One of the first activities of the new semester saw new and returning Bush School students helping the Brazos Valley Food Bank. In record time, the students put together 200 family boxes of nonperishable foods to be distributed to needy families. The Food Bank is a central distribution site in the Brazos Valley that unites […]
Bush School News
ISTPP Research Presented at American Political Science Association
Scott Robinson, ISTPP Fellow, presented a paper co-authored with ISTPP Director, Arnold Vedlitz, at the annual conference of the American Political Science Association in Chicago, IL on August 29, 2013. Their paper, “Organizational Trust and Risk Communication: Trust in the EPA and Opposition to Fracking,” explores how trust in a particular government institution, rather than […]
ISTPP Welcomes Tabitha S. M. Morton as Postdoctoral Research Associate
Dr. Morton joins ISTPP as a key member of the Institute’s research team. Dr. Morton recently earned her Ph.D. in political science from Texas A&M, and she has taught as a lecturer in that department. Her research interests include public policy, policy evaluation, and public management.
Bush 2013 Grads Inducted Into Pi Alpha Alpha
Thirty-two graduates of the Master of Public Service and Administration (MPSA) program at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, were recently inducted into Pi Alpha Alpha, the honor society for outstanding students in public affairs. The organization has chapters at 162 universities, including the Bush School, each of which is […]
Bush School Awards Leadership, Writing Certificates
The Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University awarded second-year students in both the Master of Public Service and Administration (MPSA) and the Master’s Program in International Affairs with certificates in leadership and writing prior to graduation. Fifty-three students earned the Dean’s Leadership Certificate while thirty completed the Writing Portfolio Project. […]
Bush School Students Travel to Cambodia for Capstone Research
A team of four students from the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University traveled to Cambodia in February as part of their Capstone project evaluating a community-based micro-financing program. The advisor to the Capstone project was Dr. Leonard Bright, an associate professor in the Master of Public Service and Administration […]
ISTPP Research Presented at Smart Grid Workshop
Results of collaborative research by ISTPP Director Arnold Vedlitz, former Associate Director Eric Lindquist, and Ivan Damnjanovic (civil engineering) were presented at the Smart Grid Workshop: Opportunities and Challenges, held April 17, 2013, at Texas A&M University. Their research is from a joint TAMU-UT center grant, funded by the National Science Foundation—I/UCRC: PHEV/EBVs: Transportation and Electricity […]
ISTPP Director Presents Results of Water Survey to Texas State Leaders
On April 26, 2013, Dr. Arnold Vedlitz presented results from the Institute’s water policy survey of Texans conducted in February and March of this year to Texas state leaders. Those in attendance included representatives of the Texas Water Development Board, Texas General Land Office, Texas Department of Agriculture, Legislative staff, office of the Governor, and […]
Texas A&M Survey Reveals Texans’ Concerns about Water Issues
A recent survey of Texas citizens revealed that, contrary to some earlier predictions, Texans are very interested in, and concerned about, the quality and quantity of water in the Lone Star State. Respondents report being concerned about the increasing number and severity of droughts in Texas and about the availability of enough water to serve […]
ISTPP Postdoc Stoutenborough Presents New Research at Political Science Conferences
James W. Stoutenborough, ISTPP Postdoctoral Research Associate, presented two papers at the 71st annual conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, held April 11-14, 2013, in Chicago, Illinois. All of these papers draw upon Institute research project data. In keeping with ISTPP’s mentoring of future policy makers, ISTPP undergraduate student worker, Shelbi Sturgess, is a […]
