Faculty spotlight

While moving from a small private liberal arts school solely focused on undergraduate education to a graduate program within a large public research university may seem like a big transition, for Dr. Raymond Robertson, it is a perfect fit. As professor and holder of the Helen and Roy Ryu Chair in Economics and Government at […]

Dr. William West, professor and Sara Lindsey Chair in the Department of Public Service and Administration, has been at the Bush School from the very beginning.  He has seen it grow from a small program with fewer than twenty students to a highly regarded academic college with two departments and a student population of more […]

The career of Dr. Gregory Gause, III, head of the Department of International Affairs at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, has led him to pursue scholarly work in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Cairo; conduct research for multiple prominent think tanks; and teach at several premiere universities. But while his career has been […]

For Dr. Jeryl Mumpower, newly returned department head of the Bush School’s Public Service and Administration Department, teaching and research have always been an act of service—both to the academic community and the broader public. “I’ve been very pleased to have had a career at research universities doing the things that professors at research universities […]

Dr. Valerie Hudson joined the faculty of the Bush School in 2012 as the George H. W. Bush Chair.  An expert on international security and foreign policy analysis, she received her PhD in political science at The Ohio State University.  Hudson is also known for her significant research on gender and issues of foreign policy […]

Cole Blease Graham, Jr., assistant dean of Assessment and Diversity Initiatives and professor in the Department of Public Service and Administration, earned his PhD from the University of South Carolina in 1971.  Previously, he received master’s degrees from the Northwestern Louisiana State College and the University of Pennsylvania.  Graham’s academic pursuits are focused in the […]

Kent Portney, professor in the Bush School’s Department of Public Service and Administration (MPSA) and Senior Fellow in the School’s Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy, earned his PhD in political science from Florida State University and his master’s from the University of Connecticut. Dr. Portney’s areas of expertise and interest include environmental policy, […]

Andrew Ross, a professor in the Department of International Affairs, earned his MA and PhD at Cornell University and his BA, summa cum laude, at American University.  Ross joined the Bush School faculty in August 2014 following a nine-year appointment at the University of New Mexico (UNM), where he served as a professor of political […]

Assistant Professor Erin A. Snider joined the Bush School’s Master’s Program in International Affairs in the fall of 2013.  She holds a PhD in politics and international studies from Trinity College, Cambridge, and focuses her research on democracy aid and the political economy of the Middle East, particularly Egypt.  Her other degrees include an MSc […]

Dr. Laura Dague, an assistant professor in the MPSA program, earned a PhD in economics from the University of Wisconsin, where she was associated with the Population Health Institute and the Institute for Research on Poverty.  Her doctoral fields of study were public economics and labor economics.  Dr. Dague’s research interests are in health economics […]