For years, Dr. Kirby Goidel has been a staple of on-air local media in the Bryan/College Station area. Completely a volunteer effort, he’s motivated by one thing: increasing the visibility of the Department of Political Science to a wider audience. In just the past academic year, Dr. Goidel has appeared on KBTX local news a […]
Bush School News
Reconnecting Aggies: Political Science Former Students Gather in The Woodlands and Austin
For many Former Students of the Texas A&M Department of Political Science, this spring’s receptions in The Woodlands and Austin felt less like formal events and more like long-awaited reunions. Across two evenings in January and May, nearly 50 former students gathered with faculty and department leaders to reconnect over shared memories of Aggieland while […]
From Aggieland to Washington: Eleanor Sebastian ’28 Gains Public Service Experience Through Public Policy Scholars Program
Many Aggies choose political science with a dream of impacting public policy at the federal level with a career in Washington, D.C. From Texas, that career can feel far away. But the Texas A&M University System Public Policy Scholars Program (PPSP) tangibly connects undergraduates to the world of public service through an integrated, semester-long expedience […]
Bush School Outstanding Alumna Diana Pérez Gomez ’00 visits POLS Aggies
Bush School Outstanding Alumna, Attorney Diana Pérez Gomez ‘00, returned to Texas A&M University to speak with members of the POLS Aggies student organization during a luncheon at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center. Joined by two colleagues from her firm, Pérez Gomez shared insights from her legal career and offered practical advice to students interested […]
Former Student Spotlight: Dr. Dottie Carmichael ’99
Legislation can have wide-reaching impacts: both predictable and unforeseen. Navigating that uncertainty requires policy expertise: something political scientists are uniquely qualified to offer. For more than three decades, Dr. Dottie Carmichael ’99 has built a career bridging academic research and real-world policymaking, demonstrating how political science training can shape public policy far beyond the classroom. […]
How Americans Read Tariff Policy: The Role of Partisanship in Economic Expectations
A new issue of The Takeaway examines how households understood the 2025 tariff policy and how their beliefs changed when they were presented with research-based findings from the previous U.S.–China tariff war. COLLEGE STATION, TX (May 2026) – Yoon Joo Jo examines how U.S. households interpreted President Trump’s April 2, 2025, “Liberation Day” tariff announcement, […]
ISTPP Research – Perceptions, Not Just Proximity: What Truly Drives Public Support for Environmental Health Policies?
A recent study published in Environmental Hazards reveals a disconnect between actual environmental risks and public demand for policy support. Utilizing 2021 survey data from Texas adults alongside geographic tracking of local toxic-waste sites, researchers Ki Eun Kang, Carol L. Goldsmith, Arnold Vedlitz, and Itza Mendoza-Sanchez mapped out the relationship between objective hazard exposure and […]
ISTPP Welcomes New Research Fellows – Dr. Kaye Atobe and Dr. Clifford Young
The Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy is pleased to announce the addition of two new research affiliates to its Fellows program – Dr. Kaye Atobe and Dr. Clifford Young. Dr. Atoba is a Research Scientist at the Institute for a Disaster Resilient Texas at Texas A&M University. His work focuses on advancing a […]
Award-winning Research Brings Aggie Back to the Shores That Shaped Her
Earning awards through both the Undergraduate Research Scholars thesis program and Texas A&M’s Student Research Week, Lillian Haynes’s research serves as a bridge between communities, helping further conversations in Latin America and the Caribbean on cultural independence, foreign intervention, and open-access spaces. Image: Undergraduate Research Scholars Team For Lillian Haynes, research began with memory. Long before […]
Student Voices Leading the Conversation on Civil Discourse at Texas A&M
Caroline McCall ’26 moderated a fireside chat with the 48th Vice President of the United States Mike Pence at the Civil Discourse Symposium on April 20 at Rudder Tower Auditorium in College Station, Texas. Texas A&M University, Division of Marketing and Communications In a packed Rudder Tower auditorium with over 2,000 people, Texas A&M University […]
