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Archives for 2016

ISTPP Research on Motivated Reasoning and Water Scarcity Presented at SPSA Conference

David Switzer, ISTPP Predoctoral Research Associate, presented, “Local Issue Severity and Ideological Worldviews: Motivated Reasoning in the Case of Water Scarcity” at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, January 7–9, 2016. In this paper, Switzer and his co-author, ISTPP Director Arnold Vedlitz, investigate a theory of […]

Former Assistant Secretary of State of African Affairs to speak on his book The Mind of the African

The Scowcroft Institute of International affairs will host a lecture by Ambassador Hank Cohen, former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, about his book, The Mind of the African Strongman. The lecture will take place at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center on February 16, 2016, at 5:00 p.m. As an ambassador, advisor to Presidents, and […]

Short-term Volunteers: an Essential Resource for Long-term Development with Bud Philbrook

The Mosbacher Institute’s 2016 Bank of America Program on Volunteerism featured Bud Philbrook, co-founder and CEO of Global Volunteers, on February 9, 2016. Mr. Philbrook described the advantage of the short-term volunteer model used by Global Volunteers to address what he contends is the most significant challenge facing the global community: human and economic development. […]

Education Policy Workshop: Taken by Storm: The Effects of the Post Katrina New Orleans School Reforms on Students’ Academic Outcomes

On Monday, February 1, the Mosbacher Institute hosted its inaugural Education Policy Workshop with Dr. Douglas Harris, a professor of economics at Tulane University and the director of the Education Research Alliance for New Orleans, speaking about the effects of the post-Katrina New Orleans school reforms on students’ academic outcomes. After the devastating effects of […]

Dr. Raymond Robertson – Faculty Spotlight

While moving from a small private liberal arts school solely focused on undergraduate education to a graduate program within a large public research university may seem like a big transition, for Dr. Raymond Robertson, it is a perfect fit. As professor and holder of the Helen and Roy Ryu Chair in Economics and Government at […]

Bush School Faculty and ISTPP Researchers Present at Nexus Conference

Professor Kent Portney chaired a symposium on “Public Opinion and Food-Water-Energy Nexus Policy,” at the Food-Energy-Water Nexus Conference of the National Council for Science and the Environment January 21, 2016, in Washington, DC. This conference brings together people from academia, government agencies, corporations, and nonprofits to develop new understandings and explore solutions to complex scientific […]

Bush Student Serves as Student Liaison to College Station City Council

This past fall, the Texas A&M Student Government Association (SGA) created a new position designed to improve communication between the student body at Texas A&M and the City of College Station. Wayne Beckerman, a current student at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, now holds that position, serving as […]

Bush School Alum Named President of the TAMU Foundation

Tyson Voelkel, who assumes the presidency of the Texas A&M Foundation in January, holds a master’s degree in international affairs from the Bush School of Government and Public Service and is currently a member of the School’s advisory board. The US Army veteran and 1996 graduate of Texas A&M University will take office on January […]