Call For Papers: Disability, identity, and civil rights status of veterans across institutional settings

Journal: Journal of Veteran Research & Systems Accountability (JVRSA)

Publisher: Combat Support Institute (CSI)

Issue: Spring Issue

Publication Date: April 30

Scope and Topics:

The Journal of Veteran Research & Systems Accountability (JVRSA) invites original research, policy analysis, and scholarly submissions for its Spring Issue focused on Veterans, Disability & Civil Rights in Institutional Systems. This issue seeks rigorous, evidence-based work examining how institutional systems impact veterans with disabilities and how civil rights frameworks are applied, enforced, or denied.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Invisible, episodic, and complex disabilities (PTSD, TBI, moral injury, chronic illness, neurodivergence)
• Institutional compliance, noncompliance, and enforcement gaps under ADA, Section 504, IDEA, and related statutes
• Veteran encounters with healthcare, legal, carceral, child welfare, and administrative systems
• Structural discrimination, systemic bias, and procedural harm within public and private institutions
• Trauma-informed policy, practice, and institutional design
• Gatekeeping, eligibility determinations, and administrative burden as civil rights barriers
• Intersectionality (race, gender, sexuality, class, age, family status) in veteran disability experiences
• Data, documentation, and evidentiary standards that disadvantage disabled veterans
• Comparative, international, and cross-sector analyses of veteran disability protections
• Lived experience, autoethnography, and practitioner-scholar perspectives
• Accountability mechanisms, remedies, and reform models for institutional failure

Interdisciplinary perspectives from health sciences, law, public policy, education, social sciences, and ethics are encouraged.

Important Dates:

Abstract Submission Deadline: January 30

Notification of Abstract Acceptance: February 28

Full Manuscript Submission Deadline: March 30

Publication Release: April 30

Submission Guidelines:

-Abstracts should be 250–300 words

-Manuscripts must follow APA 7th Edition formatting

-Submissions involving human subjects must document IRB approval or exemption

-Use of the CSI IRB is permitted but not required

-All submissions are subject to double-blind peer review

Publication Information:

JVRSA is a peer-reviewed, quarterly journal dedicated to advancing research that evaluates systems affecting veterans and promotes ethical, evidence-based accountability and reform.