Department of Sociology

Experts have long known that perceived peril can blind people to their surroundings. Jonathan Wender, lecturer of sociology and law, societies and justice at the UW, is quoted. 

Do the number of divorces actually peak during the holidays? Julie Brines, an associate sociology professor at the UW, analyzed divorce filings in Washington state between 2001 and 2015.

Two new books explore how difficult the housing market and criminal justice system make it to climb out of poverty.

UW Arts & Sciences faculty members weigh in on whether President-elect Trump's election means doomsday. 

Following two disastrous seasons, the "Married at First Sight" Season 4 reunion special ended with good news: Two couples are still married six months later.

Nearly two years after the feds decried a system of preying on the desperate to fund the local government in Ferguson, Missouri, being poor can still get you locked up in the state.

UW sociologist Alexes Harris addresses the shortage of bone marrow donors for African Americans and those of mixed race origins as she battles a rare blood cancer.

UW sociology graduate students placed envelopes throughout Seattle neighborhoods addressed to either Black Lives Matter, the American Neo-Nazi Party, or a third neutral party.

Tacking on exorbitant court fines and fees to the criminal conviction of a homeless woman is not justice.

Seattle-based sociologist and relationship expert Pepper Schwartz weighs in on how to navigate the Donald Trump-Hillary Clinton divide.

Police shot Terence Crutcher, an unarmed man, and police academies often do not prepare officers to make the right call.

Utah has taken the step of declaring pornography a public health threat much like tobacco. And now it’s on the agenda in Washington state. 

Two doctoral students at UW are researching how people tweet at the dead.

They didn’t set out to do a study on divorce, but two University of Washington researchers poring over a range of sociological data saw such a clear pattern emerge that they’ve ended up with one.

KOMO Radio's Herb Weisbaum interviews Pepper Schwartz, professor of sociology at the UW, about the scandal surrounding politician Anthony Weiner.