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ISTPP Article Explores Public Support for Energy Policies

Director of the Institute, Arnold Vedlitz, ISTPP Fellow James W. Stoutenborough, and Associate Research Scientist Xinsheng Liu have published their article, “The Influence of Specific Risk Perceptions on Public Policy Support: An Examination of Energy Policy,” in The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. The authors examine the role of risk perceptions […]

Bush School Students Make Presentations at the American Bar Association

Ten students from the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, along with five students from the University’s Mays Business School and Department of Economics, were guests of the American Bar Association (ABA) at the ABA Section of Taxation Midyear Meetings held January 29-31 in Houston.  The students participated in the […]

Responding to Global Humanitarian Crises: Challenges and Opportunities

On Tuesday, February 3, the Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, and Public Policy, at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, featured Mr. Neal Keny-Guyer, CEO of Mercy Corps, at the Institute’s 2015 Bank of America Program on Volunteerism. Under Mr. Keny-Guyer’s leadership, Mercy Corps has emerged as a leading international humanitarian and development […]

Shifrinson Speaks to High School Students at the Bush Presidential Library

On January 13 and 14, Dr. Joshua Shifrinson, an assistant professor in the Department of International Affairs at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, took part in the Bush Library’s High School Days Program, speaking to students from Bryan and A&M Consolidated high schools. The title of his talk was […]

In Memoriam – Robert H. (Bob) Allen

Robert H. (Bob) Allen Robert H. Allen, distinguished community-minded businessman and long-time supporter of the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, passed away on January 10, 2015. After graduating from Texas A&M in 1950, Allen led a successful business career serving as CFO and later CEO, director, and chairman of […]

Layne Elected to International Studies Association Leadership Position

Christopher Layne, University Distinguished Professor of International Affairs and Robert M. Gates Chair in National Security, at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, has been elected to the Governing Council of the International Studies Association’s (ISA) International Security Studies Section.  Professor Layne begins his three-year term in February during the […]

Cortes Wins Prestigious Musgrave Prize

Dr. Kalena Cortes, an assistant professor in the Department of Public Service and Administration at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, has won the 2014 Richard A. Musgrave Prize for her paper “Ranking Up by Moving Out: The Effect of the Texas Top 10% Plan on Property Values.” The […]

Liu and Vedlitz Publish in RHCPP

ISTPP Associate Research Scientist Xinsheng Liu and Director Arnold Vedlitz, along with former ISTPP Post-Doctorate Research Associate Hyung Sam Park, have published their article, “Analyzing Climate Change Debates in the U.S. Congress: Party Control and Mobilizing Networks,” in Risks, Hazards, and Crisis in Public Policy. In this study the authors determine that party control has significantly […]

Dr. Andrew L. Ross – Faculty Spotlight

Andrew Ross, a professor in the Department of International Affairs, earned his MA and PhD at Cornell University and his BA, summa cum laude, at American University.  Ross joined the Bush School faculty in August 2014 following a nine-year appointment at the University of New Mexico (UNM), where he served as a professor of political […]