- Evans School Faculty
September 11, 2024
Philip Womble
Philip Womble is trained as an attorney and a hydrologist and specializes in water policy, water rights, and water markets. He joined the University of Washington in 2024. Before UW, Philip was a postdoctoral fellow with the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University and a fellow at Stanford Law School. He holds a…
August 7, 2023
Cory Struthers
Cory Struthers is an Assistant Professor in the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Washington, Seattle. She joined the Evans School in 2023. Struthers studies how public opinion, scientific information, and special interests filter through institutions to shape policymakers’ decisions, especially on climate change and the environment. Trained as a…
September 27, 2022
Mariko Lockhart
Mariko Lockhart has served in numerous leadership roles at the City of Seattle and youth-serving nonprofits. As the Director of the Seattle Office for Civil Rights from 2018 – 2021, she led the organization during the COVID pandemic and the racial justice reckoning following the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. The Seattle Office…
August 6, 2021
Sebawit (Seba) Bishu
Sebawit (Seba) Bishu is an Assistant Professor of Public Management at the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Washington, Seattle. She also holds a non-resident research fellowship appointment at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Women and Public Policy Program. Her scholarly work explores race and gender relations in public…
Isabelle Cohen
Isabelle Cohen joined the Evans School of Public Policy & Governance in 2021. Her work focuses on institutional capacity constraints in developing countries, including taxation under low enforcement capacity, digital identification, and gender norms (particularly child marriage). Much of her research uses large-scale randomized control trials, with ongoing projects in countries including Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria,…
December 16, 2020
Jodi Sandfort
Jodi Sandfort joined the Evans School of Public Policy & Governance as dean in January 2021. Dean Sandfort’s scholarship focuses on improving the implementation of social policy, particularly those policies designed to support low-income children and their families. Her leadership uses participatory methods to activate others to address systemic biases that are reproduced through practices…
June 18, 2020
Dafeng Xu
In Autumn 2019, Dafeng Xu joined the Evans School of Public Policy & Governance as an assistant professor. Dafeng specializes in data science, and his areas of research include urban and regional policy, immigration policy, and the social and economic history of the United States. Dafeng’s ongoing research is focused on developing and employing data…
Karin D. Martin
Karin D. Martin is a crime policy specialist whose areas of expertise are monetary sanctions, racial disparities in the criminal justice system, and decision-making in the criminal justice context. These issues come together in her current projects, which examine the use of money in punishment (e.g., fines, fees, restitution, etc.). She is currently co-PI in…
Ines Jurcevic
Ines takes a multi-method approach to conducting research at the intersection of social psychology and public management. She examines processes related to stereotyping, prejudice, discrimination, and diversity. Ines is particularly interested in examining the benefits and challenges that come with managing diversity, equity and inclusion. She examines these questions from organizational perspectives, the perspectives of…
Didier Alia
Didier Alia is a Research Assistant Professor at the Evans School of Public Policy & Governance, having initially joined the Evans School as a Research Associate in September 2017. Dr. Alia is an agricultural economist with a broad research interest and expertise in international development with a focus on agricultural technology adoption, agricultural transformation, climate…
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