The Fasken Graduate Student Teaching Awards Committee and Professor Chester Dunning, holder of the Murray & Celeste Fasken Chair in Distinguished Teaching in Liberal Arts, recently announced the awardees of the 2016 Fasken Distinguished Student Teaching Awards. Graduate student Nick Conway was honored as one of the recipients. Additionally, Nick has also been awarded a Distinguished Graduate Student Award […]
Bush School News
Faculty Spotlight: Andrew Natsios
Andrew Natsios, Director of the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs and Executive Professor, brings a wealth of experience in public service to his teaching. During his long and distinguished career, Natsios has been a state legislator, military officer, NGO vice president, civil servant, diplomat, professor, and leader of one of the largest and most controversial […]
Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Mary Hilderbrand
Many professors hope to put their unique stamp on their school, but few get to develop graduate programs in government and public policy from the ground up like Dr. Mary Hilderbrand, senior lecturer and distinguished practitioner in residence at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. During a career that […]
Hyeran Jo wins Chadwick Alger award for “Compliant Rebels”
Assistant Professor Hyeran Jo’s book, Compliant Rebels: Rebel Groups and International Law in World Politics, has won the International Studies Association, International Organization Section’s Chadwick Alger award for best book on international organization. About Hyeran Jo: Hyeran Jo studies international institutions, international law, and international political economy. Her research deals with the working of international organizations, […]
Texas A&M President Michael K. Young To Speak On Religious Freedom And Global Democracy April 5
Michael K. Young, president of Texas A&M University, will give a talk titled “Freedom of Religion and the Global Growth of Democracy” on April 5. The lecture will be at 5:30 p.m. at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center and is part of the “Mosbacher Conversations in Public Policy” series, co-sponsored by the Mosbacher Institute for […]
Bush School Students Attend European Student Conference
Bush School students Miguel Eusse, Chloe Verschuren, and Danelle Hopkins were among the select number of students invited to participate in the 2016 European Student Conference (ESC) at Yale University February 5-6, 2016. The students were chosen from a pool of qualified candidates worldwide and represented the Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas […]
Conversation in Public Policy: Restoring Trust – Financial Crises and Regulatory Responses in the Bush Era and Beyond
The Mosbacher Institute’s Conversations in Public Policy series continued on Thursday, March 3, 2016, with a talk by Chairman Richard C. Breeden, the 24th Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and former Assistant to the President for Issues Analysis under President George H.W. Bush. He was engaged in an on-stage conversation by Chairman Donald […]
Bush Students Explore and Learn in Cairo, Egypt
While others might have used their winter break to relax and take time off, students and faculty from the Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, were busy engaging with scholars, activists, and diplomats in Cairo, Egypt. The trip was a part of a study abroad course, Issues in Modern Egyptian Politics, […]
ISTPP Research on the Role of Public Discourse in Climate Change Debate Published in Society & Natural Resources
Brian Shreck, ISTPP Fellow, and Arnold Vedlitz, ISTPP Director, have analyzed the role of public discourse in the public’s debate on climate change. They find that higher levels of self-reported knowledge, that is how knowledgeable people believe themselves to be about climate change, lead to stronger beliefs on whether human-caused climate change exists. Those who […]
Bush School Scowcroft Institute Welcomes NATO Official to Discuss NATO’s View of Europe
On March 8, 2016, the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs at the Bush School of Government and Public Service will host Colonel (R) Andrew Budd, head of the Defense Capabilities Section, Defense Policy Directorate, NATO. Colonel Budd will give a talk entitled “NATO’s View of Europe.” The event will take place from 12:20 p.m. to […]
