People | Department of Sociology | University of Washington

Issa Abdulcadir

Graduate Student

issa9@uw.edu

Savery 240

Elizabeth Ackert

Postdoctoral Fellow at the Population Research Center, U-Texas Austin
Ph.D. 2015

ackert@PRC.UTEXAS.EDU

Education, Immigration, Quantitative Methods, Race and Ethnicity, Social Demography, Social Stratification/Inequality, Urban Community, Urban Studies

Hugo Aguas

Graduate Student

haguas@uw.edu

Office Hours: By Appointment Only

Savery 216A

Applied Sociology, Demography, Deviance and Social Control, Health Disparities, Homelessness, Mental Health, Population Health, Poverty, Quantitative Methods

Courtney Allen

Graduate Student

ckallen@uw.edu

Conflict, Demography, Health Disparities, Medical Sociology, Migration, Natural Disasters, Population Health, Public Health, Quantitative Methods

Zack Almquist

Associate Professor

zalmquist@uw.edu / (206) 543-7290

Office Hours: By appointment

Savery 231

Big Data, Computational Methods, Demography, Environment, Homelessness, Migration, Public Health, Social Movements, Social Networks, Statistics

Aidan Andronicos

Graduate Student

aandro@uw.edu

Savery 216D

Climate Change, Collective Action, Environment, Health Disparities, Indigenous Cultures/Peoples, Population Health, Public Opinion

Katherine Beckett

Professor
S. Frank Miyamoto Professor of Sociology

kbeckett@uw.edu

Office Hours: Winter 2026: Wednesdays 1:30-3:30

Smith M260

Criminal Law and Punishment, Human Rights, Incarceration, Justice, Juvenile Justice, Law and Society, Poverty, Race and Ethnicity

Julie Brines

Associate Professor

brines@uw.edu / (206) 685-9067

Office Hours: W 1:30-3pm

Savery 226

Family, Gender, Labor, Race and Ethnicity, Research Methods, Sexuality

Zach Brown

Graduate Student

brownzpt@uw.edu

Office Hours: By appointment

Savery 216A

Big Data, Computational Methods, Social Movements, Social Networks

Amber Burrell

Graduate Student

akb2107@uw.edu

Office Hours: By Appointment Only

Criminal Law and Punishment, Deviance and Social Control, Domestic Violence and Abuse, Gender, Law and Society, Policing/Incarceration, Protection, Race and Ethnicity, Social Movements, Social Stratification/Inequality, Violence and Trauma

Clarissa Carlos

Graduate Student

ccarlo@uw.edu

Savery 216A

Jenna Castillo

Graduate Student

jcastil@uw.edu

Office Hours: T/Th 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Savery 272-J

Applied Sociology, Food Policy and Food Justice, Health Disparities, Life Course, Organizations, Public Policy, Research Methods, Social Mobility

Peter Catron

Associate Professor

catron@uw.edu

Office Hours: By appointment

Savery 232

Historical Sociology, Immigration, Social Demography

Hyungmin Cha

Assistant Professor

hmincha@uw.edu

Office Hours: By appointment

Savery 224

Aging, Demography, Family, Health, Life Course, Medical Sociology

Man-Lin Chen

Graduate Student

mlchen24@uw.edu

Savery 216C

Computational Methods, Population Health, Social Networks

Carmen Choong

Graduate Student

cchoong@uw.edu

Culture, East Asian Societies, Economic Sociology, Markets, Public Health, Qualitative Methods, Social Class, Sociology of Knowledge, Southeast Asian, Technology

Devin Collins

Graduate Student

dvncoll@uw.edu

Culture, Homelessness, Political Economy, Poverty, Public Policy, Social Welfare, Urban Studies

Kyle Crowder

Department Chair
Blumstein-Jordan Professor of Sociology

kylecrow@uw.edu / (206) 543-5799

Office Hours: By appointment

Savery 211

Demography, Environment, Neighborhoods, Race and Ethnicity, Research Methods, Social Stratification/Inequality, Urban Studies

Professor of Sociology
Professor of International Studies & Public Affairs
Professor of International Studies
Professor of Public Policy and Governance
Adjunct Professor of Global Health
Director, Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology

scurran@uw.edu

Raitt 206

Hannah Curtis

Graduate Student

hc62@uw.edu

Ryan DeCarsky

Graduate Student

decarsky@uw.edu

Culture, Disability, Gender, Indigenous Cultures/Peoples, Law and Society, Masculinity, Organizations, Qualitative Methods, Race and Ethnicity, Sexuality

Allison Demeritt

Graduate Student

allisone@uw.edu

Yehong Deng

Graduate Student

ydeng117@uw.edu

Savery 216A

Patrick Denice

Assistant Professor, University of Western Ontario
Ph.D. 2016

pdenice@uwo.ca

Education, Labor, Quantitative Methods, Race and Ethnicity, Research Methods, Social Stratification/Inequality

Audrey Dorélien

Associate Professor

dorelien@uw.edu

Office Hours: By appointment

Savery 244

Data Visualization, Demography, Environment, Fertility, Health, Life Course, Medical Sociology, Morbidity/Mortality, Population, Population Health

Zoey Dorman

Administrative Assistant III

zoeydo@uw.edu

SAV 211

Frank Edwards

Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Rutgers University
2017 Ph.D.

frank.edwards@rutgers.edu

Children, Youth, and Families, Deviance and Social Control, Organizations, Political Sociology, Quantitative Methods, Race and Ethnicity, Social Stratification/Inequality, Social Welfare

Ann Frost

Associate Teaching Professor

acfrost@uw.edu / (206) 543-9644

Office Hours: By appointment

Savery 236

Incarceration, Justice, Law and Society, Punishment, Race and Ethnicity, Theory

Luke Gerber

Graduate Student

lag421@uw.edu

Office Hours: By appointment

Savery 216D

Children, Youth, and Families, Criminal Law and Punishment, Incarceration, Law and Society, Public Scholarship, Social Welfare

Francisca Javiera Gómez Baeza

Graduate Student

fgomezb@uw.edu

Patrick Greiner

Assistant Professor

ptgrein@uw.edu

Savery 239

Computational Methods, Environment, Human Ecology, Political Economy, Public Policy, Quantitative Methods, Race and Ethnicity, Sociology of Knowledge, Theory

Yicong Guo

Graduate Student

yg1@uw.edu

Savery Hall, C216

Children, Youth, and Families, Criminology, Demography, Health Disparities, Life Course

Susanna Hansson

Counseling Services Coordinator

susanna@uw.edu / (206) 543-5396

Savery 206

Shannon Harper

Graduate Student

shannonh@uw.edu

Office Hours: MWF 9-noon in Savery 123D

Family, Gender, Race and Ethnicity, Social Stratification/Inequality

Alexes Harris

University of Washington Presidential Term Professor

yharris@uw.edu / (206) 685-4763

Deviance and Social Control, Juvenile Justice, Qualitative Methods, Race and Ethnicity, Social Stratification/Inequality

Edward Hock

Graduate Student

ehock@uw.edu

Savery 216D

Comparative Historical Sociology, Institutions, Language, Media Studies, Political Sociology, Sociological Theory, Sociology of Sport, Statistics

Imma Honkanen

Graduate Student

ihonkane@uw.edu

Applied Sociology, Environment, Gender, Health Disparities, Immigration, Mental Health, Qualitative Methods, Quantitative Methods, Social Justice

Mark Igra

Graduate Student

igra@uw.edu

Altruism, Computational Methods, Economic Sociology, Morality, Quantitative Methods, Religion, Social Psychology, Volunteering

Jelani Ince

Assistant Professor

jince@uw.edu

Office Hours: By appointment

Savery 223

Black Sociological Thought, Culture, Ethnography, Organizations, Qualitative Methods, Race and Ethnicity, Religion, Social Movements, Social Psychology

Ramin Jabbarli

Graduate Student

raminj@uw.edu

Office Hours: By appointment

collective identity, Comparative Sociology, Ethnic Identity, Nation State, Nationalism, Perception and Cognition, Political Sociology, Race and Ethnicity, Religion, Social Movements, Theory

Sasha Johfre

Assistant Professor

sjohfre@uw.edu

Office Hours: By appointment

Savery 235

Aging, Environment, Gender, Race and Ethnicity, Research Methods, Social Demography, Social Psychology

İhsan Kahveci

Graduate Student

ikahveci@uw.edu

Savery 228

Computational Methods, Demography, Homelessness, Organizations, Public Health, Religion, Social Networks

Mads Kaus

Fiscal Administrative Assistant

mkaus@uw.edu

Rosalind Kichler

Assistant Teaching Professor

rkichler@uw.edu / (206)685-9368

Office Hours: Tuesday 9-11 am, Wednesday 1- 3 pm, or By Appointment

Savery 253

Feminism and Feminist Theory, Gender, Qualitative Methods, Queer Theory, Sexuality, Trans Studies, Women Studies

Jennifer Laird

Assistant Professor, Lehman College
Ph.D. 2016

Jennifer.Laird@lehman.cuny.edu

Demography, Quantitative Methods, Social Stratification/Inequality

Hannah Lee

PhD

hwlee23@uw.edu

Stephanie Lee

Ph.D. Candidate

syl3@uw.edu

Computational Methods, Quantitative Methods, Social Networks, Sociology of Knowledge

Mingze Li

Graduate Student

mingzeli@uw.edu

Savery 216C

Demography, Historical Sociology, Immigration, Migration, Research Methods

Celine Liao

Graduate Student

cliao20@uw.edu

Collective Action, Culture, East Asian Societies, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Gender, Globalization, Nationalism, Political Sociology, Sexuality, Technology

Patricia Louie

Assistant Professor

patlouie@uw.edu

Office Hours: By appointment

Health Disparities, Mental Health, Population Health, Research Methods, Social Psychology

Aminah Mabruk

Graduate Student

amabruk@uw.edu

Health, Health Disparities, Islamophobia, Mental Health, Race and Ethnicity, Social Stratification/Inequality

Lindsay Maurer

Graduate Student

Tyler McCormick

Professor

tylermc@uw.edu / (206) 221-6981

Savery 238

Anne McGlynn-Wright

Graduated with PhD Summer 2019

amcglynnwright@tulane.edu

Comparative Historical Sociology, Criminology, Deviance and Social Control, Food Policy and Food Justice, Gender, Race and Ethnicity, Social Welfare

Tess McShane

Communications & Events Coordinator

tmcsha@uw.edu

Office Hours: WORK HOURS: Tues+Wed 9 am-5 pm (WFH Wed)

Andrew Messamore

Assistant Professor

afmess@uw.edu

Office Hours: By appointment

Savery 230

Civil Society, Computational Methods, Housing, Neighborhoods, Political Economy, Urban Community

Fatema Mookhtiar

Administrator

fatemakm@uw.edu / (206) 616-9794

Office Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm

Savery 210

Brandon Morande

Graduate Student

bmorande@uw.edu

Office Hours: By appointment

Savery 216D

Collective Action, Criminal Law and Punishment, Deviance and Social Control, Displacement, Homelessness, Neighborhoods, Placemaking, Poverty, Public Space, Urban Community

Sidnee Moyer

Graduate Student

sidneem@uw.edu

Office Hours: By appointment

Savery 216D

Gender, Health, Health Disparities, Sexuality

Todd Nobles

Graduate Student

tnobles@uw.edu

Demography, Economic Sociology, Environment, Markets, Organizations, Political Economy, Poverty, Quantitative Methods, Social Stratification/Inequality, Work and Occupations

Daniel Nolan

Graduate Student/Student Advising

dnolan4@uw.edu

Savery 272

Culture, Narratives, Perception and Cognition, Self and Identity, Social Psychology, Sociology of Emotions

Daniel Nolan

Graduate Student/Student Advising

dnolan4@uw.edu

Savery 272

Culture, Narratives, Perception and Cognition, Self and Identity, Social Psychology, Sociology of Emotions

Elizabeth Nova

Graduate Student

emend026@uw.edu

Big Data, Computational Methods, Demography, Health, Population Health, Quantitative Methods, Social Networks

Sarah Quinn

Associate Professor

slquinn@uw.edu

Office Hours: By appointment

Savery 253

Culture, Economic Sociology, Historical Sociology, Institutions, Political Economy, Political Sociology, Sociological Theory

Aryaa Rajouria

Graduate Student

Office Hours: By appointment

Demography, Human Ecology, Migration, Natural Disasters, Population Health, South Asian

Karthik Ramesh

Graduate Student

kramesh6@uw.edu

Office Hours: By appointment

Savery 216C

Computational Methods, Culture, Migration, Organizations, Race and Ethnicity, Religion, Social Demography, Social Networks

Theresa Rocha Beardall

Associate Professor

tyrb@uw.edu / (206) 543-6013

221 Savery Hall

Criminology, Ethnography, Indigenous Cultures/Peoples, Law and Society, Political Economy, Public Policy, Race and Ethnicity, Social Stratification/Inequality, Urban Studies, Work and Occupations

Desiree Salais

Graduate Student

salaisd@uw.edu

Savery 216A

Victoria Sass

Graduate Student

vsass@uw.edu

Office Hours: By appointment

Savery 270

Data Visualization, Environment, Health Disparities, Medical Sociology, Mental Health, Population Health, Public Scholarship, Social Construction of Health Problems, Sociology of Knowledge

Brian Serafini

PhD Candidate

valgaav@uw.edu

Office Hours: TH, 2:30-4:30pm & by appointment

Savery 255

Family, Labor, Research Methods, Social Stratification/Inequality, Work and Occupations

Tyler Smith

Graduate Student

tjsmith1@uw.edu

Savery 274

Criminal Law and Punishment, Economic Sociology, Historical Sociology, Labor, Law and Society

Sara Tomczuk

Ph.D. 2017

saratomczuk@gmail.com

Comparative Historical Sociology, Conflict, Culture, East European, Nationalism, Qualitative Methods, Race and Ethnicity, Theory

Matthew Toro

Graduate Student

mtoro@uw.edu

SAV 216B

Comparative Historical Sociology, Political Sociology

Aliyah Turner

Graduate Student

aabuhaze@uw.edu

Office Hours: Email for Appointment

Remote

Deviance and Social Control, Education, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Gender, Institutions, Place-Making, Political Sociology, Power, Public Scholarship, Qualitative Methods, Race and Ethnicity, Racial Capitalism, Space, Urban Community

Nicholas Velotta

Graduate Student

ndv24@uw.edu

Family, Gender, Marriage/Unions, Mating and Dating, Sexuality

Maria Vignau Loria

Graduate Student

mvl4@uw.edu

Office Hours: Tuesdays, 11:00am - 1:00pm

Savery 216C

Adam Visokay

Graduate Student

avisokay@uw.edu

Office Hours: By appointment

Savery 216D

Computational Methods, Demography, Economic Sociology, Machine Learning, NLP, Quantitative Methods, Social Networks, Sociology of Knowledge

Jessica Warren

Graduate Student

jlw2698@uw.edu

Office Hours: By appointment

Savery 216D

Applied Sociology, Children, Youth, and Families, Education, Finance and Credit, Neighborhoods, Political Economy, Poverty, Social Stratification/Inequality, Social Welfare, Urban Studies, Wealth

Chassidy Wen

Graduate Student

chasswen@uw.edu

Office Hours: By appointment

Savery 216B

Asian-American Studies, Comparative Historical Sociology, Comparative Sociology, East Asian Societies, Health Disparities, Historical Sociology, Public Health, Race and Ethnicity, Social Movements, Sociological Theory, Urban Community

Nathalie Williams

Professor

natw@uw.edu / (206) 616-6270

Office Hours: By appointment

Savery 233

Conflict, Demography, Field Research Methods, Migration, Research Methods, South and South East Asia

Lauren Woyczynski

Graduate Student

lpw3@uw.edu

Savery 216A

Demography, Health Disparities, Incarceration, Medical Sociology, Morbidity/Mortality, Population Health, Quantitative Methods, Social Demography

Maxine Wright

Graduate Student

mkw1208@uw.edu

Office Hours: By appointment

SAV M296

Health, Health Disparities, Mental Health, Public Scholarship, Race and Ethnicity, Social Justice, Social Stratification/Inequality

Ching Yan (Crystal) Yu

Graduate Student

cyyu@uw.edu

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