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Zack Almquist

Assistant Professor
zalmquist@uw.edu / (206) 543-7290 / Savery 231
Office Hours: By appointment
Big Data, Computational Methods, Demography, Environment, Homelessness, Migration, Public Health, Social Movements, Social Networks, Statistics
Katherine Beckett

Katherine Beckett

S. Frank Miyamoto Professor of Sociology, Chair, Department of Law, Societies and Justice
kbeckett@uw.edu / (206) 543-4461 / Smith M260
Office Hours: by appointment
Criminal Law and Punishment, Human Rights, Incarceration, Justice, Law and Society, Poverty, Race and Ethnicity, Welfare Reform

Julie Brines

Associate Professor
brines@uw.edu / (206) 685-9067 / Savery 226
Office Hours: W 1:30-3pm
Family, Gender, Labor, Race and Ethnicity, Research Methods, Sexuality
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Peter Catron

Assistant Professor
catron@uw.edu / Savery 232
Office Hours: By appointment
Historical Sociology, Immigration, Social Demography

Kyle Crowder

Blumstein-Jordon Professor of Sociology
kylecrow@uw.edu / (206) 616-1203 / Savery 225
Office Hours: By appointment
Demography, Environment, Neighborhoods, Race and Ethnicity, Research Methods, Social Stratification/Inequality, Urban Studies
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Sara Curran

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
Heather Evans

Heather D. Evans

Assistant Teaching Professor
hdevans@uw.edu / SAV 273
Office Hours: by appointment
Disability, Law and Society
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René Flores

Assistant Professor
renedf@uw.edu / 206-543-9882 / Savery 224
Office Hours: On leave for the 2017-2018 Academic year.
Ethnic Identity, Immigration, Public Opinion, Public Policy, Quantitative Methods, Race and Ethnicity, Research Methods
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Ann Frost

Assistant Teaching Professor
acfrost@uw.edu / (206) 543-9644 / Savery 236
Office Hours: By appointment
Incarceration, Justice, Law and Society, Punishment, Race and Ethnicity, Theory

Alexes Harris

University of Washington Presidential Term Professor  
yharris@uw.edu / (206) 685-4763 / Savery 241
Office Hours: Thurs 11:00-12:00 but by appt. Appts made at: http://tinyurl.com/Har
Deviance and Social Control, Juvenile Justice, Qualitative Methods, Race and Ethnicity, Social Stratification/Inequality

Jerald R. Herting

Professor
herting@uw.edu / (206) 616-7778 / Savery 246
Office Hours: By appointment
Children, Youth, and Families, Demography, Deviance and Social Control, Ecology, Life Course, Mental Health, Research Methods

William Lavely

Professor
lavely@uw.edu / (206) 543-6805 / Savery 275
Office Hours: Fridays 11:00-12:00 in Savery 275
Social Demography
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Patricia Louie

Assistant Professor
patlouie@uw.edu
Office Hours: By appointment
Health Disparities, Immigration, Mental Health, Population Health, Race and Ethnicity, Research Methods

Tyler McCormick

Associate Professor
tylermc@uw.edu / (206) 221-6981 / Savery 238

Steve Pfaff

Professor
pfaff@uw.edu / (206) 616-9377 / Savery 235
Office Hours: T TH 10:20-11:30
Collective Action, Comparative Sociology, East European, Historical Sociology, Political Sociology, Religion, Social Movements, Theory

Susan Pitchford

Associate Teaching Professor
pitch@uw.edu / (206) 685-4223 / Savery 221
Office Hours: Mondays after classes (10:20, 2:20), outside the classrooms, and by ap
Nationalism, Race and Ethnicity, Religion, Social Stratification/Inequality
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Sarah Quinn

Associate Professor
slquinn@uw.edu / Savery 253
Office Hours: On Leave 2019-2020
Culture, Economic Sociology, Historical Sociology, Institutions, Organizations, Political Economy, Political Sociology, Sociological Theory

Adrian Raftery

Professor
raftery@uw.edu / (206) 543-4505 / Savery 242, Padelford C313
Office Hours: By appointment
Demography, Environment, Fertility, Immigration, Morbidity/Mortality, Population Health, Quantitative Methods, Statistics
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Pepper Schwartz

Professor
couples@uw.edu / (206) 543-4036 / Savery 239
Office Hours: By appointment
Family, Gender, Marriage/Unions, Media Studies, Sexuality, Women Studies
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Katherine Stovel

Professor, Department Chair
stovel@uw.edu / (206) 616-3820 / Savery 211
Economic Sociology, Health, Organizations, Research Methods, Social Networks, Theory
Nathalie Williams

Nathalie Williams

Associate Professor
natw@uw.edu / (206) 616-6270 / Savery 235
Office Hours: By appointment
Conflict, Demography, Migration, Research Methods, South and South East Asia