News: In the Media

Community members hold a press conference addressing an upcoming Seattle City Council vote on an agreement between the Seattle Police Officers Guild and the city of Seattle at City Hall, Nov. 13, 2018.
Podcast | When defunding the police meets Seattle’s political reality
January 28, 2021
Bushes and trees cover a walkway outside Mary Gates Hall
Police contact at a young age leads to different outcomes for Black youth
January 22, 2021
phone screen with a dating profile on it and a thumb about to swipe left or right
Can You Find True, Lasting Love on Tinder? Study Finds It's Possible
January 7, 2021
Cop Budgets Benefit from Cannabis Legalization, Sparking Backlash in 'Defund the Police' Era
December 16, 2020
Katherine Beckett portrait against green background
In a time of isolation, finding communion
December 15, 2020
police car lights flashing red and blue
Early police stops had long-term consequences for Seattle’s Black youth, UW research shows
December 2, 2020
close up of census form
The 2020 census: deadlines, politics and what may come next
November 19, 2020
The Criminal Legal System as a Social Problem
November 12, 2020
Q&A: Alexes Harris on defunding police, racial disparities in criminal justice
September 28, 2020
Muslim woman holding an American flag and raising her hand to take the citizenship oath
Steve Pfaff's Op-Ed in the Washington Post Highlights His Research on Discrimination Against Muslim and Atheist Families in US Schools 
September 14, 2020
doorway of an apartment building in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood
Ian Kennedy’s Research Sheds Light on Discriminatory Rental Practices In Seattle Neighborhoods
September 14, 2020
COVID-19 viruses against green background
New Guide for Understanding COVID Data
September 13, 2020
Malone Muwkende, a medical student at St. George's University of London
How Bias In Medical Textbooks Endangers BIPOC
August 31, 2020
Are Black Lives Matter protesters peaceful or violent? Depends on whom you ask.
August 24, 2020
How the pandemic is changing relationships
July 10, 2020
Protesters outside the Seattle West Precinct with their fists raised in the air
Alexes Harris: Companies Can Keep Their Hollow Statements on Racism. We Need Real Change.
June 17, 2020
With coronavirus, prison and jail sentences could become death sentences
March 31, 2020
Detroit, New York City, and Chicago
Christine Leibbrand Looks at Segregation and Life Outcomes in The Conversation
January 8, 2020
‘Divorce Month’ Fact or Fiction: Do More Couples Split in January?
January 4, 2020
Op-ed: What happens when black Americans leave their segregated hometowns
December 11, 2019
What it's like to have dinner with Seattle chef Melissa Miranda
September 23, 2019
Katherine Beckett and Heather Evans
Beckett and Evans' Research Upends Death Penalty in Washington State
October 23, 2018
Sarah Diefendorf
Sarah Diefendorf, PhD '18, draws on social science research in an op-ed about masculinity and Brett Kavanaugh's response to allegations of sexual assault
September 26, 2018
Callie Burt
"Why We Stay Silent After Sexual Assault"  Callie Burt Weighs In On the Kavenaugh Case
September 22, 2018
Miyamoto Professor Katherine Beckett
Beckett Op-Ed on Restorative Justice in the Seattle Times
May 21, 2018
Barbara Reskin weighs in on the impact of overtime on the city of Seattle's gender wage gap
April 11, 2018
Pepper
In the News:  Pepper Schwartz weighs in on #Metoo and issues of sexual consent
January 28, 2018
No Money, No Vote: How Imposed Fines, Fees and Cost Keep Black People From Voting
December 1, 2017
How air pollution clouds mental health
November 2, 2017
Luther
On the Quincentennial of Luther's 95 theses, Steve Pfaff discusses how Luther's spiritual practice helped spread the Reformation.
October 30, 2017
Using Facebook data as a real-time census
October 16, 2017
Pettinicchio
David Pettinicchio (PhD 2012) and Michelle Maroto (PhD 2012) examine employment discrimination against persons with disabilities
September 21, 2017
Changing the Game
September 12, 2017
Q & A: Sarah Quinn lifts the curtain on the 'hidden state'
August 22, 2017
Guest Editorial: Seattle Must Do More to Help Former Prisoners Get Housing
August 9, 2017
Brendan McGovern
Top Honors for Four Undergrads
June 7, 2017
L.A. County might stop charging needy defendants a $50 fee
June 7, 2017
6 Common Sex Problems Every Couple Deals With
May 26, 2017
Cultural FOMO: the neverending struggle to keep up
May 18, 2017
Black life is draining out of Seattle, Census shows
May 16, 2017
Sociology Majors Hawthorne and McElvaine Awarded Bonderman Fellowships
April 25, 2017
Research team tracks complex web of monetary sanctions in 9 states
April 25, 2017
I'm a woman of color with cancer. Here's why I can't find a bone marrow donor.
April 4, 2017
Americans are having less sex than they once did
March 8, 2017
What makes a protest work? A UW prof's primer
February 9, 2017
Counting in the dark: The challenge and power of counting homeless people in the dead of night
January 30, 2017
President Obama's farewell address
January 11, 2017
Can Training Really Stop Police Bias?
January 3, 2017
Is divorce more common during the holidays?
December 20, 2016
The Costs of Being Poor
November 21, 2016

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