Hill, Heather

CSDE Research Affiliate

Heather Hill

Professor, Evans School of Public Policy and Governance
University of Washington
Tel: 206-685-8041
website

CSDE Committees: Executive Committee Member

CSDE Research Areas:

Demographic Measurements and Methods
Health of People and Populations
Wellbeing of Families and Households

In the News:

Adhia and Hill to Study How Paid Leave Affects Domestic Violence (05/08/2025)
Freitag and Hill Co-Author Study on Retirement and Poverty During the Pandemic (01/03/2024)
Van Draanen, Williams, Hill, and Rowhani-Rahbar Consider How the Earned Income Tax Credit Affects the Likelihood of Substance Use Disorder and Overdose (05/31/2024)
PHI Awards Tier 1 Planning Grant to Lindman, Basu, Hajat, Hill, and Jones-Smith for their Study on Paid Family Leave and Parent Mental Health (05/31/2024)
Hill Receives Funding to Support New Study on Paid Family and Medical Leave (05/08/2023)
CSDE Affiliates and Trainees Receive Population Health Initiative Pilot Research Awards (12/29/2022)
New article by Hill and Colleagues Examines EITC Payments and the Risk of Criminal Conviction During Adolescence (11/28/2022)
Mooney, Hill, Rowhani-Rabhar, and Co-Authors Continue Exploring the Connection Between EITC and Firearm Violence in New Publication (09/02/2022)
Rowhani-Rabhar, Hill, and Co-authors Publish Review Article on Income Support Policies and Firearm Violence (07/22/2022)
Hill, Mooney, Rowhani-Rahbar, and Collaborators Study Effects of Child Tax Credits on Maltreatment in New Publication (06/13/2022)
Hill & Rowhani-Rahbar Publish Invited Commentary in JAMA Network Open (02/18/2022)
Recent Article by Hill and Co-Author Describes Inequities in Childhood Wealth (10/29/2021)
UW Public Policy Doctoral Student Nicole Kovski and CSDE Affiliates Hill, Mooney and Rowhani-Rahbar Co-author Study on Child Maltreatment (02/01/2021)
Panel: COVID-19 & Child Wellbeing: A Multi-disciplinary Conversation about the Pandemic's Effects on Children (11/30/2020)
CSDE Affiliates Hill, Otten, and Buszkiewicz Examine Health Effects of Minimum Wage Policy (02/15/2020)
Heather D. Hill and Scott W. Allard Selected as Russell Sage Foundation Visiting Scholars (01/24/2020)
CSDE Fellow Spotlight: Hilary Wething (01/10/2020)
Congratulations to Participants in CSDE's Grant Writing Workshop (09/26/2019)
Heather Hill Appointed to Population Health Initiative Executive Council (09/03/2019)
Heather Hill, Jennifer Otten, and Noah Seixas Find High Rates of Depression Among Child Care Workers (07/17/2019)
Call for Articles: RSF Issue on Wealth Inequality and Child Development (05/13/2019)
CSDE Affiliates Co-Author Two Minimum Wage Ordinance Studies (02/15/2019)
Heather Hill Elected to the Policy Council of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (01/28/2019)
Ali Rowhani-Rahbar and Heather Hill Awarded U01 to Investigate EITC and Violence Prevention (10/08/2018)
Heather Hill Explains Why Income Disruptions May Impact Childhood Development (09/03/2018)
Hilary Wething and Heather Hill Highlighted for Work on Minimum-Wage Study (02/28/2017)
Population Research Discovery Seminar: Heather Hill (01/17/2017)

Heather Hill is a Professor in the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance. She has a BA (political science) from UW, a Master's in Public Policy from the University of Michigan, and a PhD in Human Development and Social Policy from Northwestern University. Her research examines how public and workplace policies influence family economic circumstances and child well-being and development in low-income families. Hill conducts experimental, quasi-experimental and non-experimental research using both quantitative and qualitative data. Her training and research orientation are fundamentally multidisciplinary and population-focused. Her work has been published in top journals, including the Journal of Public Policy and Management, Demography, Work and Occupations, the American Journal of Epidemiology, and the Journal of Health Economics. At CSDE, Hill serves on the Executive Committee and as chair of the primary research area on the Wellbeing of Households and Families. She also serves on the Executive Council of the University of Washington's Public Health Initiative.