Graduate Education

Ramin Jabbarli participating in "Mother Tongue in a Changing World"
Ramin Jabbarli speaks at University of Toronto's Mother Tongue in a Changing World event
February 23, 2026
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Recent Publication Highlights Socioeconomic Inequality in Street Level Imagery
February 10, 2026
UW Information School ties for 1st; other UW programs place highly in US News & World Report Best Graduate Schools ranking
UW Information School ties for 1st; other UW programs place highly in US News & World Report Best Graduate Schools ranking
April 7, 2025
UW graduate and professional disciplines have strong showing on US News’ Best Graduate Schools rankings
UW graduate and professional disciplines have strong showing on US Newsâ Best Graduate Schools rankings
April 8, 2024
Jerald Herting and Sound Data students
Pilot project hopes to provide relevant data to policy makers  
December 10, 2023
We are First-Generation: College of Arts & Sciences Students and Alumni
October 14, 2023
I am First-Generation: Elizabeth Nova
October 8, 2023
Jabbarli Panelist
Jabbarli Panelist at Economic Forum in Poland
September 12, 2023
2023 Husky 100
April 23, 2023
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
Up to 60% of U.S. Covid-19 Cases Unreported, Disease Model Says
August 4, 2021
Opinion: Crowdfunding sites like GoFundMe fails most of those in need
July 29, 2021
three graduate students in front of projector screen
Gender and Sexuality Graduate Research Cluster Receives Funding from Simpson Center
June 9, 2021
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Starting Graduate School During a Pandemic
May 11, 2021
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Article published by Xinguan Fan and Maria Vignau Loria wins 2021 IPUMS Global Health Research Award
May 5, 2021
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
A year with COVID-19: A chronology of how the UW adapted — and responded — to the pandemic
March 8, 2021
Video Reflections
January 20, 2021
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From Sociology to Communication, Through the Study of Politics: Q&A With Yuan Hsiao
January 19, 2021
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
Malone Muwkende, a medical student at St. George's University of London
How Bias In Medical Textbooks Endangers BIPOC
August 31, 2020
John Leverso
An Unusual Journey: John Leverso’s Path to a PhD
July 8, 2020
Michele Cadigan
Michele Cadigan Wins Horowitz Foundation Grant
July 7, 2020
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Gender and Sexuality Graduate Research Cluster Receives Funding from Simpson Center
June 17, 2020
Students walking under the cherry blossoms
A Conversation with Director of Graduate Studies Bill Lavely
April 15, 2020
John Leverso
John Leverso Accepts Assistant Professor Position at Whitman College
January 8, 2020
Detroit, New York City, and Chicago
Christine Leibbrand Looks at Segregation and Life Outcomes in The Conversation
January 8, 2020
Connor Gilroy portrait headshot
Connor Gilroy wins Graduate School's Distinguished Thesis Award
July 11, 2019
Carll
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
Marco
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
Hannah Curtis, Michelle Cadigan, John Leverso
Curtis Awarded NSF Fellowship
May 21, 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
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
Children
Ande Reisman's Dispatch from the Field:  Liminal in Nepal
November 6, 2017
Diefendorf honored with ASA Section Award for research on sexuality among evangelicals
July 27, 2017
Graduating Ph.D. Class of 2016-2017
Congratulations to our Ph.D. Graduating Class of 2016-2017!
June 14, 2017
Sociology Awards 2017 Recipients
2016 - 2017 Graduate Student and Faculty Department Awards Recipients
May 30, 2017
Edwards accepts post-doc
Frank Edwards Accepts Post-Doctoral Position at Cornell University
March 24, 2017
Cadigan Receives NSF
Michele Cadigan Receives NSF Graduate Fellowship
March 24, 2017
Hsiao receives award for MA thesis
Yuan Hsiao receives Graduate School’s 2016 Distinguished Thesis Award
September 14, 2016
Nina Cesare's and Jennifer Branstad's work using Twitter to study mourning appears in the news.
August 26, 2016
Brines' and Serafini's work on seasonal trends in divorce is in the news.
August 26, 2016
Pantazis accepts US Census job
Athena Pantazis accepts position at US Census Bureau
June 23, 2016
Frank Edwards wins 2 ASA awards
Frank Edward's wins two best graduate student papers from ASA
June 10, 2016
Denice accepts post-doc
Patrick Denice accepts post-doc at Washington University-St Louis
May 29, 2016
Anna Reosti receives NSF award
Reosti receives NSF dissertation award
May 24, 2016
Graduate students Bruns, Edwards, and Grigoryeva awarded fellowships
May 16, 2016