Recent News
On May 16, undergraduate researchers presented to other students, faculty, community members, and visitors from across and beyond the university. The symposium was an opportunity for the department to support and learn from our incredible undergraduates.
Several students shared research on gender and sexuality:
Yuanxi Li received a Population Health Recognition Award for her work on cyberbullying toward transgender and nonbinary young adults. Her project surveyed over 200 respondents,… Read more
UW Sociology is working with Sound Transit to improve a local service that affects our daily lives–the health of our environment and vitality of our local economy rest on the availability of good transportation options.
A research team from UW Sociology, including Dr. Kyle Crowder, Dr. Nathalie Williams, and Dr. Tyler McCormick has spent the 2024–2025 academic year working with Sound Transit to improve Seattle public transportation. Their research focuses on the Link light rail… Read more
The College of Arts & Sciences is home to many distinguished researchers, faculty, and students. Their work and contributions have been featured in media outside of the UW and across the country. Take a look at some ArtSci features from this past Winter Quarter. From new telescopes to UW in high schools, ArtSci in the Media has something for everyone!
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Aliya Adan, Bachelor of Arts in Sociology & American Ethnic Studies, minor in Diversity, is from South Seattle, Washington, and is a first-generation Somali American. As an undergraduate, she conducted independent research on gun violence in Black immigrant communities, exploring its social determinants and lived impacts. Her Bonderman Fellowship proposal centers on identity—examining how she navigates multiple cultural worlds as the child of immigrants and what that… Read more
The Husky 100 recognizes 100 UW undergraduate and graduate students who are making the most of their time at the UW.
Xitlaly Mendoza hails from Mesa, Washington and is an undergraduate student with a double major in Sociology and Law, Societies, and Justice. As a first-generation student from Eastern Washington and the daughter of Oaxacan-Mixtec Indigenous migrant parents, Xitlaly recognizes the challenges and importance… Read more
The University of Washingtons graduate and professional degree programs were widely recognized as among the best in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Reports 2026 Best Graduate Schools released late Monday.Featured
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June Yang began to work with Professor Zack Almquist's homelessness research projects in Spring 2023.
Before she knew it, nearly two years had passed. Through working on multiple projects under the broader umbrella of understanding homelessness in King County and beyond, Yang says she has grown tremendously—not just as an academic professional, but also as a Sociologist and a member of the society she studies.
Homelessness research projects have provided Yang with invaluable opportunities for… Read more
SOCIOLOGISTS MAKING A DIFFERENCE
Marco Brydolf-Horwitz is studying how people living unsheltered in downtown Seattle find housing. His dissertation uses ethnographic and archival methods, and focuses on a homeless encampment intervention called JustCARE that closed encampments with the use of harm reduction techniques and temporary shelter in converted hotels.
The JustCARE coalition reveals that although moving into housing is an accomplishable outcome, even for some of the most vulnerable… Read more
SOCIOLOGISTS MAKING A DIFFERENCE
Elizabeth Nova is a PhD student and CSDE T32 fellow in Sociology. Here research focuses on population health and spans diverse topics including homelessness, health disparities, misinformation, health behavior, and COVID-19. She is an active member of the Social, Spatial, and Dynamic Analysis (SSDA) research lab and the Homelessness Research Working Group, both led by Professor Zack Almquist in the… Read more
SOCIOLOGISTS MAKING A DIFFERENCE
Brandon Morande’s research examines the intersections between punishment, poverty, and neighborhood change. He aims to identify when and why authorities respond to inequality with punitive interventions, such as arrest or banishment. He additionally seeks to understand how these tactics impact people’s connections to place and community.
At UW, Brandon has mainly studied these topics in relation to homelessness in Seattle. He currently collaborates with… Read more