Department of Sociology

Married men and women who divide household chores in traditional ways report having more sex than couples who share so-called men's and women's work, according to a new study co-authored by sociologists at the University of Washington.

The growing trend of allowing police to "banish" citizens from certain neighborhoods is explored in Banished: The New Social Control in Urban America, by UW Professors Katherine Beckett and Steve Herbert.

An economist, a philosopher, and a sociologist walk into a room.... No, it's not a joke. It's what you'll find at the Savery Hall Open House on October 16. The event celebrates completion of the building's two-year renovation. 

Sociology professor Katherine Stovel studies teens’ sexual behavior and transmission of sexually transmitted diseases. 

When A&S alumnus Gordon Hirabayashi refused to go to an internment camp in 1942, he went to prison for his actions. Nearly five decades later, the government finally overturned his conviction.

Catch up with Seattle Seahawks legend and UW grad Jermaine Kearse, who spends his days golfing and supporting youth in military families.