Dr. Kenneth Taylor has been appointed director of Outreach and Professional Development in the new Center for Nonprofits and Philanthropy at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. Taylor joined the Bush School faculty as an assistant professor of the practice. Since joining the faculty, Taylor has taught nonprofit management […]
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Bush School Dean Mark Welsh Announces Taylor, Norris Promotions
Mark Welsh, Dean of the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, has announced promotions for faculty members Dr. Lori Taylor and Dr. William Norris.Dr. Taylor has been promoted to full professor. Dr. Norris has been promoted to associate professor and granted tenure. In addition to her teaching and research responsibilities, […]
Professor Ann Bowman Receives Distinguished Scholar Award
Professor Ann Bowman received the Daniel Elazar Distinguished Scholar Award from the Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations section of the American Political Science Association (APSA) on September 2, 2016. The award, which recognizes distinguished scholarly contributions to the study of federalism and intergovernmental relations, was presented during the APSA annual meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Elazar was […]
Thornton Named President of the Texas A&M Women’s Faculty Network
Dr. Gabriela Marin Thornton, an instructional associate professor of international affairs at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, has assumed the presidency of the Texas A&M Women’s Faculty Network (WFN), the campus organization committed to encouraging and promoting the professional development of women faculty. WFN uses both formal programming and informal networking to […]
Texas A&M Bush School Prof Inducted As 2014 National Academy Of Public Administration Fellow
Ann Bowman, a professor at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, was inducted as a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) at the organization’s meeting in Washington, D.C. Bowman is a professor in the Department of Public Service and Administration and holds the Hazel Davis and […]
Layne Named Bush School’s First Distinguished Professor
Dr. Christopher Layne, the Robert M. Gates Chair in National Security, has been named a University Distinguished Professor by Texas A&M University. Layne and four others join a select group of sixty-four current faculty members who hold the prestigious designation. He was selected for being in the top two percent of active researchers in his […]
Christopher Layne on NPR’s “On Point”
On January 30, Dr. Christopher Layne, who holds the Robert M. Gates Chair in Intelligence and National Security took part in the NPR show “On Point.” The show originates from WBUR in Boston, and is moderated by Tom Ashbrook. Layne and Mike Beckley, a research fellow at the Kennedy School’s Belfer Science and International Affairs […]
Vedlitz Participates in National Energy and Climate Policy Conversation
Dr. Arnold Vedlitz, director of the Institute for Science, Technology, and Public Policy, was invited by the Howard Baker, Jr. Center for Public Policy and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars to help organize and participate in the “Conference on Formulation of Energy and Climate Policy: Toward an Open and Transparent Process” on June 18-19, 2009, in Washington, […]
Lahey at RAND on NIA Fellowship
Assistant Professor Joanna Lahey is spending the academic year as a visiting scholar at the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, CA, supported by a fellowship from the National Institute on Aging (NIA). Lahey holds a Ph.D. in economics from MIT, and is widely known for her research on age discrimination and how age relates to […]
Layne Commissioned to do Study for NIC
Professor Christopher Layne, who holds the Robert M. Gates Chair in National Security at the George H. W. Bush School of Government and Public Service, has been commissioned by the National Intelligence Council (NIC) to write a paper on the “Unipolar Exit,” an examination of whether U.S. primacy is waning, and if so, what this […]