ISTPP Director Vedlitz, along with ISTPP Fellows Douglas Oxley and Sammy Zahran, and co-authors Jeremy Brooks and Charles Lindsey, have published their article, “Abnormal Daily Temperature and Concern about Climate Change Across the United States,” in Review of Policy Research. In this study, the researchers sought to examine the relationship of environmental conditions on attitudes toward […]
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ISTPP Researchers Published in Policy Studies Journal
ISTPP Director Vedlitz, along with ISTPP Fellows B. Dan Woods and Douglas Oxley, have published their article, “The Effect of Persuasive Messages on Policy Problem Recognition,” in Policy Studies Journal. In this manuscript, the authors extend current theories about how individual behavior leads to policy recognition through an embedded experiment in a national survey. Specifically, they […]
Bush School Graduate Certificates Presented
On May 8, graduate certificates were awarded to Bush School students who completed a certificate program. The ceremony was held in the George H. W. Bush Presidential Library’s Orientation Theater. Some 115 students earned certificates during the summer and fall of 2013 and the spring of 2014 semesters. While some studied on campus, others were […]
Bush School Hosts Sixth Annual Successful Nonprofit Forum
Once again, the Bush School’s Nonprofit Management Forum has garnered praise from participating staff, board members, volunteers, and students. This year’s event on April 4 at the Annenberg Conference Center brought together academic researchers, consultants, industry professionals, and aspiring leaders in a program geared toward improving the effectiveness of nonprofits. Dr. Will Brown, director of […]
Writing Portfolio, Leadership Certificates Awarded
The end of the spring semester saw Bush School students recognized for their extra efforts in leadership and writing development. On April 22, Dean Crocker, along with Professors Joe Cerami, Larry Napper, and Bill West; lecturer Sally Dee Wade; and leadership and writing portfolio program assistants, Holly Kasperbauer and Kara Socol, presented awards for the […]
Bush Students Honor President Bush With Make-A-Wish
Thanks to some caring and energetic Bush School students, a young man with a brain tumor will be able to visit Rome and learn more about his faith—the wish he submitted to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, which grants the wish of a child diagnosed with a life-threatening medical condition. Jonathan was diagnosed with a malignant neoplasm […]
Honorary Doctorate Degree for Dr. Clarence E. Sasser (’73)
The Department of Political Science nominated and sponsored Dr. Clarence E. Sasser (’73) for an Honorary Doctorate Degree, passed by resolution in April 2014 by the Texas A&M University Faculty Senate and approved by Dr. Mark A. Hussey, Interim President of Texas A&M, and the TAMUS Board of Regents. Dr. Sasser received the award for […]
ISTPP Research Presented at Western Political Science Association
Brian Shreck, ISTPP pre-doctoral research associate, presented a paper co-authored with ISTPP Director, Arnold Vedlitz, at the annual conference of the Western Political Science Association in Seattle, WA on April 18, 2014. Their paper, “In Defense of Informal Discussion as Deliberative Democracy,” uses data from a national public water policy survey to find which factors […]
Lisa Brown Named OEE Director
Lisa Brown has been appointed director of the Office of Extended Education (OEE) for the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. Brown has been serving as interim director since September 2013, and previously, beginning in 2007, served as assistant director. After graduating from Texas A&M with a BA in English, […]
ISTPP Research Presented at Midwest Political Science Association Conference
ISTPP researchers presented three papers at the Midwest Political Science Association conference in April. “Blurring the Lines of Scientific Objectivity in the Policy Process: Are Climate Skeptic Portrayals of Climate Scientists as Wild-Eyed Fanatics Accurate?” ISTPP Fellow James W. Stoutenborough presented research co-authored with Rebecca Bromley Trujillo and ISTTP Director Arnold Vedlitz. The authors examine […]
