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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…
The following article is from UW Magazine March 2026 issue, it was written by Hannelore Sudermann with photos by John Lok No Time to Waste After more than two decades in prison, Benjamin Brockie begins again—as a student, a father and an advocate for education and Indigenous justice. The last time Benjamin Brockie saw his grandmother, she…
The first comprehensive national study on fatal police violence in and around American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) reservations, from researchers at the UW and Drexel University, found that roughly 73% of AIAN people killed by police violence were on or within 10 miles of a reservation. Theresa Rocha Beardall, co-author and UW associate professor of sociology, is quoted.
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UW Sociology Professor Theresa Rocha Beardall co-authored an article, Heightened Risk of Fatal Police Violence in and Around Reservations for American Indian/Alaska Native Peoples of the United States, which was recently published in the Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) Volume 123, No. 11. The research and article are significant because one in 1,800 indigenous men…
“On the US calendar it’s still March 4,” Jabbarli said, “but so much happens in a single day that sometimes it would normally take months or years.”Ramin Jabbarli is a UW sociologist and the director of the Seattle-based Foundation for Inclusive Society, an NGO that regularly monitors the human rights situation in Iran. He told Kyiv Post that since airstrikes began last Saturday, it has not only…
Alumni spotlight on Derek Kreager: Getting in on the Ground Floor of Statistics for Network Analysis
Dr. Derek Kreager is a Professor and Associate Head of the Department of Sociology and Criminology at Pennsylvania State University. He earned his PhD in Sociology at the University of Washington (UW) and was among the first students to ever complete a Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences (CSSS) track. His research focuses on social networks, health, and criminal or delinquent behavior.…
Ramin Jabbarli, a PhD candidate in Sociology at the University of Washington and Director of the Foundation for the Inclusive Society, participated as a panelist in a discussion on language and politics in Iran at the University of Toronto, the Ipek Center organized the event. In his presentation, he examined how language-based inequality and exclusionary linguistic policies have…
Graduate sociology student Adam Visokay, along with a group of his peers at the University of Washington*, have investigated how the recency and frequency of GSV street-level imagery correlates with socioeconomic conditions at the neighborhood level in their recent publication Street View for Whom? An Initial Examination of Google Street View’s Urban Coverage and Socioeconomic Indicators in…
While February might be just 28 days, the UW College of Arts & Sciences offers an exciting lineup of more than 40 in-person and online events. From thought-provoking art and music to conversations on culture, history, and science, the UW community invites you to explore, learn, and connect across disciplines throughout the University.
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The University of Washington Department of Sociology is pleased to host Jack Goldstone, the Virginia E and John T. Hazel Jr. Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University and a Senior Fellow of the Mercatus Center, to join us for a SocSEM event on Thursday, February 12, 2026 at 12:30 pm, in Savery Hall room 409.Goldstone will focus on the seriousness of an aging…