By Kendra Sanders

The University of Kentucky hosted the fifty-second annual meeting for the Kentucky Political Science Association this year. The conference showcases professional, graduate, and undergraduate research from the many universities within Kentucky. KPSA President, Stephen Voss, says this event was a great opportunity for UK to increase “involvement with the broader network of political scientists” in the state.

This year’s conference included widespread participation by University of Kentucky professors and graduate students. Also among those who presented from UK were two undergraduates, Gwendolyn Schaefer and Chase Harpole.

This year’s event took place March 1-2, and attendance was notably higher than previous conferences, some of which include Campbellsville University who hosted in 2012 and Western Kentucky University who hosted in 2011. The University of Kentucky had not hosted the KPSA annual meeting since 1999.