Awards

Brieana Smith receives the Howard B. Woolston Award from Professor Katherine Stovel, graduation 2024.
2024 Howard B. Woolston Award Recipient Announced
(June 20, 2024)
Photo of Ruby Whelan, Husky 100 2024 recipient
The UW Department of Sociology is thrilled to announce that Ruby Whelan, Honors Sociology '24, has been chosen as one of the Husky 100.
(May 1, 2024)
Liz Litzler
Liz Litzler nominated for Equity & Inclusion Distinguished Staff Award
(February 21, 2024)
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Meet the 2023 Homecoming Scholars
(October 20, 2023)
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Steve Karceski wins 2023 Honors Excellence in Teaching Award
(May 18, 2023)
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Soc Major Dawit Borrows makes the Husky 100
(April 25, 2023)
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2023 Husky 100
(April 23, 2023)
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Tyler McCormick Elected ASA Fellow
(April 14, 2023)
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David Takeuchi Receives Carl Taube Award for Lifetime Contributions to Mental Health Services
(October 17, 2022)
Scholarship in SSTEM award from NSF
UW Statistics to co-lead NSF-funded Pacific Alliance for Low Income Inclusion in Statistics and Data Science
(September 19, 2022)
Zack Almquist
Zack Almquist Receives Faculty Early Career Development Award
(May 3, 2022)
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Adrian Raftery wins 2022 Mindel C. Sheps Award
(April 11, 2022)
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Almquist Receives ASA's 2021 Goodman Award
(October 4, 2021)
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Husky 100
(June 14, 2021)
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Article published by Xinguan Fan and Maria Vignau Loria wins 2021 IPUMS Global Health Research Award
(May 5, 2021)
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University of Washington graduate and professional disciplines rank highly in US News’ ‘Best Graduate School’ lists
(April 13, 2021)
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UW Sociology ranks highly in US News’ ‘Best Graduate School’ lists
(March 29, 2021)
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Elizabeth Litzler Receives the WEPAN Founders Award
(July 8, 2020)
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Sarah Quinn's American Bonds Wins Two Major Awards
(July 7, 2020)
Michele Cadigan
Michele Cadigan Wins Horowitz Foundation Grant
(July 7, 2020)
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Charles Lanfear Receives Excellence in Teaching Award for 2020
(May 4, 2020)
NIH Director's New Innovator Award
Tyler McCormick Awarded an NIH Director's New Innovator Award
(October 7, 2019)
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Connor Gilroy wins Graduate School's Distinguished Thesis Award
(July 11, 2019)
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Erin Carll awarded NSF Dissertation Improvement Award
(July 11, 2019)
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Yuan Hsiao awarded Graduate School Presidential Dissertation Fellowship for 2019-20
(July 11, 2019)
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Marco Brydolf-Horwitz wins the ASA Crime, Law, and Deviance section's Distinguished Student Paper Award
(July 11, 2019)
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Christine Leibbrand awarded the 2019 Graduate Medal in the Social Sciences
(July 11, 2019)
2019 Undergraduate Symposium
Heather Evans Recognized for Outstanding Mentorship
(May 22, 2019)
Hannah Curtis, Michelle Cadigan, John Leverso
Curtis Awarded NSF Fellowship
(May 21, 2018)
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Professor Harris Receives 2018 Distinguished Teaching Award
(April 25, 2018)
Bob Crutchfield
Bob Crutchfield Wins Herbert Bloch Award from the American Society of Criminology
(December 15, 2017)
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Adjunct Professor Tetsuden Kashima honored with Imperial Decorations by the Government of Japan
(November 3, 2017)
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Sarah Quinn discusses her award winning research on 'the hidden state' with UW News. 
(August 17, 2017)
Olivia Smith, BA 17
Olivia Smith, B.A. '17, Awarded Fulbright to Study in Mexico
(July 31, 2017)
Alexes Harris joins colleages in the Washington State Academy of Sciences
(July 27, 2017)
Diefendorf honored with ASA Section Award for research on sexuality among evangelicals
(July 27, 2017)
2017 Undergraduate Award Winners photos
Congratulations 2016-2017 Undergraduate Award Winners!
(June 16, 2017)
Brendan McGovern
Top Honors for Four Undergrads
(June 7, 2017)
Sociology Awards 2017 Recipients
2016 - 2017 Graduate Student and Faculty Department Awards Recipients
(May 30, 2017)
Hawthorne&McElvaine Recieve Bonderman's
Sociology Majors Hawthorne and McElvaine Awarded Bonderman Fellowships
(April 23, 2017)
Cadigan Receives NSF
Michele Cadigan Receives NSF Graduate Fellowship
(March 24, 2017)
Raftery Awarded St. Patrick's Day Medal
Professor Adrian Raftery Receives Ireland's St. Patrick's Medal for His Contributions to Science
(March 17, 2017)
Emilio Zagheni
Trailblazer Award for Demographic Analysis given to Professor Zagheni
(September 14, 2016)
Hsiao receives award for MA thesis
Yuan Hsiao receives Graduate School’s 2016 Distinguished Thesis Award
(September 14, 2016)
Beckett elected to WSAS
Professor Katherine Beckett elected to Washington State Academy of Sciences
(July 29, 2016)
Frank Edwards wins 2 ASA awards
Frank Edward's wins two best graduate student papers from ASA
(June 10, 2016)
Anna Reosti receives NSF award
Reosti receives NSF dissertation award
(May 24, 2016)
Tolnay receives IPUMS award
Stew Tolnay and Amy Bailey receive IPUMS Research Award
(May 18, 2016)
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Graduate students Bruns, Edwards, and Grigoryeva awarded fellowships
(May 16, 2016)
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Professor Ross Matsueda receives the ASC's Sutherland Award
(May 12, 2016)