Lance Bokinskie is a senior at The University of Texas at Arlington majoring in political science with an international relations focus and a minor in military history. He has served as an active-duty Marine and a Texas Army national guardsman. On campus, he has served as an Army ROTC peer leader and as the vice president for the campus chapter of the Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society. He has also served as a department research assistant and a government relations intern for the North Central Texas Council of Governments Transportation Department, conducting state and federal policy analysis. Bokinskie’s research areas include national defense, information operations, and conflict simulation. He recently presented a case study of Russian intelligence support to the invasion of Ukraine at the Spotlight Student Research Forum. Bokinskie is pursuing an active-duty commission as a U.S. Army armor and military intelligence officer after graduation.