Texas A&M University Bush School of Government and Public Service students Tiffany Easter and Keri Weinman captured a moment of political civility this week in a now-viral Facebook post when US Senator Ted Cruz had a chance meeting with defeated Senate opponent, US Representative Beto O’Rourke, at George Bush Intercontinental Airport. The students were on […]
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Bush School Student Awarded the Eppright Outstanding International Student Award
Bush School student Yashwant Prakash Vyas was awarded the Eppright Outstanding International Student Award. The award is presented annually to one international student who excels in academics, leadership, service, and participation in extracurricular activities. Vyas is a Master of Public Service and Administration student at the Bush School and is heavily involved in extracurricular activities […]
Bush School Student Wins ExxonMobil Best Poster Presentation at TAMU Energy Conference
Texas A&M Bush School student Michael Migaud received the ExxonMobil Best Poster Presentation award at the Texas A&M Conference on Energy. His presentation was entitled “State Policies and Individual Action: How State Policy Influences Individual Uses and Opinions of Renewable Energy.” A first-year Bush School student in the Master of Public Service and Administration program, […]
Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Leonard Bright
Dr. Leonard Bright holds a PhD in public administration and policy from the Hatfield School of Government at Portland State University. He joined the Bush School after serving as an associate professor in the School of Urban and Public Affairs at the University of Louisville. He earned his bachelor’s degree at the University of South […]
Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Lori Taylor
Dr. Lori Taylor has been at the Bush School of Government and Public Service since June 2003 and has led the School’s Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, and Public Policy since January 2014. She was recently named Head of the Department of Public Service and Administration. She holds a PhD and a master’s degree in […]
Dr. William West Receives American Bar Association Annual Scholarship Award
Dr. William West, Professor and Sara Lindsey Chair at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, has been awarded the 2018 American Bar Association’s Administrative Law Section Annual Scholarship Award for his coauthored work “Dynamic Rulemaking.” West shares the prestigious award with past recipients such as Supreme Court Associate Justice […]
Bush School Professor Appointed as Faculty Research Fellow of National Bureau of Economic Research
Dr. Laura Dague, assistant professor at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, was recently appointed a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). She will be a member of the Health Economics Program at the NBER. Her appointment as a member of this organization followed […]
Dr. Lori L. Taylor Appointed Head of the Department of Public Service and Administration
Dean Mark Welsh recently announced the appointment of Dr. Lori L. Taylor as the new head of the Department of Public Service and Administration (PSAA) at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. In making the announcement, Dean Welsh noted that Dr. Taylor will bring years of knowledge and experience […]
New Graduate Certificate in Public Management Offered by Bush School
A new online graduate certificate program in public management is being offered at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. The program focuses on the capabilities required for effective and ethical leadership in the public and nonprofit sectors. Certificate courses will be offered online, on-campus, or in a combination of […]
Bush School Students Present Research on Democratic Erosion
Historically, the focus of democracy promotion has been to support countries in a transition from authoritarian to democratic governance, with an assumption that further democratic consolidation would follow. Recent trends from across the developing and developed world have led us to question this assumption. Once stable democracies are witnessing executives taking greater power, civil society […]
