Student researchers at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University examining the possible links between gender issues and radicalization recently received first place in their category at Texas A&M’s Student Research Week. The research is part of a capstone project that all second-year Bush School students are required to complete […]
Department of International Affairs News
Mapping the Ugandan Cold Chain
In the United States, we tend to take for granted our refrigerated produce and how it navigates its way from the field to a processing center to our kitchen tables, remaining cold the entire time. Halfway around the world in Uganda, this seemingly mundane process is not an assumed facet of everyday life. Joel Taylor, […]
Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Silva Hamie
Dr. Silva Hamie, a Bush School lecturer since 2014, teaches courses in post-conflict recovery and development, the role of international organizations in peace and conflict, and qualitative research methods. This semester, she is teaching a class on clientelism, which looks at corruption in the developing world, and is also leading a capstone project for second-year […]
Narrowing the gender gap through statistical analysis: The WomanStats Project
As women around the world celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8, 2018, there are data demonstrating that true gender parity will not be a reality for many years. The good news is there is now global activism for women’s equality fueled by movements like #MeToo, #TimesUp, and more. Women are making positive gains, and […]
Recapping The 3rd Annual Texas Symposium on Women, Peace, and Security
The Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Symposium provides a timely opportunity to address the challenges and opportunities of the WPS agenda by discussing them in a bi-partisan environment, developing connections between Texas, regional, and national stakeholders. This symposium was held on November 20, 2017, at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M […]
Bush School Students Finalists in World’s Largest Cyber Security Law & Policy Challenge
Shannon Abbott and Anne Richmond, both second-year international affairs students at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, placed third in the 2017 Cyber Security Awareness Week (CSAW) Law and Policy Challenge. The competition took place at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering. The US Naval Academy team won […]
Robertson Foundation Names Four Bush School Students as 2019 Fellows
Four Texas A&M University Bush School of Government and Public Service students were named to the Class of 2019 Robertson Fellows. Each year, the Robertson Foundation selects fellows from the top international affairs graduate schools in the nation. In exchange for becoming scholarship recipients, Robertson Fellows, as a program requirement, agree to work for the federal […]
Texas A&M Bush School To Host Symposium On Women, Peace, And Security
The Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M will host “The 3rd Annual Texas Symposium on Women, Peace, and Security: Challenges and Opportunities Amidst Global Change,” Monday, Nov. 20, 2017, in the George H. W. Bush Presidential Library Orientation Theater from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Panelists will analyze and discuss solutions […]
Bush School Professor Wins International Studies Association Award
Dr. Joshua Itzkowitz Shifrinson, an assistant professor at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, has been named the co-winner of the 2017 Article Award presented by the Diplomatic Studies Section of the International Studies Association (ISA). Shifrinson’ s article, published in the journal International Security, discusses the informal assurances between […]
Profile in Service: Bryce Barros
When Bryce Barros passed through the sliding doors of the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University in fall 2015, his entrance was seven years in the making. “I knew I wanted to go to the Bush School since I was a freshman [in college],” Barros said. “I had a close […]
