David Vacchi

Dr. David Vacchi is a veteran of over 20 years of service in the US Army and is one of the nation's leaders in student veteran theory, scholarship, and advocacy. A veteran of Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom, Dr. Vacchi has been influential in a movement of scholars that view veteran from a strengths perspective. Rather than presuming struggle, or failure, of our student veterans Dr. Vacchi's scholarship explores understanding student veterans, real veteran-friendliness, and why veterans...See more

Dr. David Vacchi is a veteran of over 20 years of service in the US Army and is one of the nation's leaders in student veteran theory, scholarship, and advocacy. A veteran of Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom, Dr. Vacchi has been influential in a movement of scholars that view veteran from a strengths perspective. Rather than presuming struggle, or failure, of our student veterans Dr. Vacchi's scholarship explores understanding student veterans, real veteran-friendliness, and why veterans succeed in higher education. Dr. Vacchi has been a frequent speaker at the Louisville Veteran Symposium, NASPA, the NASPA Military Connected Students Symposium, and other local and regional conferences around the nation. Dr. Vacchi is former chair of the NASPA Veterans Knowledge Community and is an editorial board member of the Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice. See less