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portrait of Sasha Shen Johfre
Sasha Shen Johfre joins UW Sociology and CSSS
Large conference table covered with snacks, supplies. Students stand around the table putting items in bags.
Students in SOC 401B Deliver Supplies to Tent City 3 and Rosie’s Tiny House Village
Sherri Berdine portrait
Connecting with Native Communities
Sherri Berdine
How Sociology and American Indian Studies Alum Sherri Berdine Found her Community at UW
LaShawnDa Pittman Shows the Love
In a 466-day period pre-reform, 11 people were killed in active vehicle pursuits. In a period of the same length after the reforms were introduced, only two people were killed. Chart by Henry Behrens/Source: Martina Morris
Data shows fewer deaths after restrictions on police pursuits
Alexes Harris, ’97, becomes first UW regent to represent faculty
Extreme Heat Will Change Us
Alexes Harris Professor of Sociology
Sociology Professor Alexes Harris appointed UW’s first Faculty Regent
portrait of David Takeuchi
David Takeuchi Receives Carl Taube Award for Lifetime Contributions to Mental Health Services
CERSE staff photo spring party
Get to Know CERSE
Scholarship in SSTEM award from NSF
UW Statistics to co-lead NSF-funded Pacific Alliance for Low Income Inclusion in Statistics and Data Science
rodney stark portrait
Rodney Stark: A Reckless Eclectic Remembered
a homeless encampment under an off-ramp from Highway 90 near Dearborn Street South. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times)
How many homeless people are in King County? Depends who you ask
Art rendering of a hand holding puppet strings connected to a small man in a suit
Q&A: New book from UW professor examines history, consequences of fifth columns
San Francisco neighborhood
Social cohesion found to be key risk factor in early COVID infections
Dr. Pepper Schwartz sitting at her desk in a red sweater
Fifty Years of Relationships with Pepper Schwartz
book cover: Ending Mass Incarceration: Why it Persists and How to Achieve Meaningful Reform by Katherine Beckett
Katherine Beckett: Ending Mass Incarceration is Ambitious but Doable
Zack Almquist
Zack Almquist Receives Faculty Early Career Development Award
Theresa Rocha Beardall
Theresa Rocha Beardall receives NDIAS faculty fellowship
adrian raftery
Adrian Raftery wins 2022 Mindel C. Sheps Award
a Black man waves a Black Lives Matter flag in the middle of an intersection while a group of protesters holding signs gathers behind him
How Black Lives Matter protests sparked interest, can lead to change
illustration of a man chained to a gavel as he tries to run away
Multi-state study of monetary sanctions finds widespread inequities, far-reaching consequences
County revenue from legal fines based on 2019 data
Counties that rely on the courts for revenue sentence more women to incarceration
The University of Washington welcomed its most diverse cohort of new tenure-track faculty in 2021. Among the new hires are assistant professors (l-r) Jelani Ince, sociology, Esther Uduehi, marketing, and Angelic Amezcua, Spanish.
Faculty programs welcome most diverse cohort in UW history