MAJ Gabriel Royal Assistant Professor Course Director - SS202: American Politics Department of Social Sciences gabriel.royal [at] westpoint.edu About Education Research & Publications MAJ Gabe Royal is an assistant professor of American politics in the Department of Social Sciences. His research focuses on American public finance and cryptocurrency/digital asset public policy. MAJ Royal commissioned as an Aviation officer in 2012. He served as an attack aviation platoon leader in Afghanistan (OFS '15-16) and a company commander in Iraq (OIR 2018-19). He holds a Ph.D. in public policy and administration and a M.P.A. from George Washington University, and a B.S. in U.S. history and American politics from the United States Military Academy. He is accompanied by his wife, Michelle, and their two children. Ph.D. - George Washington UniversityM.P.A. - George Washington UniversityB.S. - U.S. Military Academy Research Interests Public policy, blockchain applications, cryptocurrency regulation Current Research Royal, Gabriel M., Halliday, Connor M. Follow the Money? Prediction Markets and the Polls in the 2024 Election. Selected Publications Royal, Gabriel M. “Subsidizing Interest Rates to Bridge the Racial Wealth Gap” In Policy Perspectives 29, edited by Jack Nicholson and Alex Borkholder, 1-21. Washington, D.C.: Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4079/pp.v29i0.9