Deb Naybor is an assistant professor of Environmental Studies and Sustainability at Paul Smith’s College. Her PhD from the SUNY Buffalo is in Geography and is a proud of alumni from Paul Smith’s with a degree in Forestry.
For more than 30 years she ran her own land surveying and land management company in Western New York, and was named one of the top women business owners in America by the US Small Business Administration. In 2004, she started her own small nonprofit organization and volunteered to set up small economic development programs in 18 countries in Asia and Africa. Deb’s research interests include sustainable housing and the impact of land rights on natural resource management. With an interest in global sustainability and use of natural resources, Deb has taken Paul Smith’s students to India, Africa and Iceland in order to study a wide range of human and environmental interaction.
She is a tiny house advocate, teaches tiny house design and has worked with students to design and build micro-campers, lean-tos and a cordwood cottage as part of their senior capstone projects.