Dr. Yuval Weber, a Bush School faculty member at the DC teaching site and CGS affiliate, coauthored “Hierarchy of Membership and Burden Sharing in a Military Alliance” with Shlomo Weber and Hans Wiesmeth in Defence and Peace Economics. The article examines and analyzes a military alliance with members of different economic and historical backgrounds that […]
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Dr. Reyko Huang Published in the Journal of Conflict Resolution
Dr. Reyko Huang’s research article “Voting for Militants: Rebel Elections in Civil War,” co-authored with Drs. Kathleen Cunningham and Katherine Sawyer, has been published in the Journal of Conflict Resolution as part of a special feature on rebel governance. The article centers on rebel groups conducting popular elections in wartime, asserting that these elections are […]
Cara Collins Named Senior Director of Development—Bush School of Government and Public Service
Dean Mark Welsh has announced that Cara Collins has been named Senior Director of Development for the Bush School. She currently works for the Texas A&M Foundation in support of the Bush School. “We are tremendously excited to have Cara Collins join us as the Bush School’s Senior Development Officer. We’re also grateful to the […]
What Modern Social Justice Activists Can Learn From The Women’s Suffrage Movement
By Lesley Henton: It took decades of marches, civil disobedience, publications, lectures and lobbying for American women to win the right to vote, and two Texas A&M University professors say modern social justice movements can model suffrage strategies in continuing fights for equality today.
Disney Director Of Global Public Policy To Receive McLane Leadership In Business Award
Laura Chapman Rubbo, director of Global Public Policy for the Walt Disney Company, will receive the 2020 McLane Leadership in Business Award on Sept. 15. The award will be presented by the Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, and Public Policy at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. Presented annually, the award […]
Tackling Governance of Risk Management: Civil Society Impact in Mexico City
Professor Mary E. Hilderbrand’s short article, co-authored with Mónica Tapia of Ruta Cívica and profiling Ruta Cívica’s effective approach to influencing public policy, was recently recognized as an outstanding submission for the Civil Society Policy Impact Research Award 2020 by the International Society of Third-Sector Research. Ruta Cívica is a small but influential civil society […]
New Faculty Fall 2020
The Department of Political Science is excited to announce four new scholars joining our faculty this fall semester! We are proud to welcome the following members: Kirby Goidel was a professor in the Department of Communication and the Public Policy Research Institute at Texas A&M University. Previously, he was the Scripps Howard Professor of Mass Communication […]
Political Science professor selected for prestigious Hispanic fellowship program
Texas A&M University Professors Maria Escobar-Lemmon and Mario Torres have been selected by The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities as fellows for the second cohort of its Leadership Academy/La Academia de Liderazgo. The program is designed to increase diverse representation in executive and senior-level positions in higher education. La Academia seeks to increase the number of […]
From EMPSA Student to Rocket Scientist: Schedir Illoldi on her Time in the Bush School’s EMPSA Program
Article written by Erin Sydney Fox, Office of Extended Education Most people wait until after they have finished their master’s degree to switch careers or change jobs. As a chronic overachiever, Schedir Illoldi was not one of them. While pursuing the Executive Master of Public Service and Administration (EMPSA) degree from Texas A&M University’s Bush […]
ISTPP Reports on the Role of Coastal Bend Region Stakeholders in Recovery and Resilience Efforts
Dr. Arnold Vedlitz, ISTPP Director, led a study on the role of stakeholder organizations in local recovery and resilience efforts following hurricanes and strong storms. Relevant stakeholder organizations include government, business and industry, health providers, advocacy groups, and nonprofit organizations. Each stakeholder group plays an important role in creating support for policies and actions that […]
