Faculty and Staff

Katherine Beckett portrait against green background
In a time of isolation, finding communion
December 15, 2020
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Early police stops had long-term consequences for Seattle’s Black youth, UW research shows
December 2, 2020
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The 2020 census: deadlines, politics and what may come next
November 19, 2020
The Criminal Legal System as a Social Problem
November 12, 2020
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Teaching and Learning During COVID-19
October 7, 2020
Q&A: Alexes Harris on defunding police, racial disparities in criminal justice
September 28, 2020
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Meet our new Assistant Professor, Patricia Louie
September 23, 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
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
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Sarah Quinn's American Bonds Wins Two Major Awards
July 7, 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
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Department Chair's Message in the Wake of Protests Against Police Violence
June 2, 2020
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Zack Almquist Receives NSF Grant for Study of Behaviors in Response to COVID-19
April 28, 2020
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What the Most Vulnerable Populations Can Tell Us About the COVID-19 Outbreak
April 1, 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
NIH Director's New Innovator Award
Tyler McCormick Awarded an NIH Director's New Innovator Award
October 7, 2019
American Bonds: How Credit Markets Shaped a Nation
Sarah Quinn Discusses Credit Markets in ASA Interview
July 17, 2019
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Alexes Harris Named University's Faculty Athletic Representative 
July 12, 2019
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Margherio Named Virtual Visiting Scholar for the ARC Network
October 31, 2018
Katherine Beckett and Heather Evans
Beckett and Evans' Research Upends Death Penalty in Washington State
October 23, 2018
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Beckett Appointed S. Frank Miyamoto Professor of Sociology
April 25, 2018
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Professor Harris Receives 2018 Distinguished Teaching Award
April 25, 2018
Christine
Leibbrand and Tolnay's work on the impact of the Great Migration on second generation outcomes published in Demography, highlighted on CityLab
January 28, 2018
Pepper
In the News:  Pepper Schwartz weighs in on #Metoo and issues of sexual consent
January 28, 2018
Bob Crutchfield
Bob Crutchfield Wins Herbert Bloch Award from the American Society of Criminology
December 15, 2017
Nathalie Williams
In the News:  Williams and Pfaff Describe Impact of GOP Tax bill on Graduate Education at UW in Seattle Times op-ed
December 11, 2017
Spiritual Virtuoso
The Spirtual Virtuoso:  Personal Faith and Social Transformation.  By Steve Pfaff and Marion Goldman, reviewed by Susan Pitchford
November 28, 2017
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Flipping the Script on Deficit Models of Student Success
November 24, 2017
CapeTown
UW brings the Data Revolution to the International Population Conference in Cape Town
November 8, 2017
Kashima
Adjunct Professor Tetsuden Kashima honored with Imperial Decorations by the Government of Japan
November 3, 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
Twitter immigration collage
Using a clever design and twitter data, Flores' research reveals how anti-immigration laws embolden those with anti-immigrant sentiments.  
October 23, 2017
Emilio Zagheni
Emilio Zagheni's work leverages Facebook advertising data to estimate migrant populations
October 12, 2017
Tolnay Retirement
An Appreciation of Stew Tolnay, Written by María Vignau Loría 
October 2, 2017
No Jargon
No Jargon:  René Flores discusses immigration and the 2016 Presidential Election with Theda Skocpol.
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
Alexes Harris joins colleages in the Washington State Academy of Sciences
July 27, 2017
L.A. County might stop charging needy defendants a $50 fee
June 7, 2017
Sociology Awards 2017 Recipients
2016 - 2017 Graduate Student and Faculty Department Awards Recipients
May 30, 2017
Cultural FOMO: the neverending struggle to keep up
May 18, 2017
Black life is draining out of Seattle, Census shows
May 16, 2017
Research team tracks complex web of monetary sanctions in 9 states
April 25, 2017