Q&A Session with Dr. Joyce Chen on Development Economics
Zoom Reflection
8 April 2020, Zoom, 7-8pm
This event was not very relevant to my major/minors, but it taught me a lot about development economics. I did not have any prior knowledge about economics, let alone development economics, so it opened up my eyes to a whole other field. Because of this, it definitely changed my perspective on this topic. This related to the topic of International Affairs because her research takes place in another nation, and she talked about how she manages doing international research while living in the United States. I gained a lot of knowledge from this event, and it also sparked my interest in this topic. I really like how she gave us a rundown about her research; it really helped me to gain a greater understanding of what exactly is meant when talking about development economics. I found the questions in the Q&A session to be very interesting since I never would have thought of a lot of them due to my lack of knowledge on the subject. I really found it interesting to learn about how she sees development economics changing as time goes on and how she specifically manages conducting her research from Columbus. I also never really thought about the impact that COVID-19 has on the many different types of international research that was being conducted before it hit.