Donna Lybecker to receive ISU 2018 Outstanding Service Award

Department of Political Science chair and professor Donna Lybecker received an Idaho State University 2018 Outstanding Service Award.

“We are proud of the many public service activities that Idaho State University faculty perform for the University and the communities they live in on top of their other duties as teachers, researchers and creators of new knowledge,” said Laura Woodworth-Ney, Executive Vice President and Provost for Academic Affairs. “The recipients of the 2018 Outstanding Service Awards represent the best in public service at ISU and it is an honor to help recognize them.”

Donna Lybecker is a professor of political science and chair of the Department of Political Science in the College of Arts and Letters. She joined the faculty at ISU in 2007.

Lybecker’s research and teaching cover the areas of environmental politics and international relations, with emphasis on water policy, political narrative and border studies. Using her background in environmental politics, Lybecker is a member of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s National Advisory Committee, serves on the Board of Directors for the Sagebrush Steppe Land Trust and was a member of the City of Pocatello’s Portneuf River Vision Study Working Group.

In addition, Lybecker regularly teaches courses for New Knowledge Adventures, chairs the Selection Committee for The Bert & Phyllis Lamb Prize in Political Science, serves as an associate editor for the Social Science Journal and the International Journal for Sustainable Society and works with many committees on the ISU campus. With her work, Lybecker aims to strengthen communities, improve decision-making and public understanding of human-environmental connections and contribute to better-informed political conservations.