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A study led by Keren Snedker, Charles Lanfear, and Lindsey Beach on the growing tent cities in Seattle, was recently featured in The Seattle Times. The study reported that the presence of tents within Seattle's urban core has... Read more
Over 100 UW graduate and professional programs have been ranked by U.S. News & World Report to be among the top 35 in the nation.
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Before March 2020, home was separate from work, school and day care. Now all these things are centered at home. Parents are adjusting to new roles, routines and relationships, and beginning to wonder if their old ones will ever return. The UW’s Julie Brines, associate professor of sociology, and Pepper Schwartz, professor of sociology, are quoted.... Read more
Sociologist David Takeuchi of the UW School of Social Work has been working with the AAPI COVID-19 Needs Assessment Project studying the effects of increased violence and harassment directed at Chinese-Americans and others of Asian ancestry during the COVID-19 pandemic. ... Read more
Our very own Chris Hess, who completed his PhD in Sociology in 2019, has since been engaged as a postdoctoral program at Cornell University where one of his many projects has been to help set up a new course offered through the National Education Equity Lab. Titled "Big Data for Big Policy Problems," it was built through a team effort along with Professors... Read more
For the past 13 years, I have researched the system of fines and fees, also called monetary sanctions. Research finds that when people are... Read more
If you're minoring in data science, the spring quarter Special Topics course may be for you. Taught by Zack Almquist, SOC 301 "The Quantified Self" will focus on how apps and other online services are allowing individuals and organizations to track details of their own lives. Real world examples include the large community of people who share results of their tracking on platforms such as Reddit... Read more
Professor of Sociology Robert Crutchfield, a nationally renowned criminologist, is mentioned in this podcast on defunding Seattle's police.
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On track to receive his PhD this year, as well as an MS in statistics, Yuan Hsiao has also accepted a position as an assistant professor in the UW Department of Communication. Yuan’s primary research interest is in political communication and movement participation, with a focus on how new technologies change the nature of support and mobilization. But he has a history of collaborative work with... Read more