Dr. Dara Wald has been named to the 2024 class of the Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Wald is a tenured Texas A&M University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences associate professor in the Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications. She is also a research fellow at the Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy. “This […]
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Bush School Professor Explores Women’s Empowerment After Mass Killings in Rwanda
In the wake of Rwanda’s genocide, a remarkable shift occurred in villages that experienced intense military and army violence. Women, stepping into the void left by conflict, emerged as leaders, reshaping their communities. The most recent issue of The Takeaway, “Journey to Healing: Women’s Empowerment After Mass Killings [JM1] ” explains how female leadership spurred significant […]
Under Pr-ESSER: Revealed Preferences and Spending Patterns in Response to the Pandemic
On April 10, 2024, Dr. Springer, a Managing Partner at Basis Policy Research and former distinguished professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, presented an Education Policy Workshop on “Under Pr-ESSER: Revealed Preferences and Spending Patterns in Response to the Pandemic” at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library. View the event here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsTNMFk873s In his […]
History Professor Dr. Roger R. Reese Named Recipient of the Inspiring the Spirit of Aggieland – The 41 Award
The Bush School of Government and Public Service has named Dr. Roger R. Reese as the recipient of the 2024 Inspiring the Spirit of Aggieland – The 41 Award. Reese is a history professor and serves as the director of graduate studies within the College of Arts and Sciences Department of History at Texas A&M […]
Bush School DC Hires Noted National Security and Intelligence Adjunct Faculty
Texas A&M University’s Bush School of Government and Public Service is pleased to announce the continued expansion of its Diana Davis Spencer Program in National Security at its Washington, D.C., teaching site known as the Bush School DC. The Bush School DC recently added three national security and intelligence experts to its Intelligence Studies graduate […]
The Effects of Gas Tax Holidays
The COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine conflict triggered significant supply disruptions and skyrocketing gas prices. By the first half of 2022, the average price of gasoline had risen by over 50%. In response to these escalating prices, several U.S. state governors, alongside the federal government, contemplated temporary suspensions of the gas tax to mitigate the […]
Bush School Student Published in Princeton University’s Journal of Public and International Affairs
Trinity Johnson, a second-year master’s degree candidate in International Affairs focusing on trade and development, has been published in Princeton’s Journal of Public and International Affairs with her work titled “When Life Gives You Lemons: How EU Citrus Standards Can Limit Trade.“ Johnson’s unique perspective on international trade, particularly with the European Union (EU) and […]
U.S. Border Patrol Chief Shared Insight with the Bush School on Border Operations
On April 8, 2024, the Mosbacher Institute’s Borders and Migration Program hosted Acting Chief Patrol Agent (CPA) Matthew J. Roggow, who serves the Big Bend Sector of the U.S. Border Patrol, to present “Security: America’s Border in Theory and Practice.” This event was part of The Other Side of the Border: Ties that Bind and Issues That Divide speaker series […]
ISTPP Research Team Publishes in Review of Policy Research
Public trust in government agencies affects the formation of public opinion about public policy issues. This association between trust and public support for policy development in emergent biotechnologies, such as gene drive, needs to be better understood. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Environmental Protection Agency […]
The Bush School Ranks Among the Best Graduate Schools in the Nation
The Bush School of Government and Public Service is among the nation’s top Public Affairs graduate schools, according to newly released rankings by U.S. News & World Report. The publication released its 2025 rankings last week, naming the Bush School 26th in the nation among Public Affairs graduate school programs. “The Bush School continues to make […]
