Open-Access and Public Scholarship
Peer-reviewed Digital Humanities Sites
Face to Face with Slavery: Documenting the Legacies of Enslavement through the Stories of Descendants, Virginia Tech Publishing & Press, (2026).
Dissidents: Veterans Speak Out for Justice, Virginia Tech Publishing & Press, (2026).
Peer-reviewed Articles
“Through Star-Spangled Eyes: Lew Puller’s Fortunate Son and the Problem of Resolution,” War, Literature & the Arts Vol. 30 (2018).
News, Articles, and Reviews
Featured in, “America’s story intertwined with its military history, but a military-civilian disconnect persists,” by Deepti Hajela, Associated Press News, Sept. 2, 2026.
“Something of a Hero: 50 Years Since the Taxi Driver, Clio and the Contemporary, Feb. 10, 2026.
Featured in, “‘Consequences of War’–Veterans Incarcerated at Higher Rates and Face Longer Sentences,” by Sonner Kehrt, The War Horse, (Apr. 18, 2024).
“Imprisoned by War: racialized and violent, modern U.S. warmaking is inextricably linked with our history of mass incarceration” Inquest Magazine, (Mar. 21, 2024).
“PACT Act providing health care to burn pit veterans caps decades of denied benefits for veterans,” The Conversation (Aug 17, 2022)
“Waging Peace in Memory,” Massachusetts Review (Nov 2019).
Book Review of Breaking the Silence: Survivors Speak about 1965-66 Violence in Indonesia by Putu Oka Sukanta, The Oral History Review (Dec 2018).
“Jason Higgins and the Incarcerated Veterans Oral History Project” Oral History Association Spotlight. (2017).
“Vietnam War Timeline” and “The American-Vietnam War by the Numbers,” Vietnam War special issue of Oklahoma Humanities Magazine (Fall/Winter 2017).
Podcasts and Media Interviews
Invited author, OHR Extra! Interviewed by Jacey Anderson, book review editor of the Oral History Review, Mar. 24, 2026.
Guest, Suite P Productions, “Does America Love Its Veterans?” interviewed by Tercero Munoz, Mar. 18, 2026.
Guest, New Books Network, “Prisoners after War,” hosted by John Armenta, Nov. 10, 2025.
Guest, St. Ambrose University KALA Radio program/podcast, “Relevant or Irrelevant,” Mar. 31, 2025.
Guest, Behind the Mission with PsychArmor, Dr. Jason Higgins – Veterans Involvement in the Criminal Legal System, hosted by Duane France, Mar. 22, 2024.
Guest, Military Historians Are People, Too, Jason Higgins – Virginia Tech, hosted by Bill Allison and Brian Feltman, March 11, 2025.
Featured in, “Recording oral histories at Virginia Tech,” Radford News Journal, by Angelica Ramos, Dec. 31, 2024.
Guest, Book Series by Dr. Anotida Chikumbu, “Veterans in the Age of Mass Incarceration,” April 19, 2024.
Veterans in History Symposium, Virginia Tech Center for Humanities, Drs. Jason A. Higgins, John M. Kinder, Heather M. Stur, Robert Jefferson, on Service Denied, Nov. 30, 2022.
Guest, New Books Network, “Service Denied,” hosted by Nathan Moore, Aug. 31, 2022.
Co-host, Published By, “The Journal of Veterans Studies,” with Joe Forte, Jan. 18, 2022.
