Dwight A. Roblyer, Class of 1984, will be the keynote speaker for the campus Aggie Muster Ceremony on April 22 in Reed Arena. After receiving his undergraduate degree in physics and a minor in psychology, Roblyer served as an officer of the United States Air Force until 2011. During this time, he earned his master’s […]

Professor Diego von Vacano organized the inaugural ‘Yale Soccer Conference’ at the Yale School of Management on February 9-10 2019. He was Co-Founder, with students Thairo Arruda and Joao Lacombe. The conference was made up of a variety of panels and speakers on many issues related to the global soccer industry. Themes included sustained commercialization, […]

College of Liberal Arts Dean Pamela R. Matthews honored the following political science faculty members at the annual Dean’s Recognition Reception: David Fortunato, associate professor in the Department of Political Science was appointed Ray A. Rothrock ’77 Fellow. Matthew Fuhrmann, professor in the Department of Political Science was appointed Presidential Impact Fellow. Guy Whitten, professor in […]

The European Political Science Association announced that Dr. Paul M. Kellstedt would be the incoming Editor-in-Chief of its flagship journal Political Science Research and Methods. Read more information about Kellstedt’s achievement. Dr. Paul M. Kellstedt is a professor of political science at Texas A&M University. His fields of expertise are public opinion and political methodology. Prior to joining the Texas […]

In a recent article on North Korea’s drive for nuclear arms, the New York Times referenced the research in Nuclear Weapons and Coercive Diplomacy, by Todd S. Sechser and Matthew Fuhrmann. read the referenced article by the New York Times. Matthew Fuhrmann is an associate professor of political science at Texas A&M University. He was named an Andrew […]

The Department of Political Science congratulates recent Ph.D. program graduates Blake E. Garcia and Cameron Wimpy for winning the European Political Science Association’s 2016 award for the best published paper.  Their paper, titled “Does Information Lead to Emulation? Spatial Dependence in Anti-Government Violence” was published in the January 2016 issue of the journal Political Science Research […]

Associate Professor Diego von Vacano is one of seven faculty members at Texas A&M University who were named Arts & Humanities Fellows for 2017. Each fellowship includes a three-year grant of $15,000 to support a scholarly or creative project.  Diego von Vacano, an associate professor in the Department of Political Science, concentrates his research interests […]

“Presidents, Baseball, and Wins Above Expectations: What Can Sabermetrics Tell Us about Presidential Success? Why Ronald Reagan is like Bobby Cox and Lyndon Johnson is like Joe Torre” is the title of the cover article for the 50th-anniversary edition of “PS”, the magazine of the American Political Science Association. Written by Texas A&M University Associate […]

Texas A&M University political scientist William Roberts Clark, the Charles Puryear Professor of Liberal Arts and head of the Department of Political Science, is among the researchers recognized by the British Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences.  Dr. Clark, along with Matt Golder and Sona N. Golder, both associate professors of political science at […]

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 […]