):3. Reporter covered a presentation I made at SUNY Potsdam entitled “How I Spent My Summer: Iraq, Sociology, and the U.S. Military.”

Reeder, Scott. (2004). “Hispanics, whites bear the brunt of fatalities in Iraq.” The Dispatch, Quad Cities On-Line. November 6. http://www.qconline.com/archives/qco/sections.cgi?prcss=display&id=218167. Quoted on U.S. deaths in Iraq and racial and ethnic diversity among the casualties.

Sommerstein, David. (2004). “West Point Sociologist Studies Behavior in Iraq.” North Country Public Radio, St. Lawrence University, Postdam, NY (November 17). Sommerstein talks with Dr. Morten Ender of West Point who studied how soldiers see their temporary lives and work in Baghdad, and how Iraqis see the changes their country is undergoing. Ender speaks tonight (7 pm) in Raymond Hall at SUNY Potsdam. http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/archive.php?id=4982.

Buck, Rinker. (2004). Widows before marriage; Engaged women coping with military deaths of fiances encounter emotional, practical trials. Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Ill.: Oct 27, 2004. pg. 1 Story also appeared in the OrlandoSentinel.com (http://orlandosentinel.com/features/lifestyle/orl-livfiancees28102804oct28,0,1597192.story?coll=orl-living-headlines; Minneapolis Star-Tribune;

Hartford Courant. (http://www.ctnow.com/news/local/hc-iraqfiances.artoct25top,1,5254805.story?coll=hc-big-headlines-breaking); and Charlotte Observer. http://www.kansas.com/mld/observer/news/9806090.htm.

Miller, Mollie. (2004). “Study gives voice to Hood spouses.” Killeen Daily Herald, October 28. Interviewed for research project at Fort Hood studying deployed spouses of soldiers. http://kdhnews.com/news/texas/article_b0da71d1-8079-57ab-9a8a-f567dfd426a6.html?mode=jqm.

Buck, Rinker. (2004). “Researchers Finding Surprises In Figures On Deaths In Iraq,” Hartford Courant, September 28, 2004, http://www.ctnow.com/news/local/hc-iraqdeaths.artsep28,1,2340045.story?coll=hc-headlines-local. Interviewed and quoted for story on research on casualties in Iraq. Article also appeared in The Charlotte Observer and Minneapolis Star-Tribune.

Walls, Alyson. (2004). “Military moms spend holiday in the field” Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Sunday May 9). Quoted on Mother’s Day regarding women’s role in the U.S. armed forces, their demographic representation, and mother’s deployed to Iraq. http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/search/s_193282.html.

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