Department of Sociology

The 2020 Population Health Applied Research Fellows concluded their 10-week program to produce small area population forecasts at the Census tract and Health Reporting Area levels by sex, race, ethnicity and five-year age groups for King County from 2020 to 2045.

Statistics and Sociology Professor Adrian Raftery is lead author on a guide to understanding COVID-19 data, for those making public health decisions.

Muslims and atheists in the United States are more likely than those of Christian faiths to experience religious discrimination, according to new research led by the University of Washington.

After 9/11, "Americans grew more suspicious of and outwardly hostile to Muslims. Research shows that these views increased in the years that followed. Our recently published paper in the Public Administration Review shows that — even 19 years later — public officials in the United States discriminate against Muslims," write Steven Pfaff, professor of sociology at the UW; Charles Crabtree of Dartmoth College; Holger L. Kern of Florida State University; and John B. Holbein of the University of Virginia.

In a paper published July 23 in Population and Development Review, Daphne Liu, a doctoral student in statistics at the UW, and Adrian Raftery, a UW professor of statistics and sociology, explore two nuanced questions: Is increasing contraceptive use or reducing demand more effective in family planning? And, is it the number of years girls attend school or the overall enrollment of children in school that makes education a factor in fertility?

Here’s to dating after 50 as a do-over, a love mulligan that has the potential to enrich your life experience. How do you get that happening? Advice from Pepper Schwartz, professor of sociology, is referenced.

Katherine Beckett, professor of sociology and law, society, and justice is quoted in this article about law and order politics.

Ian Kennedy, a sociology graduate student, discusses his new study on racialized language in Seattle-area rental ads.

Patricia Louie, professor of sociology, explains bias in medical textbooks and how it endangers BIPOC.

Ian Kennedy, sociology graduate student, is the lead author of a study on Seattle-area rental ads and how they can reinforce segregation.

Scott Radnitz, professor of international studies, and Yuan Hsiao, sociology doctoral student, explain the disagreement over whether Black Lives Matter protesters are peaceful.

An in-depth analysis of court data in Seattle reveals the racial breakdown of fines and court fees. Alexes Harris, professor of sociology, is quoted.

Adrian Raftery, professor of statistics and sociology, explains how different sets of facts and figures about COVID-19 can paint different pictures of the pandemic.

The Women in Engineering ProActive Network has given its 2020 Founders Award to Elizabeth Litzler, affiliate assistant professor of sociology.

A study from the department of sociology about divorce rates is mentioned in this article about how divorce rates may spike after the pandemic ends.