Students in the Master of International Affairs program at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, recently had a unique opportunity to visit Germany and meet with high-ranking German foreign policy makers and academics. The fourteen-day program was led by Dr. Gabriela Marin Thornton and included stops in Berlin and Dresden. […]
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Texas A&M Bush School To Host Lecture Series On Race And The Police
A new semester-long lecture series at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University will focus on how law enforcement deals with the public it serves, particularly minority communities. The goal, say lecture organizers, is to begin a community-wide dialogue focusing on a range of topics, including tensions between communities of […]
ISTPP’s Hannibal Presents Research at American Sociological Association Conference
Bryce Hannibal, ISTPP post-doctoral research associate, presented several papers at the American Sociological Association annual conference held in Seattle, WA August 20-23, 2016. Both papers are based on ISTPP’s national representative public opinion survey on the water-energy-food nexus (May 2015). The first paper, “Cognitive Awareness of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus in the US: Public Attitudes among […]
ISTPP Director Portney Studies the Effect of Local Tea Parties on City Sustainability Policies
Dr. Portney and his co-author, Dr. Jeffrey Berry, have analyzed the influence of local Tea Parties efforts to block sustainability initiatives by cities. To ascertain the impact of such Tea Party actions, the researchers relied on several sources of data. One data set came from previous research by Portney in which he compiled comprehensive information […]
Professor Ann Bowman Receives Distinguished Scholar Award
Professor Ann Bowman received the Daniel Elazar Distinguished Scholar Award from the Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations section of the American Political Science Association (APSA) on September 2, 2016. The award, which recognizes distinguished scholarly contributions to the study of federalism and intergovernmental relations, was presented during the APSA annual meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Elazar was […]
Bush School Students Honor Literacy Initiative
Texas A&M students from the Bush School visited Ben Milam Elementary School to support the Read by 3rd program. Twenty-five years after President George H.W. Bush signed the National Literacy Act, students at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, continue his commitment to improving national literacy and encouraging lifelong learning. […]
Leonard Bright Named Texas A&M Assistant Provost for Graduate and Professional Studies
The Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President of Texas A&M University has announced the appointment of Dr. Leonard Bright as assistant provost in the Office of Graduate and Professional Studies (OGAPS). Dr. Bright is currently assistant dean of graduate education and an associate professor at the Bush School. His new appointment is effective […]
ISTPP’s Hannibal, Liu, and Vedlitz Publish in Environmental Sociology
ISTPP Researchers Bryce Hannibal, Xinsheng Liu, and Arnold Vedlitz extend our understanding of factors that influence an individual’s environmental concern. They do so by incorporating local environmental conditions into the traditional models that rely only on personal characteristics as explanatory variables of environmental concern. The research team tests their model of environmental concern using data […]
Meier Presents Keynote Address
Kenneth J. Meier presented the keynote address on “Public Administration in the US and Europe” at the annual meeting of the European Group for Public Administration in Utrecht, the Netherlands, August 26, 2016. EGPA is a Regional Group of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences whose purpose is to strengthen contacts and exchanges among European specialists […]
Bush School Honors Dean Crocker and Dr. Vedlitz
On August 10, faculty and staff at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University, gathered at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center to recognize Dean Ryan Crocker and longtime faculty member and administrator Arnold Vedlitz. The event was an opportunity for faculty and staff to show their appreciation to Dean Crocker and […]