Bryce Hannibal, ISTPP post-doctoral research associate, presented several papers at the American Sociological Association annual conference held in Seattle, WA August 20-23, 2016. Both papers are based on ISTPP’s national representative public opinion survey on the water-energy-food nexus (May 2015). The first paper, “Cognitive Awareness of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus in the US: Public Attitudes among […]
Bush School News
ISTPP Director Portney Studies the Effect of Local Tea Parties on City Sustainability Policies
Dr. Portney and his co-author, Dr. Jeffrey Berry, have analyzed the influence of local Tea Parties efforts to block sustainability initiatives by cities. To ascertain the impact of such Tea Party actions, the researchers relied on several sources of data. One data set came from previous research by Portney in which he compiled comprehensive information […]
Professor Ann Bowman Receives Distinguished Scholar Award
Professor Ann Bowman received the Daniel Elazar Distinguished Scholar Award from the Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations section of the American Political Science Association (APSA) on September 2, 2016. The award, which recognizes distinguished scholarly contributions to the study of federalism and intergovernmental relations, was presented during the APSA annual meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Elazar was […]
Bush School Students Honor Literacy Initiative
Texas A&M students from the Bush School visited Ben Milam Elementary School to support the Read by 3rd program. Twenty-five years after President George H.W. Bush signed the National Literacy Act, students at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, continue his commitment to improving national literacy and encouraging lifelong learning. […]
Leonard Bright Named Texas A&M Assistant Provost for Graduate and Professional Studies
The Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President of Texas A&M University has announced the appointment of Dr. Leonard Bright as assistant provost in the Office of Graduate and Professional Studies (OGAPS). Dr. Bright is currently assistant dean of graduate education and an associate professor at the Bush School. His new appointment is effective […]
ISTPP’s Hannibal, Liu, and Vedlitz Publish in Environmental Sociology
ISTPP Researchers Bryce Hannibal, Xinsheng Liu, and Arnold Vedlitz extend our understanding of factors that influence an individual’s environmental concern. They do so by incorporating local environmental conditions into the traditional models that rely only on personal characteristics as explanatory variables of environmental concern. The research team tests their model of environmental concern using data […]
Meier Presents Keynote Address
Kenneth J. Meier presented the keynote address on “Public Administration in the US and Europe” at the annual meeting of the European Group for Public Administration in Utrecht, the Netherlands, August 26, 2016. EGPA is a Regional Group of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences whose purpose is to strengthen contacts and exchanges among European specialists […]
Bush School Honors Dean Crocker and Dr. Vedlitz
On August 10, faculty and staff at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, gathered at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center to recognize Dean Ryan Crocker and longtime faculty member and administrator Arnold Vedlitz. The event was an opportunity for faculty and staff to show their appreciation to Dean Crocker and […]
Bush School Paper Highlights the Security Implications of the Growing Migrant Crisis in Europe
How Europe responds to the growing migrant crisis has serious implications for the future stability of the continent, warns a prominent international relations authority in a paper published by the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs, a unit of the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. Ann-Sofie Dahl, a Swedish associate […]
Dr. Arnold Vedlitz and ISTPP Research Fellows Examine the Framing Effects of “Fracking”
In this study, Dr. Vedlitz and his co-authors, Dr. Stoutenborough and Dr. Robinson, use data from ISTPP’s 2012 National Energy Policy Survey to ascertain whether the words used to name a process used to extract natural gas from underground rock formations influences a person’s attitudes and policy preferences toward this particular technique. The researchers use […]
