Rebecca (Becky) Fauth, M.S., Ph.D. is a developmental psychologist and applied statistician specializing in research and evaluation of social policies and programs on children and families. She has methodological expertise in mixed-methods research, quasi-experimental designs, and research-practice integration, and substantive expertise in the influence of poverty and other social and structural determinants of health on children’s health and development and family well-being. Becky has over 25 years of experience evaluating family support, early childhood, and youth development programs in the U.S. and U.K. She is currently a Research Associate Professor in the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development at Tufts University, co-directing the Tufts Interdisciplinary Evaluation Research (TIER) group. At TIER, Becky leads several studies focused on home visiting and other two-generation family support programs and programs serving young people and families that are deeply involved in the child welfare and criminal justice systems. Becky co-developed TIER’s community evaluator model and is an active member of the Community-Engaged Participatory Research (CEPAR)@Tufts group; she regularly integrates participatory approaches in her work. Becky is a member of the Home Visiting Applied Research Collaborative (HARC) coordinating center, focused on developing tools to support home visiting research. At the start of her career, Becky worked as a preschool teacher and a family support case worker conducting home visits. Get in touch with Rebecca here!