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Yomna Zakaria has been selected for the 2026 Howard B. Woolston Award for Academic Excellence, the Department of Sociology’s oldest endowed student award and an annual honor recognizing outstanding academic achievement by a graduating senior. Yomna rose to the front of a strong field through the breadth and consistency of her academic record, including sustained excellence…
The UW Department of Sociology is pleased to announce Caroline Teague is the recipient of the 2026 Crutchfield-Tolnay Award. Established in the fall of 2024, the Crutchfield-Tolnay Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research is given annually to an undergraduate who has made strong contributions to either independent or collaborative research in the Department of…
The Department of Sociology is pleased to announce that Ben Brockie is the recipient of the 2026 Albert W. Black Award. The Albert W. Black Award honors a student who demonstrates commitment to community service and civic organizations that support disadvantaged communities. Albert W. Black was a long-time faculty member in the Department of Sociology and retired as an…
Jelani Ince, Assistant Professor, has been selected as a Fellow in the Russell Sage Foundation’s (RSF) Visiting Scholars Program. RSFs Visiting Scholars Program is one of the preeminent fellowships of its kind within the social sciences. The fellowship provides a unique opportunity for select scholars in the social, economic, political and behavioral sciences to pursue…
Rossy Sierra, undergraduate Sociology and Public Policy 2026, has been chosen to be a 2026 Bonderman fellow. Each year, a small group of students at the University of Washington are provided a rare opportunity to travel independently as a Bonderman Fellow. The Bonderman Fellowship was created by David Bonderman, a UW alumnus, and has funded and allowed students the opportunity to go on life-…
The Department of Sociology is partnering with Sound Transit to survey the community about how public transit experiences connect with people's well-being. We are collecting survey data because we want to help make and keep our Puget Sound area a great place to live for ourselves, our families, and our neighbors.Learn more about the the survey on the Sound Transit Survey website. …
The UW Department of Sociology is pleased to announce that Yuanxi Li (BA Honors Sociology and BS Informatics 2026, incoming graduate student) is one of only four students to receive the Dean's Medal for the 2025-26 academic school year. The award is representative of her personal commitment and significant academic achievements."Receiving the Dean's Medal is an incredible honor and a deeply…
The Department of Sociology is pleased to announce Associate Professor Theresa Rocha Beardall has received the highly competitive William T. Grant Scholars Program Award. for her project, Who Decides What We Teach? Indian Boarding Schools and the Native Fight for Educational Justice in Washington State. Rocha Beardall was selected from a pool of 153 applicants nationwide, a recognition…
Article published in the Seattle Times on April 8, 2026, by Alexandra Yoon-Hendricks, Seattle Times staff reporter:Fatal police violence against Indigenous people in the United States is significantly concentrated in and around reservations, a new study found. Roughly 3 in 4 Native people killed by police from 2013 through 2024 were on or within 10 miles of a reservation, despite…
Fatal police violence against Indigenous people in the United States is significantly concentrated in and around reservations, a new study found.Theresa Rocha Beardall, associate professor of sociology at the UW, is quoted. Featured
on The Seattle Times