Faculty and Staff

Ramin Jabbarli participating in "Mother Tongue in a Changing World"
UW Sociologist Ramin Jabbarli Discusses Iran Conflict in Kyiv Post Article
March 6, 2026
Photo of Dr. Courtney Boen, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Faculty Affiliate in the Population Studies and Training Center at Brown University.
Courtney Boen to speak at upcoming January SocSEM event
December 11, 2025
Stewart Tolnay
In Memory of Stewart Tolnay
October 31, 2025
UW Sociologist Adrian Raftery's article published in Communications Earth & Environment
October 20, 2025
Professor Quinn quoted in New Republic
UW Sociologist Sarah Quinn quoted in recent The New Republic article The Invisible Economic Crisis
October 17, 2025
Puyallup Tribal Historic Preservation Department (THPD) Family Data Reclamation Project
Working to help preserve Puyallup Tribal History
October 13, 2025
Seattle scene photo by Pamela Dore
After developing a better way to count homelessness, UW researchers discuss how more accurate data can help providers and people
November 4, 2024
Photo of Bob Crutchfield (left) and Stewart Tolnay (right)
New Crutchfield-Tolnay Undergraduate Research Award Announced
October 22, 2024
AP PHOTO of The funeral of the victims of the attack on Al-Hassan Mosque in Damascus, Jan 2012 from Haaretz article
UW SOC IN THE NEWS: New research quantifies bereavement and its lasting impacts
August 7, 2024
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UW Department of Sociology is pleased to welcome Audrey Dorélien to our faculty beginning in September 2024. 
May 1, 2024
Photo of Patrick Greiner
Patrick Greiner will join UW Sociology Faculty in Fall 2024
April 29, 2024
Photo of Drew Messamore
Drew Messamore to join UW Department of Sociology in Fall 2024
April 29, 2024
Liz Litzler
Liz Litzler nominated for Equity & Inclusion Distinguished Staff Award
February 21, 2024
Jerald Herting and Sound Data students
Pilot project hopes to provide relevant data to policy makers  
December 10, 2023
SOC 403 students and faculty at Seattle City Hall
SOC 403: UW Sociology practicum immerses students in real-world projects
December 10, 2023
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Rosalind Kichler Joins Teaching Faculty
May 18, 2023
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Travels with Edgar
April 26, 2023
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Tyler McCormick Elected ASA Fellow
April 14, 2023
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Sasha Shen Johfre joins UW Sociology and CSSS
January 31, 2023
portrait of David Takeuchi
David Takeuchi Receives Carl Taube Award for Lifetime Contributions to Mental Health Services
October 17, 2022
rodney stark portrait
Rodney Stark: A Reckless Eclectic Remembered
August 23, 2022
Dr. Pepper Schwartz sitting at her desk in a red sweater
Fifty Years of Relationships with Pepper Schwartz
May 18, 2022
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
May 11, 2022
Zack Almquist
Zack Almquist Receives Faculty Early Career Development Award
May 3, 2022
Theresa Rocha Beardall
Theresa Rocha Beardall receives NDIAS faculty fellowship
April 11, 2022
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Adrian Raftery wins 2022 Mindel C. Sheps Award
April 11, 2022
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
February 17, 2022
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Zack Almquist Named Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Mathematical Sociology
January 24, 2022
Chart showing divorce rates spiking in early spring and late summer, before dipping in the fall and winter.
No, divorce rates in Washington didn’t rise during the pandemic
November 3, 2021
Graduate students collaborating in a room while wearing masks. They are discussing some text on the whiteboard.
Continuing the Tradition: Teaching Fellows Create a “Teaching Toolkit” for UW Sociology
October 5, 2021
Zack Almquist photo
Almquist Receives ASA's 2021 Goodman Award
October 4, 2021
Portrait of Alexes Harris against a dark teal background. She is smiling and looking off to the left.
Professor Alexes Harris works closely with UW Athletics to help student-athletes succeed
September 23, 2021
From left to right: Magda Boutros, Jelani Ince, Theresa Rocha Beardall
Sociology Welcomes New Faculty Members
September 23, 2021
A man receives a vaccination in East Hollywood, Los Angeles last week
The Delta variant and ‘breakthrough’ infections: should Americans be worried?
August 5, 2021
People in cars wait at a Covid testing and vaccination site at Barnett Park in Orlando, Florida
Covid cases in US may have been undercounted by 60%, study shows
July 26, 2021
Security and police try to prevent supporters from entering a homeless encampment as the camp's occupants await possible eviction by police after workers enclosed the area with a fence, at Trinity Bellwoods Park in Toronto, June 22, 2021.
Opinion: The Trinity Bellwoods crackdown was not surprising — but there is a better way to respond to encampments
July 10, 2021
Two elderly adults sitting on a bench and wheel chair, looking out over the water
How long can a person live? The 21st century may see a record-breaker
July 6, 2021
A demonstrator holds their hands up while they kneel in front of the police at the Anaheim City Hall on June 1, 2020 in Anaheim, California, during a peaceful protest over the death of George Floyd. (Apu Gomes/AFP/Getty Images)
An Inside Look At Washington State's Policing And Race Curriculum For Recruits
May 25, 2021
Zack Almquist headshot
Zack Almquist Solving the Three-Body Problem
May 12, 2021
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Ann Frost on the Subtle Shifts in Teaching Spurred by COVID
May 10, 2021
David Takeuchi in a read shirt against a bookshelf backdrop
David Takeuchi's Long and Winding Road
May 4, 2021
Washington State’s Supreme Court Building, also known as the Temple of Justice, photographed on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, in Olympia, Wash. (Jovelle Tamayo for Crosscut)
After Blake, will Washington state repay victims of the war on drugs?
April 8, 2021
Washington high court charts less punitive path on juvenile justice
April 1, 2021
Mt Rainier through the trees
UW Sociology ranks highly in US News’ ‘Best Graduate School’ lists
March 29, 2021
Mary and Antonio Aramburu in Federal Way with their seven children
How the pandemic has changed Washington families for better, for worse … forever?
March 13, 2021
portraid photo David Takeuchi
Takeuchi Tracking Anti-Asian Racism During Pandemic
March 12, 2021
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
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Can You Find True, Lasting Love on Tinder? Study Finds It's Possible
January 7, 2021
Portrait of Bob Crutchfield
Bob Crutchfield's Community Engagement During Retirement
December 21, 2020