Graduate Student Contact Information stevek7@uw.edu Savery 255 Office Hours By Appointment Fields of Interest Comparative Politics Fiscal Sociology Institutions Political Economy Political Sociology Research Selected Research Kiser, Edgar and Steven M. Karceski. 2017. “Political Economy of Taxation.” Annual Review of Political Science 20(1). Karceski, Steven M. 2017. "Political Institutions and Carbon Taxation." M.A. Thesis. Department of Sociology, University of Washington.Adviser: Edgar Kiser Victoria Sass, Nicole Kravitz-Wirtz, Steven M. Karceski, Anjum Hajat, Kyle Crowder, David Takeuchi. 2017 "The effects of air pollution on individual psychological distress," Health & Place, 48:72-79, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2017.09.006. Courses Taught Winter 2024SOC 497 A: Honors SeminarSpring 2023SOC 403 A: Sociology in Practice: Applied Community Research ProgramWinter 2023SOC 497 A: Honors SeminarAutumn 2022SOC 301 D: Special Topics in SociologySummer 2022SOC 316 A: Introduction to Sociological TheorySpring 2022SOC 456 A: Political SociologyWinter 2022SOC 497 A: Honors SeminarSummer 2021SOC 456 A: Political SociologySpring 2021SOC 456 A: Political SociologyWinter 2021SOC 497 A: Honors Seminar Affiliations Home Department Sociology Related Departments Arts & Sciences Social Sciences Center for Environmental Politics Related News Related News Sociologists Teaching and Learning about COVID-19 (May 12, 2020) Sociology led team reveals how air pollution impacts mental health (November 3, 2017) Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari and Eric Klinenberg. Recommended by Steve Karceski (September 23, 2017)