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HAVING THIS KIND OF REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE “WHILE IN SCHOOL SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCES OUR STUDENTS’ EDUCATION. THEY SEE HOW GOVERNMENT AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS OPERATE AND HOW IT RELATES TO THEIR CAREER CHOICES.” – EXECUTIVE ASSOCIATE DEAN ARNOLD VEDLITZ

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE BUSH SCHOOL’S GLOBAL REACH

Since its founding, Bush School students, students took part in two months of intensive HUDSON SELECTED AS CARNEGIE FELLOW faculty, and staff have had an international field research for a study conducted by Dr. impact through internships, study abroad and Jessica Gottlieb in Senegal focusing on how Dr. Valerie Hudson, professor at the Bush impact of an aging population, the safety of language immersion programs, capstone projects, local elites influence voter behavior. Other School of Government and Public Service, generic drugs, and how attitudes are formed conferences, and other research endeavors. recent research has included work for Robert Texas A&M University, has received a 2015 among voters. During the summer of 2015, Bush School Bosch Stiftung, which culminated in a trip to Andrew Carnegie Fellowship. Hudson, who students could be found in twenty-one countries Germany, where students, led by Dr. Gabriela holds the George H. W. Bush Chair, is one The Carnegie award is the result of Hudson’s outside the US, including Argentina, Belgium, Thornton, presented their findings on trilateral of 32 fellowship winners chosen from 301 study of how the status of women within a China, Costa Rica, Jordan, Morocco, and Russia. relations among the US, Germany, and China. nominations and the only one from a Texas state’s social system affects its governance, university. Hudson is part of the inaugural security, and stability. Her research has shown Internationally, students served in internships Earlier in the summer, several Bush School class of a major annual fellowship program that marriage customs and the way households with the US Department of State (including students and faculty traveled to Europe, from Carnegie Corporation that will provide are created are the organizing principles of embassies in Peru, Singapore, and China), US including a trip to Italy led by Dr. Joseph support for scholars in the social sciences and a society, and as such they affect all other European Command, and the US Commercial Cerami. Dr. Chris Layne gave an invited lecture humanities. Designed to enable scholars to elements of a society and the degree to which its Service, among many others. Domestically, at the Dutch Foreign Ministry and also spoke devote between one and two years to research politics and economics are stable and resilient. Bush School students could be found within at a meeting co-sponsored by the University and writing, the program will provide up to An expert on international security and foreign a variety of organizations, including the US of Amsterdam and the Netherlands Atlantic $200,000 to each recipient. The overarching policy analysis, Hudson was named one of the Senate, US Department of Energy, US Drug Committee. Drs. Chris Layne and Gabriela theme for the 2015 fellowship program top 100 Most Influential Global Thinkers by Enforcement Agency, the Port Authority of Marin Thornton participated in a roundtable is Current and Future Challenges to US Foreign Policy magazine in 2009. She developed New York and New Jersey, and nonprofits such discussion on transatlantic relations in Democracy and International Order. Winning a nation-by-nation database on women, The as the Barbara Bush Literacy Foundation and Amsterdam and gave lectures at the University proposals addressed issues that included WomanStats Project. the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute. of Bucharest. policing and race, big data and privacy, the “I greatly appreciate the support that will “Having this kind of real-world experience while During the summer of 2015, in order to enable me to further what I hope will be seen in school significantly enhances our students’ highlight the many ways the School is as path-breaking research linking the security education,” said Dr. Arnold Vedlitz. “They see having a global impact, the Bush School’s and status of women to national-level outcomes how government and nonprofit organizations Student and Career Services and the Office in stability, security, and governance,” Hudson operate and how it relates to their career choices. of Communications and External Relations said. We’re grateful to the many organizations that launched the #BushGoesGlobal social media provide this opportunity to our students.” initiative. The purpose of the initiative, which Bush School Dean Ryan Crocker, who will continue through the 2015-2016 academic nominated Hudson for the fellowship, noted Bush School students seeking to learn new year, is to showcase, share, and collect data on that she has a well-deserved international languages found opportunities to study the activities of students, faculty, and staff both reputation for innovative and relevant research. through language immersions around the at home and abroad. globe, including programs in China, France, “The Carnegie Fellowship is yet another Germany, Korea, Russia, and Spain. Popular Members of the Bush School community recognition of the impact Dr. Hudson’s work languages for study included Arabic, Mandarin participate in the social media initiative by has on important policy deliberations,” Crocker Chinese, Russian, and Spanish. The School posting pictures of themselves in their various said. “We are delighted to have the university’s provided a combined total of $214,500 in locations on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram first Carnegie Fellow on our faculty.”O additional internship and language immersion using the hashtag #BushGoesGlobal. The funding to assist students completing unpaid initiative will culminate with an interactive internships and immersions. map on the Bush School’s website that will feature photographs and information on the This past year, Bush School faculty and locations visited by Bush School students and students could also be found conducting faculty throughout the campaign.O research in international locations. A team of Dr. Valerie Hudson, 2015 Andrew Carnegie Fellow DEAN’S MESSAGE

This fall marks the beginning of what promises to be another exciting year at the Bush School. During the summer, many of our students have been engaged in internships here in the US and abroad. Others have chosen to increase their facility in a foreign language through a language immersion program or to engage in research programs across the globe. Bush School students were in twenty-one countries this summer. These activities further enrich their academic experience and provide insights into the world they will enter upon graduation.

I am happy to report that the Bush School continues to grow, not only in numbers but also in reputation and influence. In the past year, our students have received prestigious fellowships and academic awards, and the scholarly research conducted by our distinguished faculty and research institutes has been incorporated into public policy on significant issues facing the state and nation. Ryan Crocker, Dean Increasingly, our alumni can be found in key positions at various levels of government abilities to tackle these problems but also the and nonprofit management. It is clear that character and principles to lead in times of members of the Bush School community are uncertainty. Students leave the Bush School making a significant impact at all levels, from well prepared for careers in public service THE NATION AND THE WORLD ARE local government to the international stage. after taking part in competitive internships in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors; IN DESPERATE NEED OF THE KIND Again this fall, we have a record number of rigorous capstones with real-world clients; and “OF LEADERS THE BUSH SCHOOL students enrolled, a diverse group from various a rich classroom experience focused on critical backgrounds and countries around the world. thinking. The success former students achieve PRODUCES. THE PROBLEMS WE FACE This growth is due in no small part to our in their careers is further proof of both the ARE COMPLEX AND REQUIRE MEN distinguished faculty, who continue to be sought quality of students our school attracts and the after for their expertise and academic scholarship. quality of education they receive while here. AND WOMEN WITH NOT ONLY THE We are especially pleased to welcome Michael SKILLS AND ABILITIES TO TACKLE K. Young, the new president of Texas A&M I am confident that by building on our past University, as a member of our faculty. President successes and planning carefully and creatively THESE PROBLEMS BUT ALSO THE Young’s years of teaching and researching for the future, the School’s best years are ahead CHARACTER AND PRINCIPLES TO international law and human rights, as well as his of us. In everything we do we are guided by the broad experience in higher education, will bring a legacy of our namesake, President George H. LEAD IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY.” new perspective to the School. W. Bush, and his belief that public service is – DEAN RYAN CROCKER a noble calling. I eagerly look forward to what The nation and the world are in desperate need the future holds for a school that continues to of the kind of leaders the Bush School produces. produce remarkable leaders and scholars in The problems we face are complex and require public service.O men and women with not only the skills and

LAYNE ELECTED TO INTERNATIONAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION LEADERSHIP POSITION DR. LAYNE’S Dr. Christopher Layne, University Distinguished Press. He is a frequent contributor to a number ELECTION TO THE Professor of International Affairs and Robert M. of scholarly and policy journals as well as to “ISSS GOVERNING Gates Chair in National Security, at the Bush publications such as The Atlantic and The New School of Government and Public Service, Republic, and major newspapers such as the COUNCIL IS has been elected to the Governing Council of New York Times and the Washington Post. Layne ANOTHER TRIBUTE the International Studies Association’s (ISA) is a consultant to the National Intelligence International Security Studies Section. Professor Council and a member of the Council on TO HIS IMPORTANT Layne began his three-year term in February Foreign Relations. In May and June 2014, he CONTRIBUTIONS during the Association’s Annual Convention in was a Visiting Fellow at the Norwegian Nobel TO THE New Orleans. Institute in Oslo. SCHOLARLY The International Security Studies Section “Dr. Layne’s election to the ISSS Governing (ISSS) of ISA is dedicated to the study of Council is another tribute to his important DEBATE ON security and conflict and has been the premier contributions to the scholarly debate on INTERNATIONAL organization for connecting scholars and international relations and American foreign practitioners in international studies. With policy, and we congratulate him on this latest RELATIONS well over six thousand members in North recognition of his leadership in the field,” said AND AMERICAN America and around the world, ISA is the Bush School Dean Ryan Crocker.O most respected and widely known scholarly FOREIGN association in this field. ISA cooperates with Dr. Christopher Layne POLICY, AND WE fifty-seven international studies organizations in over thirty countries, is a member of the CONGRATULATE International Social Science Council, and HIM ON enjoys nongovernmental consultative status THIS LATEST with the United Nations. RECOGNITION OF A prolific author, Layne’s most current book project, After the Fall: International Politics, HIS LEADERSHIP U.S. Grand Strategy, and the End of the Pax IN THE FIELD.” Americana, will be published by Yale University – DEAN RYAN CROCKER

2 THE NEWSLETTER OF THE BUSH SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICE • TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY FALL 2015 CORTES NAMED FACULTY RESEARCH FELLOW AT THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH

Dr. Kalena Cortes, assistant professor at the demography. Her research focuses on policies The winners are selected by NTJ Editorial Bush School of Government and Public Service, relating to curriculum reform, diversity in Advisory Board members, who choose the has been appointed as a Faculty Research higher education, post-secondary returns to article that best exemplifies the attributes Fellow in the National Bureau of Economic education, and educational achievement of of Richard Musgrave’s research—strong Research’s (NBER) Program on Education. immigrant children in the United States. analytical underpinnings, rigorous argument Cortes joins more than 1,300 professors of buttressed by solid empirical evidence, economics and business now teaching at “Dr. Cortes’ work has particular policy respect for the importance of historical and colleges and universities in North America who significance in terms of increasing student institutional factors, and relevance for public are NBER researchers, and who are considered success, especially in math and science,” said policy. the leading scholars in their fields. Dr. Arnold Vedlitz, Executive Associate Dean of the Bush School. “These are important Prior to joining the Bush School, Dr. Cortes The NBER is the nation’s leading nonprofit findings for educators and others who look for taught at the School of Education at Syracuse economic research organization, and works innovative approaches in secondary education.” University. She holds a PhD in economics from to promote a greater understanding of how the University of California at Berkeley, is a the economy works by conducting and In addition to her NBER appointment, Dr. Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study disseminating unbiased economic research Cortes was also the recipient of the prestigious of Labor (IZA), and has been a visiting scholar among public policy makers, business Musgrave Prize for her paper “Ranking Up at both Stanford and Harvard University’s professionals, and the academic community. by Moving Out: The Effect of the Texas Top Graduate School of Education, the National Twenty-four Nobel Prize winners in Economics 10% Plan on Property Values.” The Musgrave Bureau of Economic Research, and Princeton O and thirteen past chairs of the President’s Prize is awarded each year for the best article University. Dr. Kalena Cortes Council of Economic Advisers have been published in the National Tax Journal (NTJ). researchers at the NBER.

NBER researchers focus on four types of empirical research: developing new statistical measurements, estimating quantitative models DR. CORTES’ WORK HAS PARTICULAR POLICY of economic behavior, assessing the economic effects of public policies, and projecting the SIGNIFICANCE IN TERMS OF INCREASING STUDENT effects of alternative policy proposals. Cortes “SUCCESS, ESPECIALLY IN MATH AND SCIENCE.” has published extensively in the areas of the economics of education and economic – EXECUTIVE ASSOCIATE DEAN ARNOLD VEDLITZ

BOWMAN INDUCTED AS NATIONAL ACADEMY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION FELLOW

Dr. Ann Bowman, a professor at the Bush School technical assistance, congressional testimony, Her latest research explores interactions among of Government and Public Service, was inducted forums and conferences. governments, particularly interstate cooperation as a Fellow of the National Academy of Public and competition, and state actions toward local Administration (NAPA) at the organization’s Bush School Executive Associate Dean Arnold governments. A Fulbright scholar, Bowman has meeting in Washington, DC. Vedlitz praised Bowman’s record of scholarly won the Donald C. Stone Award for Research, accomplishment, which led to the fellowship. given by the Section on Intergovernmental Bowman is a professor in the Department of Administration and Management of the Public Service and Administration and holds “Dr. Bowman’s selection as a NAPA Fellow American Society for Public Administration and the Hazel Davis and Robert Kennedy Endowed recognizes and honors her significanthas been president of three organized sections Chair in Government and Public Service at the contributions to the field of public policy and of the American Political Science Association. Bush School. administration,” Vedlitz said. “Her research and She became president of the Southern Political extensive publication record have had a major Science Association in 2015. NAPA is an independent, nonprofit, and effect on state-level public policy development in nonpartisan organization chartered by Congress the areas of environment, economic development, “Being chosen a NAPA Fellow is a career in 1967 to assist government leaders in building land use, and intergovernmental relations.” milestone,” Bowman said. “NAPA casts a long more effective, efficient, accountable and shadow in the public sector; the academy’s transparent organizations. Bowman joins an Bowman joined the Bush School faculty in 2008, studies of the federal system have led to elite group of some 800 other fellows, including coming from the University of South Carolina, important changes in agency structure and former cabinet officers, members of Congress, where she was the James F. and Maude B. Byrnes program design. I look forward to participating governors, mayors and state legislators, as well Professor of Government. She has published in subsequent NAPA studies, especially those Dr. Ann Bowman as prominent scholars, business executives, articles in various scholarly journals. Her most with a state and local government focus.”O and public administrators. The academy helps recent book, co-authored with Richard C. the federal government address its critical Kearney, is the ninth edition of State and Local management challenges through in-depth Government, published by Wadsworth. studies and analyses, advisory services and

DR. BOWMAN’S SELECTION AS A NAPA FELLOW RECOGNIZES AND HONORS HER SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FIELD OF PUBLIC POLICY AND “ADMINISTRATION. HER RESEARCH AND EXTENSIVE PUBLICATION RECORD HAVE HAD A MAJOR EFFECT ON STATE-LEVEL PUBLIC POLICY DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREAS OF ENVIRONMENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, LAND USE, AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS.” – EXECUTIVE ASSOCIATE DEAN ARNOLD VEDLITZ CROCKER RECEIVES VFW’S EISENHOWER DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD Bush School Dean Ryan Crocker was awarded “The foreign service is a dangerous service,” the Dwight D. Eisenhower Distinguished Crocker said. “Of those six ambassadorships I Service Award by the Veterans of Foreign Wars held, in three of those countries, a predecessor (VFW) at the VFW National Convention in DIPLOMATS AND WARRIORS MUST of mine was assassinated.” St. Louis, Missouri, on July 21, 2014. WORK TOGETHER FOR THE NATIONAL During the award ceremony, Crocker took the “Thank you from the bottom of my heart for this “INTEREST. NEVER HAS THAT BEEN time to thank the veterans in attendance for most prestigious award,” Crocker said during their service to their country and speak on the the ceremony. “I am honored and humbled. It is MORE IMPORTANT THAN IT IS TODAY.” future of international diplomacy. well above my merits.” –DEAN RYAN CROCKER “Diplomats and warriors must work together for The Dwight D. Eisenhower Distinguished NSA and CIA director, Gen. Michael Hayden; security, ideals, and interests of the United States of the national interest,” Crocker said. “Never has Service Award is presented to an individual and Army chief of staff, Gen. Ray Odierno. America abroad.” Crocker’s experience as the US that been more important than it is today.”O for outstanding contributions to the cause of ambassador to Lebanon, Kuwait, Syria, Pakistan, American security, unity, and world peace. Crocker was selected for the award based on his Iraq, and Afghanistan was specifically addressed Previous award winners include former US “four decades of exceptional service as an American during the award ceremony. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld; former statesman, ensuring the advancement of the safety,

SHIFRINSON APPOINTED AS FOREIGN DAGUE HONORED WITH PRESTIGIOUS POLICY AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY NIHCM AWARD FELLOW Dr. Laura Dague, assistant professor at the Dr. Joshua Shifrinson, assistant professor at the Bush School of Government and Public Bush School of Government and Public Service Service, has been recognized with an award at Texas A&M University, has been named a from the National Institute for Health Care US Foreign Policy and International Security Management (NIHCM) for her study on the Fellow by the John Sloan Dickey Center for effect of premiums on Medicaid enrollment. International Understanding at Dartmouth The NIHCM awards program recognizes College. As a Fellow, Shifrinson will spend up researchers and journalists who serve as to one year in residence at Dartmouth focusing catalysts for positive change by advancing and on international issues related to the Dickey informing public and private policy making. Center’s research emphases, which include the environment, health, human development, Dague was honored in the research category, gender, and security. He is one of only eight and is one of six honorees in the 2015 scholars in the US and Europe selected for the competition which had over 500 entries. prestigious fellowship. Other awards honored contributions in print and digital media and radio and television. Shifrinson earned his doctorate in political The winners were honored at NIHCM’s science from the Massachusetts Institute of 21st Annual Awards Dinner on June 1st in Technology, where he focused on international Washington, DC. relations and security studies. A summa cum Dr. Laura Dague laude undergraduate from Brandeis University, Dr. Joshua Shifrinson The research that won the award demonstrated his research interests include grand strategy, that charging even modest premiums for power transitions, military operations, Medicaid can cause people to drop their energy security, and diplomatic history. His coverage. Citing a strong investigation of a THE RESEARCH research has been published in journals such and international security and the broader world “key policy question,” the judges said it could as International Security and the Journal of of policy development and review. Fellows will help inform state decisions on alternative THAT WON Political and Military Sociology as well as by learn effective strategies for connecting to the approaches to Medicaid expansion. TheTHE AWARD think tanks and research organizations. At the media regarding their research activities as well paper, “The Effect of Medicaid Premiums Bush School, Dr. Shifrinson teaches courses on as for publishing books and articles. on Enrollment: A Regression Discontinuity DEMONSTRATED American foreign policy, energy security, and Approach,” was published in the Journal of THAT CHARGING security and strategic studies. Bush School Dean Ryan Crocker noted that Health Economics in 2014. Shifrinson’s selection honors his outstanding EVEN MODEST The Fellows program is aimed at recent PhD scholarship as well as his potential for future Dr. Dague, an assistant professor in the Master PREMIUMS FOR recipients. While in residence, Fellows meet contributions to policy development. of Public Service and Administration program, regularly with a faculty mentor who provides earned a PhD in economics from the University MEDICAID CAN professional advice for career building; “Being named a Fellow by the Dickey Center of Wisconsin, where she was affiliated with the CAUSE PEOPLE participate in an undergraduate course with confirms Dr. Shifrinson’s growing reputation Population Health Institute and the Institute for other Fellows; continue their research; build as a young scholar who has already made Research on Poverty. Her doctoral fields of study TO DROP THEIR networks with other Fellows, Dartmouth considerable contributions to the study of were public economics and labor economics. COVERAGE. faculty, and other policy professionals; and international relations and security,” said contribute to the intellectual life of the College. Crocker. “I’m pleased that he has received this “I’m very grateful to the NIHCM Foundation prestigious fellowship and am confident it will and to the judges for choosing to recognize CITING A STRONG The program also seeks to help bridge the gap enhance both his teaching and research here at my work with this award,” Dague said. “I between academic work on US foreign policy the Bush School.”O hope to continue to contribute by focusing INVESTIGATION on research questions that, once understood, OF A “KEY POLICY can help policymakers improve the efficiency and effectiveness of Medicaid, a program that QUESTION,” THE BEING NAMED A FELLOW BY affects millions of Americans.”O JUDGES SAID THE DICKEY CENTER CONFIRMS IT COULD HELP “DR. SHIFRINSON’S GROWING INFORM STATE REPUTATION AS A YOUNG SCHOLAR DECISIONS ON WHO HAS ALREADY MADE ALTERNATIVE CONSIDERABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE APPROACHES STUDY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS TO MEDICAID AND SECURITY.” EXPANSION. – DEAN RYAN CROCKER

4 THE NEWSLETTER OF THE BUSH SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICE • TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY FALL 2015 PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH ATTENDS SPECIAL SESSION WITH BUSH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND VETERANS Bush School students and Texas A&M During the special session, President George University student veterans were treated to W. Bush fielded questions from the audience a special session with George W. Bush, 43rd with his trademark wit, humor, and honesty. President of the United States, for the launch of He stressed the importance of family as well his new book, 41: A Portrait of My Father. The as the difficult balancing act of serving the invitation-only event was held at the George country and being a good husband and father. Bush Presidential Library Center in College He also discussed the importance of his faith Station, Texas. and sense of humor during his frenetic and stressful two terms in office. 41: A Portrait of My Father is a “personal biography” of the life of George H. W. Bush, President George H. W. Bush and his wife, the 41st President of the United States. The Barbara, were also in attendance at the event. book covers the elder Bush’s personal life and President George W. Bush took the opportunity career, including his service in the Pacific to poke fun at his childhood. during World War II; his pioneering work in the Texas oil business; and his political rise as “People are always asking me if I had always a congressman, US representative to China wanted to be president,” Bush said. “I tell them and the United Nations, CIA director, vice that if I had always wanted to be president, president, and president. I would have behaved better in my younger years. Right, Mom?” President George W. Bush President George W. Bush remarked during the session that the book is more than just an Immediately following the student session, a “objective biography.” It also serves as a “love second event featured a moderated discussion PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH REMARKED letter” to his father and his father’s influence between President George W. Bush and his on him throughout his own life, and offers former White House chief of staff, Andrew DURING THE SESSION THAT THE BOOK an intimate and unique perspective on the Card, Jr., who also previously served as the IS MORE THAN JUST AN “OBJECTIVE events that shaped both men’s lives. President dean of the Bush School. George W. Bush said he was inspired to BIOGRAPHY.” IT ALSO SERVES AS A write his father’s biography after hearing the “Hosting President George W. Bush at Texas “LOVE LETTER” TO HIS FATHER AND daughter of famed author and historian, David A&M on the day 41 is released and sharing that McCullough, remark that he would have loved day with his father, the subject of the biography, HIS FATHER’S INFLUENCE ON HIM to read a biography of John Adams—the 2nd is a momentous occasion in the seventeen-year THROUGHOUT HIS OWN LIFE, AND President of the United States—written by his history of the George Bush Presidential Library son, John Quincy Adams—the 6th President and Museum,” said Frederick D. McClure, OFFERS AN INTIMATE AND UNIQUE of the United States. CEO of the George Bush Foundation.O PERSPECTIVE ON THE EVENTS THAT SHAPED BOTH MEN’S LIVES.

BUSH SCHOOL RESEARCHERS EXAMINE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY

Politicians promise, and citizens expect, have studied transparency issues extensively, Professor Ann Bowman holds the Hazel The evaluation of Texas cities’ websites was greater transparency in the administration and their most recent findings are published Davis and Robert Kennedy Endowed Chair in based on the framework established by Pew’s of government activities. Still, despite the in the latest Takeaway policy paper from the Government and specializes in state and local Government Performance Project of four growing consensus that there should be Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, and politics and management, public policy, and significant dimensions of management: money, more transparency, citizens frequently lack Public Policy. The research focused on what intergovernmental relations. people, infrastructure, and information. the information needed to determine if their information Texas cities are providing via their Looking for evidence of managerial best expectations have been met, assert two Texas websites and how useful that information is to “Clearly, the Internet has changed the practices in local jurisdictions, the scholars A&M University professors who specialize in citizens. relationship between citizens and their operated on the working assumption that a governance research. government,” said Bowman. “Governments at transparent local government is one that makes Bearfield, an associate professor whose all levels use their websites to provide citizens information about these managerial practices Drs. Domonic Bearfield and Ann Bowman, research focuses on governance and public with detailed information that a few years ago and decisions easily accessible on its website. both faculty members of Texas A&M’s Bush sector personnel, led a team of researchers who would have been kept in agency filing cabinets,” School of Government and Public Service, developed the Texas Transparency Project. she added. “Just posting data and documents online isn’t real transparency,” said Bearfield. “Citizens want organized, clear, and useful information to help them evaluate their government’s efficiency of operations.”

GOVERNMENTS AT ALL So what’s the bottom line? Bearfield and Bowman LEVELS USE THEIR WEBSITES say that Texas cities have not fully embraced e-government transparency. With a maximum “TO PROVIDE CITIZENS WITH possible score of 42, Houston and San Antonio DETAILED INFORMATION THAT earned a 34, with Austin close behind at 33. The lowest scoring cities are generally smaller A FEW YEARS AGO WOULD HAVE communities with populations of 20,000 or less. BEEN KEPT IN AGENCY FILING With an average score of 16.7, the typical Texas city only posts about 40 percent of the indicators CABINETS.” on line. – DR. ANN BOWMAN, PROFESSOR “While some cities have been successful, it’s obvious there’s room for improvement,” said Bearfield.O MOSBACHER INSTITUTE WELCOMES CEO OF MERCY CORPS The Bush School’s Mosbacher Institute for emphasis on selfless public service as a critical Trade, Economics, and Public Policy hosted element in the success of international aid Mr. Neal Keny-Guyer, CEO of Mercy Corps, organizations as well as the importance of at the Institute’s 2015 Bank of America innovation in providing sustainable solutions Program on Volunteerism. Under Mr. Keny- to communities. Mr. Keny-Guyer cautioned Guyer’s leadership, Mercy Corps has emerged aspiring students about the diversity of as a leading international humanitarian and challenges facing communities around the development organization. With ongoing world, stressing that each country is faced with operations in more than forty countries, a staff unique problems and there are “no fast fixes of 4,000, and global revenue of $375 million, or shiny solutions to complex challenges.” He Mercy Corps has developed a reputation for went on to emphasize that community-driven, groundbreaking and innovative programming market-based solutions should be part of relief in the world’s toughest environments. efforts.

Mr. Keny-Guyer addressed a diverse audience of Earlier in the day, Mr. Keny-Guyer met with faculty, students, and nonprofit representatives students pursuing concentrations in nonprofit at an evening lecture in the George Bush management and international development. Library and Museum. He provided his insights During these candid and interactive meetings, on a multitude of challenges Mercy Corps Mr. Keny-Guyer spoke about the mechanics and other international aid organizations and operational models of nongovernment experience in delivering humanitarian aid and organizations and answered students’ (L-R) Dean Ryan Crocker; Neal Keny-Guyer; Dr. Lori Taylor; Dr. William Brown relief to troubled regions around the world. questions.O The highlights of his remarks included an

MR. KENY-GUYER CAUTIONED ASPIRING STUDENTS ABOUT THE DIVERSITY OF CHALLENGES FACING COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD, STRESSING THAT EACH COUNTRY IS FACED WITH UNIQUE PROBLEMS AND THERE ARE “NO FAST FIXES OR SHINY SOLUTIONS TO COMPLEX CHALLENGES.”

ISTPP RESEARCHERS ANALYZE CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONIES ON GLOBAL WARMING AND CLIMATE CHANGE Congress has heard the “supermajority” and policies to combat it should be adopted. further challenge the traditional view suggested Liu’s co-authors are Dr. Arnold Vedlitz, consensus on the reality and causes of climate This finding is consistent across various types by the knowledge deficit theory that simply professor and director of ISTPP, Dr. James change, note researchers working for the of scientist groups and under different party providing additional scientific information is Stoutenborough at Idaho State University, Institute for Science, Technology, and Public controls of Congress. The researchers conclude key to evidence-based policy making. Rather, and Dr. Scott Robinson at the University of Policy (ISTPP). In their paper, “Scientists’ Views that the largely unified GWCC consensus in future research needs to shift in new directions Oklahoma. Stoutenborough and Robinson and Positions on Global Warming and Climate the scientific community has been presented to gain a better understanding of how business recently worked at the Bush School and Change: A Content Analysis of Congressional to the US Congress and therefore refute the interests, partisan predispositions, and political continue to conduct research with ISTPP as Testimonies,” published in Climatic Change, the possibility of a divided science as a source of the ideology shape the views of policymakers. senior fellows for the Institute.O researchers suggest looking at business interests, GWCC contentions among lawmakers. They partisan predispositions and political ideology for the hurdles to policy action.

“Different perceptions and claims among lawmakers are a major hurdle to agreeing on action to address global warming and these were “DIFFERENT thought to simply reflect scientific uncertainty,” says lead author Dr. Xinsheng Liu, an associate PERCEPTIONS AND research scientist. “However, our findings “CLAIMS AMONG show that congressional testimonies are in fact consistent with agreement in the climate LAWMAKERS ARE science community and that the sources of A MAJOR HURDLE controversies must lie elsewhere.” TO AGREEING ON The ISTPP researchers examined whether ACTION TO ADDRESS scientists’ views and positions were substantially divided in their congressional GLOBAL WARMING testimonies regarding the reality and human AND THESE WERE cause of global warming and climate change (GWCC). The researchers performed content THOUGHT TO SIMPLY analysis of 1,350 testimonies from relevant REFLECT SCIENTIFIC congressional hearings held from 1969 to 2007. They find that the supermajority of experts UNCERTAINTY.” – DR. XINSHENG LIU, called as witnesses indicate that GWCC is real, ASSOCIATE RESEARCH SCIENTIST at least caused partially by human activity,

6 THE NEWSLETTER OF THE BUSH SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICE • TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY FALL 2015 BUSH SCHOOL TO OFFER EXECUTIVE PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEGREE ONLINE Beginning in the 2015 fall semester, the Bush management, leadership, policy analysis, and School will offer an Executive Master of research methods, student will complete 21 Public Service and Administration (EMPSA) credit hours in either the Homeland Security degree, a 39-hour graduate, non-thesis degree or Nonprofit Management track. Their program that will be offered online, but which coursework will also include a required capstone requires two weeks in residence at Texas A&M project in which students work collaboratively University in College Station, Texas. on a public service and administration project in conjunction with a government agency, a Designed for individuals working in fulltime private firm, or a nonprofit organization. professional careers, the new executive program will deliver high-quality and high- Dr. Leonard Bright, assistant dean of graduate impact coursework and help students develop education in the School’s Department of Public in-depth, advanced skills in public service Service and Administration, said this degree leadership; critical investigative and evaluative program was created in response to a need proficiencies; and decision-making expertise within the public sector. essential for public sector careers. “Like many professionals, public servants often Applicants must have at least five years of are unable to attend traditional residence master’s professional experience, preferably in one of programs due to job and time constraints,” the two curricular track areas of Homeland Bright said. “By providing this online option, we Security or Nonprofit Management. Inare able to offer those individuals the same high- addition to a common set of 18 credit hours quality educational experience our students that provide foundational knowledge in enjoy on campus,” he added.O

BUSH SCHOOL RECOGNIZES 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FALL ROBERTSON JOINS OF THE BERLIN WALL INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS FACULTY The Bush School’s Scowcroft Institute hosted National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft; “The 25th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin a US Practitioner Panel; a Scholar Panel; and DR. RAYMOND ROBERTSON Wall and the Liberation of Eastern Europe a keynote presentation by Jeffrey A. Engel, Conference.” The all-day conference included Founding Director of the Center for Presidential lectures and perspectives from American and History at Southern Methodist University. European officials who were involved in the decision-making process and scholars who Prior to the keynote address, George H.W. have devoted their studies to the end of the Bush, 41st President of the United States, was Cold War. awarded the Robert Schuman Medal by Elmar Brok on behalf of the European Parliament’s The “Fall of the Wall” conference invited European People’s Party for his role in the students and guests to revisit the historic events reunification of Germany and liberation of of the Wall’s collapse and explore the resultant Eastern Germany. The Robert Schuman Medal geopolitical shockwaves that reverberated was introduced in July 1986 to pay tribute to throughout the world. The conference featured public figures that have advanced the cause of a European Practitioner Panel; a special lunch peace, the construction of Europe, and human speaker session, during which Bush School values through their public activities and Dr. Raymond Robertson joined the Department Dean Ryan Crocker interviewed former personal commitment. President Bush is the of International Affairs in the fall as professor THE ROBERT Secretary of State James Baker and former first American to be awarded the medal.O and holder of the Helen and Roy Ryu Chair SCHUMAN MEDAL in Economics and Government. Previously a professor of economics at Macalester College, WAS INTRODUCED Robertson is also a research fellow at the Institute IN JULY 1986 TO for the Study of Labor in Bonn, Germany, and a research associate at the Center for Latin PAY TRIBUTE TO American and Caribbean Studies at the University PUBLIC FIGURES of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

THAT HAVE Robertson earned a BA in political science ADVANCED THE and economics from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, and an MS and PhD in CAUSE OF PEACE, economics from the University of Texas at THE CONSTRUCTION Austin. While at Macalester, Robertson served as director of the Latin American Studies Program OF EUROPE, AND from 2006 to 2010. He has also taught at the HUMAN VALUES Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University and was a visiting professor THROUGH THEIR in the Department of Economics at the Graduate PUBLIC ACTIVITIES School of Administration at Monterrey Institute AND PERSONAL of Technology’s Mexico City campus. COMMITMENT. Widely published in the field of labor economics and international economics, Robertson currently PRESIDENT BUSH chairs the US Department of Labor’s National President George H. W. Bush receives the Schuman Medal from Elmar Brok, Advisory Committee for Labor Provisions of the IS THE FIRST chairman of the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee. US Free Trade Agreements; chairs the advisory AMERICAN TO BE board of New Earth, an organization that aims to AWARDED THE stimulate sustainable development of companies and communities; and is a member of the Center MEDAL. for Global Development’s advisory board.

This fall, Robertson is teaching Fundamentals of the Global Economy (INTA 608), a required course for all students in the Department of International Affairs.O 2014-2015 CAPSTONE PROJECTS INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS PUBLIC SERVICE AND “After Lausanne: Russian Influence, Regional Context, and Domestic ADMINISTRATION Politics in Iran’s Foreign Policy” CLIENT: US DEPARTMENT OF STATE “Anti-Hunger Coalition Effectiveness: A Toolkit for the Texas Hunger SUPERVISING PROFESSOR: MOHAMMAD TABAAR Initiative” CLIENT: COOPERATIVE FOR AFTER-SCHOOL ENRICHMENT (CASE) “Building Resilience through Crisis: An Assessment of UNDP Syria” SUPERVISING PROFESSOR: MELISSA TACKETT-GIBSON CLIENT: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (UNDP) SUPERVISING PROFESSOR: SILVA HAMIE “Best Practices for MPSA Student Recruiting and Admissions” CLIENT: BILL WEST, MATTHEW UPTON, KATHRYN MEYER “Cassandra: A Population-Based Approach to Prioritizing SOF Persistent SUPERVISING INSTRUCTOR: JOANNA LAHEY Engagement” CLIENT: SOCOM (SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND) “The Education Transparency Index: Grading Public Education SUPERVISING PROFESSOR: RICHARD MACNAMEE ‘Governments’ in Texas” CLIENT: TEXAS TRANSPARENCY PROJECT “The Frontlines of Justice: Exploring the Impact of Access to Justice Initiatives SUPERVISING PROFESSOR: DOMONIC BEARFIELD in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States” CLIENT: THE WORLD BANK’S GOVERNANCE GLOBAL PRACTICE “Envisioning a Bright Future for New Braunfels Children: SUPERVISING PROFESSOR: REYKO HUANG A Community-Based Approach to School Readiness” CLIENT: MCKENNA FOUNDATION “Information and Voter Evaluation of Legislators in a Clientelistic SUPERVISING PROFESSOR: JENNIFER MORRISON Democracy: A Field Experiment in Benin” CLIENT: US RESEARCHERS AND NGO CENTER FOR THE STUDY “Field of Study Curriculum Utilization in Texas” AND PROMOTION OF DEMOCRACY CLIENT: TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES SUPERVISING PROFESSOR: JESSICA GOTTLIEB SUPERVISING PROFESSOR: WILLIAM A. BROWN “Merging Governance Models: A Norms-Based Cyber Deterrence Strategy” “Houston’s Youth: Examining the Effects of After-School Programs CLIENT: US CYBER COMMAND on Juvenile Delinquency” SUPERVISING PROFESSOR: ANDREW L. ROSS CLIENT: ENRICH AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM SUPERVISING PROFESSOR: “The National Security Advisor: Serving a Constituency of One” MELISSA TACKETT-GIBSON CLIENT: MILLER CENTER FOR ORAL HISTORY, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA “Measuring Emergent Literacy in Houston” SUPERVISOR: ROBERT HOLZWEISS CLIENT: BARBARA BUSH HOUSTON LITERACY FOUNDATION “Shaping the Seas: Isolating Chinese Narratives of Territorial Conflict” SUPERVISING PROFESSOR: WILLIAM A. BROWN CLIENT: PACOM (PACIFIC COMMAND) “Opportunity Youth Recovery in Austin/Travis County” SUPERVISING PROFESSOR: DAVID MILLAR CLIENT: AUSTIN OPPORTUNITY YOUTH COLLABORATIVE “Strengthening the Federal Government’s Processes for Stockpiling SUPERVISING PROFESSOR: WYNN ROSSER Biodefense Countermeasures” “Recovering Galveston: Evaluating FEMA’s National Preparedness Framework CLIENT: NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY, CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF after Hurricane Ike” WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION CLIENT: FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA) SUPERVISING PROFESSOR: DON W. BA ILEY SUPERVISING PROFESSOR: DAVE MCINTYRE “Looking Eastward: Establishing Programs to Enhance Trilateral Relations “The Role of Professionalism and Effectiveness in State Legislatures” (US, EU, China)” CLIENT: TEXAS LEGISLATURE CLIENT: ROBERT BOSCH STIFTUNG SUPERVISING PROFESSOR: ANN BOWMAN SUPERVISING PROFESSOR: GABRIELA MARIN THORNTON “Using Humor to Counter Extremist Groups’ Use of Social Media” CLIENT: NATIONAL COUNTER PROLIFERATION CENTER AT ODNI SUPERVISING PROFESSOR: RON SIEVERT “Youth Employment in Ghana: Conditions and Determinants” CLIENT: THE WORLD BANK, GHANA OFFICE SUPERVISING PROFESSOR: REN MU

PICKERING FOREIGN AFFAIRS FELLOWSHIP AWARDED TO BUSH STUDENT PICKERING Jerica Ward, Master of International Affairs, competitions. After graduation, Jerica worked 2016, is one of twenty students from around the in the Dominican Republic and then as a Peace FELLOWSHIPS nation chosen as a Thomas R. Pickering Fellow Corps volunteer in the Philippines. For two “ for 2014-15. Ward is the first Bush School student years, she worked as a high school and university ARE HIGHLY to be selected for the program, which is designed English/Spanish teacher, started a successful SOUGHT AFTER to attract outstanding individuals interested in a library project, set up environmental service BY STUDENTS Foreign Service career with the US Department projects, and worked as a trainer for USAID and of State. The program is a collaboration between a United Nations HIV/AIDS initiative. INTERESTED IN the US Department of State and the Woodrow THE FOREIGN Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. Dean Ryan Crocker said that having a Pickering Fellows can receive up to $37,000 annually to Fellow at the Bush School is yet another SERVICE, AND I help cover the costs of their graduate education indication of the School’s academic prestige and CONGRATULATE and also receive mentoring and professional the quality of the student body. development as they prepare to enter the Foreign JERICA ON BEING Service. “Pickering Fellowships are highly sought after by SELECTED FOR students interested in the Foreign Service, and Ward graduated from Cedarville University I congratulate Jerica on being selected for this Jerica Ward THIS PRESTIGIOUS in Ohio, with a major in international studies prestigious award,” Crocker said. “The Foreign AWARD.” and a minor in Spanish and Bible. As an Service is a rewarding and challenging career, – DEAN RYAN CROCKER undergraduate, she won a number of awards in and we need young people like Jerica to serve the Model United Nations and forensic speech our nation.”O

8 THE NEWSLETTER OF THE BUSH SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICE • TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY FALL 2015 BUSH STUDENTS NAMED ROBERTSON FELLOWS One of the nation’s leading foundations that The four second-year Bush School students that encourages graduate students to pursue careers earned Robertson Foundation for Government I CONGRATULATE with the federal government in foreign policy and Fellowships are Nathaniel Haight, Charlotte THE NEW CLASS international affairs announced that 14 students Karrlsson-Willis, Gabrielle Keleher, and Jerica “ attending five of the nation’s top international Ward. OF ROBERTSON studies graduate schools will comprise its 2016 FELLOWS AND class of fellows. “I congratulate the new class of Robertson Fellows and welcome each to a growing cohort of young WELCOME EACH Four of the Foundation’s fourteen Class of 2016 leaders who are committed to serving our nation TO A GROWING Fellows are second-year students at the Texas both here and abroad,” said Foundation Board Nathaniel Haight Charlotte A&M University’s Bush School of Government of Directors president Katherine Ernst. “These COHORT OF YOUNG Karrlsson-Willis and Public Service. young men and women are the fulfillment of the LEADERS WHO Robertson Foundation for Government mission, The Robertson Foundation identifies and nurtures which is to meet the federal government’s ARE COMMITTED future US government leaders in the areas of increasing need for young leaders as more than TO SERVING OUR national security, foreign policy, and international half of its employees become retirement-eligible affairs. The Foundation provides scholarships, in the next two years. We are looking forward to NATION BOTH HERE internship stipends, and additional career support working with the new fellows and they have our AND ABROAD.” to graduate students at select universities. The full support going forward.”O Fellows, as a program requirement, agree to work – KATHERINE ERNST, PRESIDENT, for the federal government for a minimum of FOUNDATION BOARD OF Gabrielle Keleher Jerica Ward three of their first seven years after graduation. DIRECTORS

BUSH SCHOOL STUDENTS UNDERTAKE BUSH SCHOOL AGGIES AID THE TEXAS RESEARCH FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIENT LEGISLATURE

Nine students from the Bush School of The Robert Bosch Stiftung capstone was When the 84th session of the Texas Legislature J.M. Lozano, Thomas DiGiuseppe— Government and Public Service traveled to specifically focused on enhancing trilateral convened on January 13, 2015, seven second-year Representative Scott Turner, Blake Dodd— Germany to present research findings to their relations between Germany, the US, and China Master of Public Service and Administration Representative Cindy Burkett, Christopher capstone client, Robert Bosch Stiftung. The by answering research questions related to the students from the Bush School of Government Gruning—Representative Ron Simmons, capstone, entitled “Looking Eastward: Enhancing Asian pivot and power transitions toward Asia. and Public Service were getting an up-close view Morgan Nelson—Senator Donna Campbell, Trilateral Relations: Germany, the US, and of the action. Rebecca Parma—Representative Stephanie China,” was coordinated by faculty member “Coined by the Obama administration, the Klick, and Johannah Roberson—Senator Dr. Gabriela Marin Thornton. Thornton received Asian pivot is a switch in US foreign policy The students were enrolled in the Texas Rodney Ellis. a grant of 13,100 euros from Robert Bosch from the Atlantic area toward Asia,” said Legislative Capstone course—a two-semester Stiftung to fund the capstone work. This capstone Professor Thornton.” Europeans want to know class taught by Dr. Ann Bowman, professor and In addition to their0 legislative work, the students project was the first Bush School capstone with what the consequences of the pivot mean for Hazel Davis and Robert Kennedy Endowed took classes during the semester, primarily an international client. The students conducting Europe, and more broadly for transatlantic Chair in Government and Public Service at directed studies or online courses. Even though the research were Brooke Whitenburg, Ryan relations. Our project contained five parts: the Bush School. The students spent the fall they received their master’s degrees in mid-May, Gillespie, William Schwennsen, Susan Stallings, the impact of the Asian pivot on transatlantic semester learning about legislatures in general the students worked in the legislature until the Daphne Hiatt, Stephen Theulen, Josh Kutz, Rex relations, a conference on trade policy, a and the Texas Legislature in particular. They session ends in early June. Rhyne, and Arwin Rahi. symposium on entrepreneurial education, a arrived at the capitol in January ready to apply conference on global pandemics, a professional the knowledge and skills learned in their courses Like other Capstone projects, the students were Capstones at the Bush School are designed fellowship on sustainable urbanization, and use to myriad public policy issues confronting the required to produce an in-depth research report at to apply the knowledge and abilities students of Gantter [a web-based project planning tool] state of Texas and its elected representatives. the end of the semester. The focus of this session’s have developed through their previous classes to help implement projects. The projects were This is the third legislative session in which Bush deliverable was the professionalization of the and experiences. Each project requires strong developed in order to foster better cooperation School Capstone students have worked in the Texas Legislature. Previous legislative Capstones teamwork, careful research, writing ability, among the US, Germany, and China.” Texas Legislature. have studied the legislative redistricting process and often great ingenuity in identifying ways and the Texas rainy day fund. to approach an issue or find a solution. Robert The capstone group left for Germany on “The members who hire these students as Bosch Stiftung, a German foundation known December 6 and spent two days after arrival legislative aides and analysts get motivated, “This is an amazing chance to work in Texas’ for its work with the natural and social sciences, finalizing their research and rehearsing their well-informed, and highly skilled individuals on policymaking process while still completing our represents the first international client for a presentation. They presented their findings to their team,” Bowman said. “The experience is degrees,” said Rebecca Parma, MPSA Class of Bush School capstone. Brooke Whitenburg, Robert Bosch Stiftung on December 9. Prior invaluable for the students since legislatures are 2015. “This opportunity to network, develop Class of 2015 and a member of the Robert to their presentation, the group was treated to fascinating policymaking institutions, replete on-the-job skills, and finish school is possible Bosch Stiftung capstone, said the international lunch at the Foundation and was given a tour with rules and norms that are seldom seen by because of the Bush School and the resources it aspects of the project brought its own set of of the Bosch Mansion. the public but are key knowledge for those who has provided us.” unique challenges. plan a public service career.” “Presenting to an international client in a foreign Bowman says that the benefits to students “From managing deadlines across a seven-hour country provided the capstone team with the Bowman noted that the Bush School students from working in the legislature are clear: they time difference to understanding and lowering opportunity to have the project evaluated from quickly find themselves in the thick of the do important work that influences public cultural barriers, our capstone team developed a primarily German perspective,” Whitenburg action but their orientation to the legislative policy in the state of Texas, and also learn a an advanced skill set that will provide each of said. “This fostered dialogue that enabled both environment is made smoother thanks to tremendous amount about the functioning of us with an established platform from which to the capstone team and the Stiftung personnel the efforts of Bush School graduates who are state government—knowledge that serves them conduct international relations in the future,” to gain valuable insight into each other’s working or have worked in the legislature. well when they begin their careers.O Whitenburg said. programs and goals as well as strengthen a transnational, professional network that can be The students and the offices in which they expanded in the future.”O worked are Matthew Bangcaya—Representative THE BUSH SCHOOL RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS FOR 2014-2015

Bullock, Justin B., and Nathan Favero. “How (Not) to Solve the Problem: An Evaluation of Scholarly Responses to Common Source Bias.” Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 25 (1): 285–308. Bullock, Justin B., Jeffrey B. Wenger, and Vicky M. Wilkins. 2014. “Attitudes about Hard Work: A Global Perspective on the Beliefs of Government Employees.” International Public Management Journal 17 (1): 25–44. Cortes, Kalena E., and Andrew I. Friedson. 2014. “Ranking Up by Moving Out: The Effect of the Texas Top 10% Plan on Property Values.” National Tax Journal 67 (1): 51-76. Cortes, Kalena E., and Joshua S. Goodman. 2014. “Ability-Tracking, Instructional Time and Better Pedagogy: The Effect of Double-Dose Algebra on Student Achievement.”American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings 104 (5): 400–405. Cortes, Kalena E., Joshua S. Goodman, and Takako Nomi. 2015. “Intensive Math Instruction and Educational Attainment: Long-Run Impacts of Double-Dose Algebra.” Journal of Human BOOKS Resources 50 (1): 108–158. Dague, Laura, Marguerite E. Burns, Thomas DeLeire, Mary Dorsch, Donna Friedsam, Lindsey Bearfield, Domonic A., and Melvin J. Dubnick, co-eds. 2015.Encyclopedia of Public Leininger, Gaston Palmucci, John Schmelzer, and Kristen Voskuil. 2014. “The Effects of Administration and Public Policy, 6th ed. New York: Taylor and Francis. Expanding Public Insurance to Rural Low-Income Childless Adults.” Health Services Research 49 (2): 2173-2187. Hudson, Valerie M., and Patricia Leidl. 2015. The Hillary Doctrine: Sex & American Foreign Policy. New York: Columbia University Press. Dague, Laura, Thomas DeLeire, Donna Friedsam, Lindsey Leininger, Sarah Meier, and Kristen Voskuil. 2014. “What Fraction of Medicaid Enrollees Have Private Insurance Coverage at the Time of Enrollment? Estimates from Administrative Data.” Inquiry 51. BOOK CHAPTERS Dague, Laura. 2014. “The Effect of Medicaid Premiums on Enrollment: A Regression Discontinuity Approach.” Journal of Health Economics 37: 1–12. Cortes, Kalena E., and Aimee Chin. 2014. “The Refugee/Asylum Seeker.” InHandbook of the Economics of International Immigration, ed. Barry Chiswick. Gause, F. Gregory, III. 2015. “Understanding the Gulf States.” Democracy: A Journal of Ideas 36. Gause, F. Gregory, III. 2015. “Oil and Political Mobilization in Saudi Arabia.” In Saudi Arabia in Gause, F. Gregory, III. 2015. “Sultans of Swing? The Geopolitics of Falling Oil Prices.”Brookings Transition, ed. Bernard Haykel. Cambridge University Press. Doha Center Publications. Graham, Blease, and Scott Buchanan. 2014. “It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again: The 2012 Presidential Gause, F. Gregory, III. 2015. “Saudi Arabia’s Game of Thrones.”Foreign Affairs. Web. Election in South Carolina.” In The 2012 Presidential Election in the South, eds. Scott Buchanan and DuBose Kapeluck. 101–19. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press. Gottlieb, Jessica. Forthcoming. “Greater Expectations? A Field Experiment to Improve Accountability in Mali.” American Journal of Political Science. Graham, Blease. 2014. “Judicial Selection and Merit Selection.” In Encyclopedia of Public Gottlieb, Jessica. 2015. “The Logic of Party Collusion in a Democracy: Evidence from Mali.” Administration and Public Policy, eds. Melvin Dubnick and Domonic Bearfield. New York: Taylor and Francis. World Politics 67 (1): 1–36. Hudson, Valerie M. 2014. “Sex and Security: Implications of Sex Ratios for China’s National Hudson, Valerie M., Alfredo Visca, Clark T. Bishop, and Sterling Hilton. 2015. “Oral Reduced L-Glutathione Improves Growth in Pediatric Cystic Fibrosis Patients.” Security.” In China and International Security: History, Strategy, and 21st Century Policy, eds. Journal of Pediatric Donovan C. Chau and Thomas M. Kane. 3–14. Santa Barbara: Praeger. Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 60 (6): 802-810 Lahey, Joanna. 2014. “Birthing a Nation: The Effect of Fertility Control Access on the Norris, William. 2014. “Security Mistrust in the U.S.-China Relationship.” In Exploring the Nineteenth-Century Demographic Transition.” 74 (2): 482–508. Frontiers of U.S.-China Strategic Cooperation: Visions for Asia-Pacific Security Architecture, ed. Journal of Economic History Melanie Hart. 14–19. Washington, DC: Center for American Progress. Lahey, Joanna. 2014. “The Effect of Anti-Abortion Legislation on Nineteenth Century Fertility.” Portney, Kent. 2015. “Taking Sustainable Cities Seriously: What Cities Are Doing.” In Demography 51 (3): 939–948. Environmental Policy, eds. Norman Vig and Michael Craft. Sage/CQ Press. Layne, Christopher. 2015. “Sleepwalking with Beijing.” National Interest 137. Portney, Kent. 2014. “Developing Sustainability Indicators for a City.” In The Elgar Companion Liu, Xinsheng, Arnold Vedlitz, and Liu Shi. 2014. “Examining the Determinants of Public to Sustainable Cities: Strategies, Methods, and Outlook, eds. Hilda Blanco and Daniel Mazmanian. Environmental Concern: Evidence from National Public Surveys.” Environmental Science & Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishers. Policy 39: 77–94. Portney, Kent, and Jeffrey Berry. 2014. “The Group Basis of City Politics.” InNonprofits and Liu, Xinsheng, Arnold Vedlitz, James Stoutenborough, and Scott Robinson. 2015. “Scientists’ Advocacy, eds. Robert Pekkanen, Steven R. Smith, and Y. Tsukinaka. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Views and Positions on Global Warming and Climate Change: A Content Analysis of University Press. Congressional Testimonies.” Climatic Change 131 (4): 487-503. Ross, Andrew, Tai Ming Cheung, and Thomas G. Mahnken. 2014. “Frameworks for Analyzing Mumpower, Jeryl L., Xinsheng Liu, and Arnold Vedlitz. Forthcoming. “Predictors of the Perceived Chinese Defense and Military Innovation.” In Forging China’s Military Might: A New Framework Risk of Climate Change and Preferred Resource Levels for Climate Change Management for Assessing Defense Innovation, ed. Tai Ming Cheung. 15–46. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Programs.” Journal of Risk Research. University Press. Liu, Xinsheng, and Edward Yi Yang. 2015. “Examining Chinese Official Media Perception of the Ross, Andrew. 2014. “The Origins of Limited Nuclear War Theory.” InOn Limited Nuclear United States: A Content Analysis of People’s Daily Coverage.” Journal of Chinese Political Science. Warfare in the 21st Century, eds. Jeffrey A. Larsen and Kerry Kartchner. 21–48. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press. Mu, Ren, and Xiaobo Zhang. 2014. “Do Elected Leaders in a Limited Democracy Have Real Power? Evidence from Rural China.” Journal of Development Economics 107: 17–27. Shifrinson, Joshua R. Itzkowitz, and Sameer Laiwani. 2014. “It’s a Common Misunderstanding: The Limited Threat to American Command of the Commons.” InDangerous World? Threat Mumpower, Jeryl L., Xinsheng Liu, and Arnold Vedlitz. 2015. “Predictors of the Perceived Risk Perception and U.S. National Security, ed. John Mueller and Chris Preble. Washington, DC: Cato of Climate Change and Preferred Resource Levels for Climate Change Management Programs.” Institute. Journal of Risk Research. Thornton, Gabriela Marin. 2014. “Democracies in World Order.” InOxford Bibliographies in Norris, William. 2014. “Explaining Recent Senkaku/Diaoyu Tensions: The Domestic International Relations, ed. David Armstrong. New York: Oxford University Press. Dimension.” Education about Asia 19 (2): 43–44. Oxley, Douglas R., Arnold Vedlitz, and B. Dan Wood. 2014. “The Effect of Persuasive Messages on Policy Problem Recognition.” Policy Studies Journal 42 (2): 252–268. JOURNAL ARTICLES Paarlberg, Laurie E., Rebecca Nesbit, Robert Christensen, Mary Tschirhart, and Richard Clerkin. AbouAssi, Khaldoun, and Ann O’M. Bowman. Forthcoming. “Special-Purpose Authorities: A 2015. “Philanthropic Mobility and Influence of Donor Residency on Donation Choices.” Welcome Alien to Decentralization in London?” International Review of Administrative Sciences. Voluntas 26 (1): 267–287. Bright, Leonard, and Blease Graham. Forthcoming. “Why Does Interest in Government Careers Paarlberg, Laurie E., Jun Yan, and Chao Guo. 2014. “Are Nonprofit Antipoverty Organizations Decline Among Public Affairs Graduate Students?”Journal of Public Affairs Education. Located Where They Are Needed? A Spatial Analysis of the Greater Hartford Region.” American Statistician 68 (4): 243–252. Bright, Leonard and Blease Graham. Forthcoming. “The Predictors of Student Satisfaction in Public Administration Graduate Degree Programs.” Journal of Public Affairs Education. Paarlberg, Laurie E., Rebecca Nesbit, Richard Clerkin, and Robert Christensen. 2014. “Leading, Following, or Complementing in Economic Crisis: A Conceptual Model Illustrating Nonprofit Brooks, Jeremy, Douglas Oxley, Arnold Vedlitz, Sammy Zahran, and Charles Lindsey. 2014. Relationships with Public Schools.” Administrative Sciences 4 (2): 120–136. “Abnormal Daily Temperature and Concern about Climate Change Across the United States.” Review of Policy Research 31 (3): 199–217. Park, Hyung, Xinsheng Liu, and Arnold Vedlitz. 2014. “Analyzing Climate Change Debates in the U.S. Congress: Party Control and Mobilizing Networks.” Risk, Hazards, & Crisis in Bullock, Justin B., Justin M. Stritch, and Hal G. Rainey. “International Comparison of Public Public Policy 5 (3): 239–258. and Private Employees’ Work Motives, Attitudes, and Perceived Rewards.” Public Administration Review 75 (3): 479-489. Portney, Kent E., and Jeffrey Berry. 2014. “Civil Society and Sustainable Cities.”Comparative Political Studies 47 (3): 395–419.

10 THE NEWSLETTER OF THE BUSH SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICE • TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY FALL 2015 journal articles continued BUSH STUDENTS CONDUCT FIELD Portney, Kent E., Richard C. Feiock, Jungah Bae, and Jeffrey Berry. 2014. “Governing Local RESEARCH IN SENEGAL Sustainability: Agency Venues and Business Group Access.” Urban Affairs Review 50 (2): 157–179. Reinhardt, Gina Y. 2015. “Imagining Worse than Reality: Comparing Beliefs and Intentions between Disaster Evacuees and Survey Respondents.” Journal of Risk Research. Reinhardt, Gina Y. 2015. “First-Hand Experience and Second-Hand Information: Trust across Three Levels of Government.”Review of Policy Research 32 (3): 345-364. Reinhardt, Gina Y. 2015. “Race, Trust, and Return Migration: Political Drivers of Post-Disaster Resettlement.” Political Research Quarterly 68 (2): 350-362. Shifrinson, Joshua R. Itzkowitz. 2014. “Put It in Writing: How the West Broke Its Promise to Moscow.” Foreign Affairs. Web. Sievert, Ronald J. 2014. “Time to Rewrite the Ill-Conceived and Dangerous Foreign Intelligence Act of 1978.” National Security Law Journal 3 (1). Stoutenborough, James, Liu Shi, and Arnold Vedlitz. 2015. “Probing Public Perception on Energy: Support for a Comparative, Deep-Probing Survey Design for Complex Issue Domains.” Energy 81: 406–415. Stoutenborough, James, Liu Shi, and Arnold Vedlitz. 2015. “The Influence of Specific Risk Perceptions on Public Policy Support: An Examination of Energy Policy.” Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 658 (1): 102–120. Dr. Jessica Gottlieb and three student interns “While in the field, I met with village chiefs and Stoutenborough, James, Rebecca Bromely-Trujillo, and Arnold Vedlitz. 2014. “Public Support from the Bush School of Government and Public elders to stress the objective of our presence and for Climate Change Policy: Consistency in the Influence of Values and Attitudes Over Time and Service traveled to the West African country of seek their permission to conduct our experiment,” Across Specific Policy Alternatives.”Review of Policy Research 31 (6): 555–583. Senegal to conduct two months of intensive field said Bush School student Kwamae Twumasi- Stoutenborough, James, Xinsheng Liu, and Arnold Vedlitz. 2014. “Trends in Public Attitudes work and research. Based out of a local research Ankrah. “It was a good way to practice my French Toward Climate Change: The Influence of the Economy and Climategate on Risk, Information, institute in Dakar, the nation’s capital, the team while building relationships with my teammates.” and Public Policy.” Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy 5 (1): 22–37. sought to understand how local elites—religious, Stoutenborough, James, Rebecca Bromely-Trujillo, and Arnold Vedlitz. 2015. “How to Win traditional, or political leaders—can wield their In addition to navigating the vagaries of life in a Friends and Influence People: Climate Scientists’ Perspectives on their Relationship with and influence to guide voters’ decisions, even when it foreign country, the team was struck by the stark Influence on Government Officials.”Journal of Public Policy 35 (2) 269-296. goes against the voters’ best interests. differences between the political campaigning process in Senegal and the United States. Taylor, Lori L., Dennis Jansen, Tim Gronberg, and Mustafa Karakaplan. Forthcoming. “School “Many citizens in new democracies are subject District Consolidation: A Scale-Efficiency Tradeoff.” Southern Economic Journal. to the influence of powerful local elites when “While campaign visits in America are fairly Taylor, Lori L., Shawna Grosskopf, Kathy J. Hayes, and William Weber. 2015. “Centralized they go to cast their vote,” Gottlieb said. “This is serious events, with speech giving and hand- or Decentralized Control of School Resources? A Network Model.” Journal of Productivity not necessarily a bad thing, but these local elites shaking, the campaigns I witnessed in Senegal Analysis 43 (2): 139–150. can also abuse their status and influence in ways were more like community parties,” said Bush Taylor, Lori L., Shawna Grosskopf, and Kathy J. Hayes. 2014. “Efficiency in Education: Research that are more beneficial to themselves than the School student Kelsey Barrera. “Further study and Implications.” Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 36 (2): 175–210. voters,” she added. of the democratic process in Senegal should help give us insight into possible solutions for Taylor, Lori L., Shawna Grosskopf, Kathy J. Hayes. 2014. “Applied Efficiency Analysis in The field work involved a household survey, strengthening democracy in these fragile or Education.” Economics and Business Letters 3 (1): 19–26. leader survey, and a series of behavioral games conflict-affected countries.” Thornton, Gabriela Marin. 2015. “The Roma/Gypsies: Outcasts of Europe.”E-International conducted in sixty-four rural Senegalese Relations. Web. villages. With the assistance of three Bush After the surveys and simulation games were School students and several members of the completed, the third and final stage of the project Thornton, Gabriela Marin. 2014. “The Outsiders: Power Differentials between Roma/Gypsies and local Senegal community, the research project began—data entry. Because transporting physical Non-Roma in Europe.” Perspectives on European Politics and Society 15 (1): 106–19. was divided into three stages: training and copies of thousands of pages of research data back preparation, field work, and data entry. to the United States was out of the question, the GRANTS research team had to digitize all of the materials. “Getting the first phase of the project underway Bright, Leonard. “2013–2014 Capstone Project.” Brazos Valley Council of Governments. $1,500. was a herculean task,” said Bush School student “Our office turned into organized chaos,” Svojsik Brown, Lisa. “2014 Don Foshee Memorial Grant.” Texas Distance Learning Association. $1,000. Susana Svojsik. “Given the size of our sample said. “We had thousands of documents to process and complexity of the experiments, the number and scan and a very tight schedule to get it all done. Brown, William. “Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation Capstone.” Barbara Bush Houston of individual pieces of material we had to prepare I am still not sure exactly how, but we did it.” Literacy Foundation. $500. exceeded 10,000.” Brown, William. “Texas Association of Community Colleges Capstone.” Texas Association of In spite of multiple setbacks during this stage Community Colleges. $820. During the first stage, Gottlieb and the interns of the project—from broken scanners to power Cortes, Kalena E. “Doubling Up – The Impact of Remedial Algebra on Students’ Long-Run trained sixteen enumerators to conduct the fluctuations—Gottlieb spoke highly of her Obstacles.” Harvard University. 2012–2014: $81,756. surveys and simulations and prepare survey and team of Bush School students and the work they simulation materials for all 1,024 participants accomplished. Cortes, Kalena E. “Post-Secondary Educational Opportunity in Texas.” Greater Texas in the survey. Since municipal elections were Foundation. 2013–2016: $90,000. slated for the end of June, all of the training “I am grateful for the dedication and hard Hudson, Valerie, M., “Household Formation Systems, Marriage Markets, and Society’s Stability/ and fieldwork had to be completed in less work of these students as well as their humor Resilience.” Department of Defense (Minerva Initiative). $405,523.88. than five weeks after the team arrived in the in confronting difficult situations and their country. Following a pilot test of the surveys creativity in the face of challenges,” Gottlieb Lahey, Joanna. “Age Discrimination in Hiring: Eye Tracking During the Resume Review Process.” Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. 2012–2015: $116,201. and simulation, the sixteen enumerators were said. “I am also grateful for the funding we dispatched into the field. To cover all sixty-four received for the project from the Conflict and Morrison, Jennifer. “McKenna Foundation Capstone.” McKenna Foundation. $1,500. villages, each intern and the local supervisor Development Centers, the Scowcroft Institute, a O Paarlberg, Laurie E. “NSF Transfer: Institutional Competing Logics.” National Science managed a team of four enumerators. PESCA grant, and the Bush School.” Foundation. $76,812. Ross, Andrew. “Research and Analysis of Critical National Security Issues.” Sandia Laboratories. $60,000. Rosser, Wynn. “A Statewide Strategy for Postsecondary Completion in Rural Texas.” FURTHER STUDY OF THE DEMOCRATIC Communities Foundation of Texas. $10,000. Rosser, Wynn. “Knapp Community Care Foundation Capstone.” Knapp Community Care PROCESS IN SENEGAL SHOULD HELP Foundation. $4,974. “ GIVE US INSIGHT INTO POSSIBLE Thornton, Gabriela Marin. “The Shift in Power from West to East: Implications for the SOLUTIONS FOR STRENGTHENING Transatlantic Relationship.” Robert Bosch Stiftung. $16,820. DEMOCRACY IN THESE FRAGILE OR Vedlitz, Arnold. “Center for Translational Environmental Health Research.” National Institute of Health. $4,000,000. CONFLICT-AFFECTED COUNTRIES.” – KELSEY BARRERA, BUSH SCHOOL STUDENT MARKS OF DISTINCTION THE BUSH SCHOOL OF TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICE

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