Welcome to the 15th Annual Graduate Student Association (GSA) Interdisciplinary Research Conference (IRC), held at The University of Georgia. The purpose of our annual conference is to bring together diverse avenues of graduate research that address local and global issues, while making an impact on society. This focus allows the GSA to bring together a multitude of graduate students from across all college and school disciplines found on the Athens campus. We hope to provide a nurturing environment where graduate students from our campus can present their research to a receptive audience comprised of graduate scholars, undergraduate students, and faculty members from a variety of disciplines. For this year's conference, the GSA has invited creative responses to, and a broad array of interpretations of, a conference theme Explore. Create. Inspire.