The GPSG Travel Award has facilitated my professional development as an academic and researcher. Attending the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting in Philadelphia allowed me to connect with prominent scholars in the discipline and present my original research as part of a panel on the “Economics of War.” At the conference I received valuable feedback that has been essential to revising my dissertation research. Given the rising costs of conference attendance, my participation would not have been possible without their assistance. I am lucky and thankful to have received their support, which furthers the mission of Indiana University as a first-class research institution.
-Alex Anthony