Public Service & Administration Department at Texas A&M

09/17/2021

The Center for Nonprofits & Philanthropy at the Bush School invites you to join us for a virtual presentation with Dr. Kenneth Taylor titled "Racial Leadership Equity at Nonprofit Organizations." The presentation will take place on Sept. 23 at 12 p.m. CT. Register online to attend: https://buff.ly/3hFDNWK

09/13/2021

Welcome to College Station, EMPSA students! Today is Day 1 of Residency Week!

09/13/2021

Whether you agree with the criteria used by Forbes ( #17) or US News and World Report ( #26), Texas A&M is among the top public universities in the U.S. . . . and an excellent place to pursue a graduate or professional program.
https://today.tamu.edu/2021/09/09/forbes-ranks-texas-am-among-nations-best-colleges/
https://today.tamu.edu/2021/09/13/u-s-news-ranks-texas-am-among-nations-best-public-universities/

09/10/2021

Dr. Joanna Lahey's work on age discrimination was cited in a recent Forbes magazine article on reservation wages.

In a sure sign of increased bargaining power, reservation wages have increased from last year from $64,000 to almost $69,000.

09/10/2021

7 days until Residency Week! We are excited for our EMPSA students to join us from September 13th through 17th.

09/10/2021

The Bush School of Government & Public Service's Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy (ISTPP) welcomes Dr. Rotem Dvir to its staff. As an assistant research scientist, Dr. Dvir will expand the Institute’s research to examine the intersection of political psychology, decision making, and public policy. https://buff.ly/2X7YEuS

09/10/2021

Dr. Brian Nakamura, Assistant Professor of the Practice, gave an invited presentation on Performance and Management at the Texas City Management Association Region VI Meeting.

Brian S. Nakamura joined Department of Public Service and Administration as Assistant Professor of the Practice in September 2019.

09/10/2021

Dr. Kalena Cortes, PSAA Associate Professor, was recently awarded a Southeastern Conference (SEC) Faculty Travel Grant. This competitive award gives faculty from the SEC an opportunity to travel to another SEC campus to exchange ideas, develop grant proposals, conduct research, present lectures or carry out other academic activities.

Thirteen distinguished faculty members from across Texas A&M University have been honored as 2021 Chancellor’s Enhancing Development and Generating Excellence in Scholarship (EDGES) Fellows. The Bush School's Dr. Kalena Cortes was one of the award recipients.

09/10/2021

Dr. Laura Dague’s paper with Marguerite Burns, “The Effects of Medicaid Coverage on Post-Incarceration Employment and Recidivism” was selected as “Best of ARM” at Academy Health’s Annual Research Meeting in the program area “Coverage, Access, and Medicaid”. Each year, AcademyHealth review committees select the most outstanding research abstracts submitted in response to the Call for Abstracts in 21 different areas of health services research (HSR). The Best of ARM abstracts provide a snapshot of exceptional HSR occurring across the country with important implications for policy and practice. Dr. Dague’s presentation was featured at the June 2021 virtual meeting.

Dr. Laura Dague, an Associate Professor in the PSAA department, earned a PhD in economics from the University of Wisconsin.

09/09/2021

Congratulations to The Bush School of Government & Public Service's Dr. Kalena Cortes for being named a 2021 Chancellor’s Enhancing Development and Generating Excellence in Scholarship (EDGES) Fellow! She was one of thirteen Texas A&M University faculty members to receive the award university-wide. https://buff.ly/3niDMLZ