Recognition

(See Academia.edu for my latest work.)

Select awards and honors:

• Veterans & Military Families for Progress Public Service Award Nominee (2009)
• NIU: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Deans' Award, Journalism (2009)
• NIU: Communications Studies Program Outstanding Major Award (2009)
• NIU: Kappa Tau Alpha Top Scholar Award (2009)
• NIU: Illinois Journalist of the Year Award - Student Scholarship (2008)
• U.S. Government Witness called to testify before Congress on issues reported on in my book, Moving a Nation to Care: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and America's Returning Troops (2007)
• Featured in the book unConventional: Citizens, Focus and Action (2006)
• World Organization of Webmasters International Web Design Competition Bronze-Winning Student Project Manager (2005)
• RVC: Div. of Composition and Literature Writing Recognition Award (2002-2003)
• American Airlines Professional Flight Attendant Award Nominee (1997)
• American Airlines Someone Special in Chicago (1992)
• American Airlines Professional Flight Attendant Award (1989)

Select citations of my work:

Michele A. Hovland (2010). Moving a Nation to Care cited in the Strategy Research Project paper “Reintegration of National Guard Soldiers with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder,” U.S. Army War College.

Holly Seesel, Mary Sorisio, and Paul Sorisio (2009). Moving a Nation to Care featured in Department of Veterans Affairs Board of Veterans’ Appeals 24-page book review essay, “Consequences of combat: A review of Haunted by Combat: Understanding PTSD in War Veterans including Women, Reservists and Those Coming Back from Iraq by Daryl S. Paulson & Stanley Krippner; and Moving a Nation to Care: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and America’s Returning Troops by Ilona Meagher,” Veterans Law Review, Vol. 1.

Capt. Evan R. Seamone (2009). Moving a Nation to Care cited in “Attorneys as First Responders: Recognizing the Destructive Nature of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder on the Combat Veteran’s Legal Decision-Making Process,” Military Law Review, Vol 202. [pdf]

James (Jim) A. Martin, Ph.D., BCD, and Arianna Day (2009). Moving a Nation to Care recommended in the white paper, “Practice resource information and gateway internet sites for behavioral health providers working with military members, veterans, and their family members,” Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. [pdf]

Chaplain (Colonel) Michael W. Dugal (2009). Moving a Nation to Care cited in the Strategy Research Project paper “Affirming the soldier’s spirit through intentional dialogue,” U.S. Army War College.

Lt. Colonel Sylvain Turbide (2009). PTSD Combat cited in “Returning from a Stressful Operational Environment: Is the Canadian Forces decompression process adequate?” Canadian Forces College Masters of Defence Study

Martha H. Ortmann (2009). Moving a Nation to Care used in University of New Hampshire’s College of Health and Human Services Sociology Course.

Colonel Richard B. O’Connor (2008). Moving a Nation to Care cited in “Collateral damage: How can the Army best serve a soldier with post-traumatic stress disorder?” by the Association of the United States Army Institute of Land Warfare.

Laura Forester (2008). PTSD Combat cited in “Assault on the home front: Bringing awareness to the existence of sexual abuse in the Armed Services,” Women’s Institute for Freedom of the Press.

John T. Powers (2008). Moving a Nation to Care recommended in “Veterans Resource Guide For Student Veterans,” Student Veterans of America. [pdf]

M.A.G.H. Kruize (2008). Moving a Nation to Care listed in the academic bibliography, “Literatuurlijst veteranen,” Royal Military Academy, Netherlands Defense Academy.

Barbara Webster (2008). PTSD Combat and the PTSD Timeline cited in “Combat deployment and the returning police officer,” Institute for Law and Justice, U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services.

Veterans Health Administration (2008). Moving a Nation to Care listed in "Core consumer health books,” Consumer health library panel.

Brittany Cvetanovich and Larkin Reynolds (2007). Moving a Nation to Care cited extensively in “Joshua Omvig Veterans Suicide Prevention Act of 2007,” Harvard Journal on Legislation, Vol. 25, No.2. [pdf]

Moving a Nation to Care assigned reading in the fall 2007 University of Arkansas Sociology 2013 Honors Fulbright College Core Course (2007).

Gabriel Greene (2007). Moving a Nation to Care cited in “Timeline Theatre Company: Harmless study guide.”

Danielle Carlock (2007). Moving a Nation to Care, PTSD Combat recommended in "A guide to resources for severely wounded Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) veterans," Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, No 51.