The Woody Jones award honors excellence in research by political science undergraduates. In 1994, Woodrow Jones Jr. made history by becoming the dean of the College of liberal Arts and first African American dean at Texas A&M University. Woody was committed to the importance of a Liberal Arts education, a commitment to diversity, and a passion […]
Department of Political Science News
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 […]
Rapid Relief: Responding to COVID-19 water crisis
This is the second guest feature by Manny Teodoro, professor in the Department of Political Science, originally posted here. The ink is barely dry on the $2 trillion coronavirus response law, but there are rumblings that a another relief bill will be at the top of the agenda when Congress reconvenes later this month. The latest noises out of […]
Rapid relief: Water availability in COVID-19 crisis
Guest feature by Manny Teodoro, professor in the Department of Political Science. Originally posted here. The COVID-19 crisis has escalated America’s water and sewer affordability challenge into a full-blown health emergency. Many low-income households struggle to pay for these essential services in the best of times, and the specter of shutoffs for non-payment now threatens to worsen […]
Is The Two-Party System In Crisis?
With rhetoric and policy positions moving further apart, the 2020 presidential election comes at a time of extreme partisanship in American politics. The leader of the Republican Party, President Donald Trump, has successfully remolded the GOP in his image, says Diego von Vacano, a professor of political science at Texas A&M University. And current Democratic […]
New Book by Professor Quan Li
SAGE has just published “Easy R: Access, Prepare, Visualize, Explore Data, and Write Papers”, written by Professor Quan Li with two political science undergraduate students —Elizabeth Gohmert and Doug Wise—and for anyone who wants to learn the free software to do the things suggested in the title, even if you have no prior background in […]
Brookings Institution Press publishes book on U.S. Inspectors General Co-authored by Charles A. Johnson, Professor Emeritus
Brookings Institution Press has published U.S. Inspectors General: Truth Tellers in Turbulent Times by Dr. Charles A. Johnson and Dr. Kathryn E. Newcomer (George Washington University). This book provides an in-depth exploration of United States inspectors general who investigates waste, fraud, and mismanagement in federal agencies and promotes efficiency and effectiveness in federal programs without regard to […]
Political scientist analyzes nuclear talks with North Korea
Department of Political Science professor Matthew Fuhrmann, an expert on nuclear proliferation, talked to NPR about current nuclear talks with North Korea. He commented: “Nuclear weapons are very good for self-defense, and for preserving the existing status quo,” argues Texas A&M University political scientist Matt Fuhrmann. But he says they’re not especially useful for forcing changes […]
Former Student Spotlight: Political science graduates influence the world
By Hannah LeGare ’19 Benjamin Freeman and Michelle Gamboa are making headways in their respective localities. Freeman works in Washington D.C., proving that a liberal arts degree makes a city cultivated and sophisticated. Gamboa works in Houston, Texas using her talents and passions to influence statewide measures. While these former students have political science degrees […]
