Social Sciences Division

Shirley Yee, Chair of Gender, Women, and Sexuality weighs in

A recent opinion piece from Christopher Parker of the UW Department of Political Science on 2018 elections.

In the last decade, the Husky Promise program has helped more than 39,000 WA students attended UW–including these two stellar alums from the College of Arts & Sciences.

Research involving UW faculty and students shows evidence of humans in Australia much earlier than previously thought.

Department of Sociology professor, Alexes Harris, the debt that grows even after prison ends for ex-offenders and its impact. 

Commentary from Mary Callahan, professor of international studies at UW

Combat reporter Alex Quade (1992) embeds with U.S. Special Operations Forces to share their stories. 

Isaac Alhadeff, survivor of two WWII POW camps, became a generous donor to the UW Sephardic Studies Program.

Julia Sears (2012) and Maggie Moore (2012) collaborated with female veterans to create a play about women in combat.

A recent study led by UW Department of Sociology's Victoria Sass found that, on top of impacts on physical health, air pollution also affects mental health. 

Interview with Resat Kasaba, Director of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies

UW political scientists Mark Smith is quoted

Google will invest $1 billion over the next five years in organizations helping people adjust to the changing nature of work. Margaret O'Mara, a history professor at the UW, is quoted.

In his speech to an assembly of Nobel Laureates and young scholars the President of the European Central Bank, highlighted Professor Fabio Ghironi’s work on monetary policy.

UW-led study demonstrates how present-day migration statistics can be obtained by the same data that advertisers use to target their audience on Facebook.