Laura Evans

Laura E. Evans
Assistant Professor of Public Affairs
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2005

Contact Information:
Parrington Hall, Room 207B
evansle@u.washington.edu
206.543.4900
On leave through summer 2009

Areas of Specialization:
Intergovernmental Relations, Urban and Regional Affairs, Race and Ethnicity, Political Institutions

Laura Evans joined the Evans School faculty in 2004. Her research explores intergovernmental relations and public sector decision-making in the United States. She examines the forces shaping regional policy coordination, with particular attention to the effects of racial and economic divisions on interactions between governments, and with particular interest in the ways that government organization matters for policy design and implementation.

Her current research examines relations between Native American tribal governments and states and localities. This study addresses how federal institutions structure political outcomes and how politically marginalized groups approach politics. Also, Evans is initiating a study of how regional policy coordination and competition affect health policy in metropolitan areas. Finally, in co-authored work, she analyzes how state legislatures govern local affairs.

Evans is a recipient of a Robert Wood Johnson Scholars in Health Policy Research Fellowship, a University of Washington Research Royalty Fund Award, a Brookings Institution Research Fellowship, and the 2006 Best Dissertation Award from the Urban Politics Section of the American Political Science Association

Outside of academia, Evans has worked for the Department of Commerce Office of Inspector General.

Evans holds a Ph.D. in Political Science and a MPP from the University of Michigan. She also holds a BA in political science from the University of California, Berkeley.

Curriculum Vitae (83KB PDF)