Janet McCabe, an environmental policy expert with a distinguished career in public service, law and academia, will rejoin the faculty at Indiana University for a yearlong appointment beginning July 1. McCabe will serve at the IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law, the IU Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs and the IU Environmental Resilience Institute.
“I am so pleased to be returning to Indiana University,” McCabe said. “The opportunity to work with students, faculty and researchers in the law and public policy schools, and with the amazing staff at the IU Environmental Resilience Institute, brings together so many issues and ideas that I have spent my career working on. It takes both law and public policy to effect change for the benefit of society, especially in the challenging area of climate change, and IU is training the best of the best to make a difference.”
As senior policy advisor at the Environmental Resilience Institute, McCabe will advance several projects critical for the state, including a relaunch of the Indiana Climate Change Impacts Assessment, and further build out the institute’s network of municipal partners.
“Janet is a bridge builder who understands how to bring people together to address environmental threats and improve the health and safety of communities,” Environmental Resilience Institute Executive Director Gabe Filippelli said. “As a former Environmental Resilience Institute director, she forged relationships with local governments across the state that led to one of the most innovative community-based climate action models in the country and expanded opportunities for IU students to get a head start on their sustainability careers. The institute is thrilled to welcome Janet back to IU as we expand efforts to assist Hoosier communities with their climate goals.”
