Rachel Fyall
Associate Professor, Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy & Governance
University of Washington
CSDE Research Areas:
- Wellbeing of Families and Households
In the News:
- CSDE Affiliate Fyall Receives ARNOVA Research Award! (10/3/2020)
- CSDE Affiliates Colburn and Fyall Issue New Report About COVID-19 And Hotels as Non-Congregate Emergency Shelters (12/7/2020)
- Panel: Social Demography of Homelessness (2/9/2020)
- Population Health Initiative COVID-19 Grants Catalyzed UW Research Community (3/23/2021)
- Rachel Fyall Finds that Many UW Students Face Food and Housing Insecurity (5/14/2019)
- Rachel Fyall On Overcoming Homelessness (9/27/2016)
- Rachel Fyall Weighs in on Homelessness and Affordable Housing (8/15/2017)
- Fyall and Fowle in Seattle Times for Research on Housing Insecurity During Pandemic (7/27/2021)
- Panel: Social and Economic Impacts of COVID-19: Focus on Housing, Employment and Food Security (10/8/2021)
- Research by Fyall and Trainee Fowle Cited in The New York Times (11/19/2021)
- Colburn & Fyall Analyze the Use of Hotels as Homeless Shelters in New Publication (6/13/2022)
- Fyall and Co-Authors Publish on Exploring Nonprofit Advocacy Research Methods (11/3/2022)
- UW Scholars Convene Homelessness Research Initiative (12/11/2022)
Rachel Fyall joined the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance as an assistant professor beginning Autumn 2014. Her research investigates the influence of nonprofit organizations on the formation of public policy and in the delivery of public services. She examines how discretion shapes the public services provided by nonprofit contractors as well as advocacy and lobbying by nonprofit organizations. Her primary research context is publicly subsidized low-income housing, including the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program and various homelessness interventions. Rachel’s research has been published in Public Administration Review, Policy Studies Journal, and Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. She is a faculty affiliate of the West Coast Poverty Center and the Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology, both at UW.
Rachel holds a Ph.D. in Public Affairs from Indiana University, an M.P.A. from George Washington University (nonprofit management concentration), and a B.A. in Sociology and Latin American Studies from Wesleyan University. Before pursuing her doctorate, Fyall worked in housing policy at the Housing Development Consortium in Seattle. She previously worked at the Technology Access Foundation (Seattle) and has professional and volunteer experience in a variety of other nonprofit organizations.