Recent News
On Thursday, October 11, the Washington State Supreme Court unanimously found that imposing the death penalty violated the state's constitutional bar against cruel punishment, and ended capital punishment in Washington. Two UW sociologists did the rigorous analytical research that became instrumental to the court's decision.
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Cara Margherio, Assistant Director of CERSE, has been named Virtual Visiting Scholar for the ADVANCE Resource and Coordination (ARC) Network, a program funded through the National Science Foundation and administered by the Association for Women in Science. The Virtual Visiting Scholars program provides researchers across disciplines an opportunity... Read more
Read Sarah's op-ed piece, published in HuffPo, 9/26/28:
Kavanaugh’s ‘Good Guy’ Defense Reveals A Dangerous Rape Myth
If you think a prior sexual assault doesn’t disqualify someone from the United States Supreme Court, what are your priorities, I wonder?
Special to The Seattle Times
By Callie H. Burt
In the midst of this Brett Kavanaugh confirmation chaos, I find myself perplexed by numerous things, but the question, “Why didn’t Christine Blasey Ford tell her story... Read more
Sara Curran, Professor of Sociology and International Studies, has been elected as the Vice President of the Population Association of American (PAA). PAA is a nonprofit, scientific, professional organization established in 1930 to promote the improvement, advancement and progress of the human condition through research of problems related to human population. PAA members include demographers,... Read more
Katherine Beckett and co-authors responded to critics of restorative justice in the May 17 Seattle Times, citing evidence from multiple sources that a restorative justice response to crime produces greater victim satisfaction with the process and with the outcome, than do approaches that depend only on prison and punishment. Read the full piece at the... Read more
Hannah Curtis has been awarded and NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. This very competitive award funds outstanding predoctoral students in NSF-supported fields. Hannah joins other recent NSF Graduate Fellows, Michele Cadigan and John Leverso . Tyler Smith’s application was also recognized with honorable mention. We especially... Read more
Katherine Beckett succeeds Professor Emeritus Stewart Tolnay as the S. Frank Miyamoto Professor of Sociology.
The S. Frank Miyamoto Professorship in Sociology was endowed in 2002 in honor of Frank Miyamoto, former professor and chair of the University of Washington Department of Sociology. Frank began his long association with the University of Washington as an undergraduate in the 1930s. ... Read more
Congratulations to Professor Alexes Harris, selected a winner of the University of Washington Distinguished Teaching Award. During her career at UW, Alexes has taught and inspired thousands of students in her Sociology classes, and we are extraordinarily lucky to have her in our midst. The Distinguished Teaching Award is the University’s highest award for instruction, and... Read more