JD Hogue serves as the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine Senior Informatics Specialist for the National Endowment for the Arts initiative, Creative Forces®: NEA Military Healing Arts Network. He is a statistician and board-certified music therapist with over 10 years’ experience combining data analysis, research, and program evaluation. JD has a Master of Science degree in Quantitative Psychology and another Master of Music degree in Music Therapy from Illinois State University and has studied abroad in France and New Zealand.  He is also a consulting editor for Music Therapy Perspectives and has published in peer-reviewed journals, such as Psychology of Music, Journal of Social Psychology, and Intersection. JD started working with Creative Forces Network in 2018. Before then, he was Adjunct Faculty and the Assessment Coordinator for Missouri Southern State University.