Arnold Vedlitz
Professor, Bob Bullock Chair in Government and Public Policy, and Director of the Institute for Science, Technology, and Public Policy
Dr. Arnold Vedlitz is holder of the Bob Bullock Chair in Government and Public Policy and Director of the Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy (ISTPP) in The Bush School of Government and Public Service. He is also a Professor of Political Science at Texas A&M University and Professor of Health Policy at the Texas A&M Health Sciences Center. He is Division Head for the Science, Technology and Public Policy Division at the Texas Engineering Experiment Station, as well as Division Head for the Science, Technology and Public Policy Division at the Texas Transportation Institute. He is a member of the Executive Committee for the University Center for Transportation Mobility. He has served in a number of positions at Texas A&M University since 1973, including Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Associate Provost for External Affairs.
Dr. Vedlitz received his B.A. and M.A. degrees in Government from Louisiana State University and his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Houston. He is the co-editor of a new book from MIT Press, author of an important book on public policy and author of dozens of scholarly articles and book chapters in the field of politics and public policy. He is principal investigator, co-principle investigator and senior research scientist on externally funded research projects totaling more than $15 million. These grants have been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Environmental Protection Agency, The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and numerous state agencies.
Vedlitz recently served on the Council of Competitiveness, National Innovation Initiative, Public Sector Task Force. He is a reviewer for the American Political Science Review, Journal of Politics, American Journal of Political Science, Social Science Quarterly and dozens of other scholarly journals and for the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. His teaching and research focus on science and technology policy, minority politics, public policy, inter-group conflict, American political behavior, urban politics, and political psychology.
