Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush will join the faculty of the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University as an executive professor and John D. White ’70 Distinguished Professor of Practice. He will teach a concentrated course in January on the role of gubernatorial leadership and its impact on government at […]
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Bush School Students Undertake Research Project for FBI
Master of Public Service and Administration students from the Bush School traveled to the FBI office in Houston to begin work on a capstone project. The team briefed their concept of research and then conducted a question and answer session with intelligence analysts and special agents as part of their joint project with the Bureau. […]
ISTPP Welcomes New Research Fellow
ISTPP welcomes Dr. Gabriel Eckstein as a Research Fellow. Dr. Eckstein is a Professor of Law at the Texas A&M University School of Law and serves as a faculty member of the Texas A&M Water Management and Hydrological Science Graduate Faculty as well as the Texas A&M Energy Institute. He researches water, natural resources, and […]
Bush School’s Program on Women, Peace and Security Receives $100,000 Grant
A recently established program in the Department of International Affairs at the George Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University which focuses on the links between the status of women and peace and security has received a $100,000 from the Compton Foundation. Dr. Valerie Hudson, professor and George H. W. Bush […]
Frank Ashley Named Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the Bush School
Dean Mark Welsh has named Dr. Frank B. Ashley III as senior associate dean for Academic Affairs at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. In this position, Ashley will be the second ranking administrator at the School and will oversee graduate education and research activities as well as strategic […]
Profile in Service: Adriana Perez
At the Bush School of Government and Public Service, public service is considered a noble calling. For Adriana Perez, it’s where she found her calling. “Everything that I’ve learned at the Bush School has helped me define the population I want to work for, the issues that are important, and how I can serve the […]
Bush School Minority Enrollment Reaches 24 Percent
The minority enrollment at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, reached a record-setting 24 percent this fall. Bush School faculty and students have increased efforts in diversity and inclusion planning and recruitment in recent years through a range of programs and initiatives. As a result, minority enrollment has continue to […]
Bush School Researchers Report Public Opinion Findings on Water, Energy, and Food Issues
Water, energy and food (WEF) are three interconnected pillars of daily life. Energy cannot be produced without using water. Water cannot be provided without using energy. And food cannot be grown without energy and water. A team of researchers from the Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy (ISTPP) at the Bush School of Government […]
ISTPP Research on Energy Knowledge and Risk Perceptions Published in Energy Policy
ISTPP Senior Research Fellow James Stoutenborough and Director Arnold Vedlitz have published their exploration of how levels of understanding of specific energy technologies may produce different assessments of the risks of those technologies. Using results from a large, national random survey of US adults conducted by ISTPP, the researchers examine the knowledge/information deficit model, which […]
Dr. Liu and Dr. Vedlitz Publish in Governance
Xinsheng Liu, ISTPP Assistant Director and Research Scientist, Arnold Vedlitz, Professor and ISTPP Distinguished Research Scholar, along with Institute Research Fellow James Stoutenborough, have published their research paper, “Bureaucratic Expertise, Overconfidence, and Policy Choice,” in Governance. This study is the first to theoretically and empirically examine whether experienced bureaucrats are prone to overconfidence in estimating their […]
