Dr. Donna L. Lybecker
Associate Professor of International Relations, Environmental Politics, Comparative PoliticsHours: M 2:00 -3:00 p.m. W 10:30-11:30 a.m.
R 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Ph.D. Colorado State University, 2003
Faculty Biography
Donna L. Lybecker's research interests include the U.S.-Mexico border, environmental politics in the Western U.S. and Latin America, and the framing of political issues. Dr. Lybecker has co-author two books, Great Debates in Environmental History with B. Black (2009), and Pathways to Conflict and Cooperation with G. Hastedt and V. Shannon (2011).
Dr. Lybecker previously worked as a contractor with the U.S. Geological Survey and as a post-doc with the U.S. Forest Service. She continues her research with these scholars. Dr. Lybecker is currently the adviser of ISU's International Affairs Council, a student-run organization that sponsors and conducts ISU's annual Frank Church Symposium on International Affairs.
Outside of ISU, Dr. Lybecker is a member of the Executive Council for the Western Social Science Association and an Associate Editor for the Social Science Journal. She also works with the International Journal for Sustainable Society.
Courses Taught
- POLS 1101 - Introduction to American Government
- POLS 2221 - Introduction to International Relations: International Politics
- POLS 3331 - Comparative Politics: Framework for Analysis – Comparative Government
- POLS 4435/5535; IS 3301 - US Political Borders: Mexico and Canada (Topics in National and Regional Studies: Comparative Government)
- POLS 4435/5535; IS 3301 - South American Politics (Topics in National and Regional Studies: Comparative Government)
- POLS 4435/5535; IS 3301 - Politics of Central America and the Caribbean (Topics in National and Regional Studies: Comparative Government)
- POLS 4455/5555 - Environmental Politics and Policy
- POLS 4491 - Seminar (Independent studies for undergraduate students)
- POLS 5591 - Seminar (Independent studies for graduate students)
- POLS 6615 - Graduate Seminar in World Politics
- POLS 6621 - Interdisciplinary Graduate Seminar
- POLS 6649 - Research Problems (graduate level)
- POLS 6669 - Independent Problems (graduate level)
- IS 2200/4400 - Simulation
- IS 3300 - Travel and Study Abroad
- IS 3350 - International Symposium
- IS 4493 - Senior Thesis
Selected Publications
1. Pathways to Conflict and Cooperation (with Glenn Hastedt and Vaughn Shannon). Book under contract with CQ Press (2011).
2. The Story of Good Citizenship: Framing Public Policy in the Context of Duty-Based versus Engaged Citizenship (with Mark McBeth and Kacee Garner). Politics and Policy, Vol. 38, No. 1 (2010), 1-23.
3. The Commission for Environmental Cooperation and Transboundary Conservation across the U.S.-Mexico Border (with Stephen P. Mumme, Osiris Gaona, and Carols Manterola). Conservation of Shared Environments: Learning from the United States and Mexico. Laura Lopez-Hoffman, Emily D. McGovern, Robert G. Varady, and Karl W. Flessa, eds. Tucson, AZ, University of Arizona Press (2009).
4. The Policy of Border Fencing between the U.S. and Mexico: Permeability and Shifting Functions. Journal of the Southwest, Vol. 50, No. 3, (2008), 335-352.
5. Great Debates in Environmental History (with Brian C. Black). Greenwood Publishing (2008).
6. Use of the Legal-Institutional Analysis Model in Mexican Environmental Disputes. International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior, Vol. 11, No. 1, (2008), 85-102.