The Texas Veterans Legacy for Tomorrow Project

Texas Veterans Legacy for Tomorrow (TexVet Legacy) is a storytelling project designed to broaden the reach, depth, and understanding of the lives of Veterans and their families and friends. By combining storytelling, social work methodologies, educational strategies, archival preservation, and innovative technology, we hope to create a dynamic public resource that not only supports and strengthens the community, but also helps it to flourish.

This project will work to memorialize the stories of 50 historically underrepresented Veterans interred in the four State or six National VA-funded Cemeteries in Texas. We will focus our efforts on Veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan interred in Texas.

Our Team

Our interdisciplinary team includes experts in Social Work, Education, Digital Publication, Open Pedagogy, Archives, and Technology from a variety of departments across the Texas State University community:

• Dr. Kelly Clary, School of Social Work, Assistant Professor
• Dr. Katherine Selber, School of Social Work, Professor
• Dr. Andrew Rechnetz, University Libraries, Director of Technology Engagement
• Dr. Khoi Nguyen, University Libraries, Immersion Studio Supervisor
• Kristin Van Diest, University Libraries, Head of Special Collections and Archives
• Dr. Heriberto Arambula, Patriots’ Hall, Program Manager

We are supported by:

• Kassandra Moore, School of Social Work, Graduate Research Assistant
• Viktoria Hernandez-Velez, School of Social Work, Graduate Research Assistant
• Judy Thomason, Grant Specialist

We are proud to also employ Texas State University students who are Veterans, Military-Affiliated, and eager to memorialize the lives of our Texas Legacy Veterans.