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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
Katherine Beckett

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

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
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Peter Catron

Associate Professor
catron@uw.edu
Office Hours: By appointment
Savery 232
Historical Sociology, Immigration, Social Demography
Hyungmin Cha

Hyungmin Cha

Assistant Professor
hmincha@uw.edu
Office Hours: By appointment
Savery 224
Aging, Demography, Family, Health, Life Course, Medical Sociology
Sociology Chair Kyle Crowder

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
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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
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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
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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
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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

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
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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
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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
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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
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Patricia Louie

Assistant Professor
patlouie@uw.edu
Office Hours: By appointment
Health Disparities, Mental Health, Population Health, Research Methods, Social Psychology
Tyler McCormick

Tyler McCormick

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

Assistant Professor
afmess@uw.edu
Office Hours: By appointment
Savery 230
Civil Society, Computational Methods, Housing, Neighborhoods, Political Economy, Urban Community
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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
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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
Nathalie Williams

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