The Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy (ISTPP) at the Bush School of Government & Public Service has named two new members to its Fellows program – Dr. Xinyue Ye and Dr. Hyunseok Hwang. Dr. Ye is a Fellow of the American Association of Geographers and the Harold L. Adams Endowed Professor in the […]
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Brittany Alexander, ISTPP Pre-doctoral Fellow and Doctoral Candidate in Statistics, Hired by Ipsos
Brittany Alexander has successfully defended her dissertation and will soon be awarded her doctorate from the Texas A&M University Department of Statistics. During her graduate studies, she worked with the Bush School’s Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy, applying her advanced statistical methods to multiple projects and presenting the results at academic conferences. Ms. Alexander’s paper, […]
ISTPP Predoctoral Fellow Presents Paper at Southern Association for Public Opinion Research Conference
Brittany Alexander, ISTPP Predoctoral Fellow and doctoral student in statistics, presented her paper “A Bayesian Model for Inference on Multiple Panel Public Opinion Surveys” at the Southern Association for Public Opinion Research Conference on October 14, 2021. ISTPP Director Arnold Vedlitz coauthored this study. The paper won the James W. Prothro Student Paper Competition. Their research uses a two-wave panel survey conducted […]
ISTPP Predoctoral Research Associate Named ESA Science Policy Fellow
Leah Buchman, a PhD candidate in the Department of Entomology and a Predoctoral Research Associate in the Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy (ISTPP) at the Bush School, was one of five people selected as a Science Policy Fellow for the Entomological Society of America (ESA) Class of 2021. This honor offers Ms. Buchman professional development […]
Dr. Dvir Joins ISTPP Research Team
The Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy (ISTPP) is pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Rotem Dvir to our staff. As an assistant research scientist, Dr. Dvir will expand the Institute’s research to examine the intersection of political psychology, decision making, and public policy. In particular, his work explores how interactions between behavioral […]
ISTPP Predoctoral Fellow Presents Paper at Joint Statistical Meetings
Brittany Alexander, ISTPP Predoctoral Fellow and doctoral student in statistics, presented her paper “Understanding Terrorism Policy Preferences through Bayesian Model Averaging and Multiple Imputation” at the Joint Statistical Meetings on August 12, 2021. ISTPP Director, Arnold Vedlitz, coauthored this study. Their research uses a two-wave panel survey conducted by ISTPP in 2016 with funding from the National Science Foundation and a six-wave […]
ISTPP Announces New Featured Research Project
The Institute of Science, Technology, and Public Policy (ISTPP) at the Bush School of Government & Public Service at Texas A&M University is proud to announce a new featured research project titled “Gene Drive Applications to Agriculture.” Gene drive is a new genetic-based technology in the early stages of research. Among other potential applications, gene drive […]
ISTPP Research Fellows Publish on Resilience Policies of the Largest U.S. Cities
A team of ISTPP Research Fellows—Drs. Woodruff, Bowman, Hannibal, and Sansom—and ISTPP Director, in memoriam, Dr. Portney, have published their comparative study of resilience policies and programs adopted by the 101 largest U.S. cities. The team established a list of 109 resilience policies and programs based on existing research and evolving theories. The list covered […]
ISTPP Research Fellows Publish on Organizational Involvement in Planning and Hazard Mitigation in Houston
Dr. Bryce Hannibal and Dr. Sierra Woodruff, ISTPP Research Fellows, and coauthor Dr. Matthew Malecha, have published their research, “The Overlap of Collaboration and Planning Networks: A Post-Harvey Study,” in the Journal of Planning Education and Research. Using original survey data collected from Houston organizations involved in planning and mitigation, the research team examines the […]
ISTPP’s Dr. Kang Presents Research at the Annual Conference of the American Society for Public Administration
Dr. Ki Eun Kang, ISTPP Postdoctoral Research Associate, recently presented a paper entitled “Understanding the Relationship Between Collaboration and Income Inequality in Land Development” at the Annual Conference of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA). This paper was coauthored with Kyungha Lee, a doctoral candidate at Yonsei University. Their research specifically looks at cases […]
