Lisa Meierotto is an associate professor in Global Studies and Environmental Studies, in the School of Public Service, at Boise State University. She earned her Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Washington in 2009 with an emphasis on environmental anthropology. She received a MA in International Development, Community & Environment from Clark University in 2002.

Meierotto's research centers on global migration and environmental conservation. She has three current research streams: 1) The relationship between Homeland Security, nature conservation and human rights on the border. Between 2007-2010 she conducted fieldwork in Arizona at a wildlife refuge on the U.S.-Mexico border and currently explores how race and ethnicity influence perceptions of environmental degradation in the borderlands. 2) Migrant farm worker well-being. Current ethnographic fieldwork is located in southwestern Idaho and focuses on understanding food security among Latinx farm workers. 3) The refugee crisis in Greece. Current research focuses on understanding how the refugee crisis is experienced by refugees and displaced people in Greece.