Department of Political Science News

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 […]

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 […]

On Tuesday, October 22, Dr. Guy Whitten, Director of the European Union Center and Acting Department Head, hosted Consuls General from four European nations for a roundtable discussion in the Bush Museum Theater on “Trade, Migration, and Politics in Europe.”  From left to right, Claire McCarthy from Ireland, Thomas Meister from Germany, Alexis Andres from […]

Dr. Scott Cook, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Texas A&M University, and Dr. Mikyoung Jun, Professor of Statistics at Texas A&M University, were recently awarded a multi-year research grant from the National Science Foundation to analyze patterns of terrorism. The $315,999 grant (DMS-1925119) is funded by the Algorithms for Threat (ATD) program, a partnership […]

Yale University Press has published the third edition of George C. Edwards III, Why the Electoral College Is Bad for America.  Dr. Edwards is a Distinguished Professor and Jordan Chair Emeritus and Distinguished Fellow at the University of Oxford.  The author or editor of 26 books, he is one of the nation’s premier scholars of the […]

By Alix Poth ’18 Quan Li, Cornerstone Fellow and professor in the Department of Political Science, received the Fulbright U.S. Senior Scholar Award for the 2019-2020 academic year. This award allows Li to travel to Spain for research and teaching at the Universidad Europea de Madrid as part of the Teaching and Researching International Relations or International […]

Margo DeKoch, a political science graduate from Texas A&M, is already a published author and known philanthropist in her local community in south Texas. The twist? She graduated last year.

By Alix Poth ’18 The next generation of our nation’s leaders aren’t only built inside a classroom; rather, they’re established as they gain hands-on experience of what leadership actually looks like. The Potomac Summer Institute (PSI) has positioned itself to provide that exact encounter for Aggies who are ready to become leaders in Washington D.C. Joseph Ura, […]

Dr. Perry has been named one of the recipients of the College of Liberal Arts’ “Achievements in Climate and Inclusion” (ACI) Award. Dr. Perry is an Instructional Assistant Professor in the Political Science department at Texas A&M University. The ACI awards acknowledge faculty members in honor of their demonstrated commitment and service activities designed to […]