Social Sciences Division

Salon talks to Christopher Parker about why the Democrats should "play the race card" in the next election

Carole Lee, a philosopher at the UW, and David Moher, of the Ottawa Hospital in Ontario, Canada, argue that publishers should become much more transparent about their peer review practices.

A team of researchers, including a faculty member and seven students from UW, have found artifacts in Australia that indicate humans arrived there about 65,000 years ago.

A Women's Center report addresses human trafficking in Washington state. 

Anthropology professor, Janelle Taylor, started researching dementia about 10 years ago, after her own mother's diagnosis of dementia.

International Studies Professor, Saadia Pekkanen, on how Japan is targeting independence in space-based information.

In an era when the growth in the population of blacks, Latinos and Asians outpaces that of whites nationwide, a new study of who lives where provides insight into the geography of race.

Assistant Professor of History, Laurie Marhoefer, on the history of gay pride marches and movements.
 

Using just the text of a bill plus about a dozen other variables, a new artificial intelligence algorithm can determine the chance that a bill will become law with great precision.

UW political science professor, Christopher Parker, was one of the few to foresee Donald Trump's win–and the likely reasons why. 

What the bond between homeless people and their pets demonstrates about compassion

UW alum's photography series aims to empower Alaska native LBGTQ2 Community

New program offers classes in marketing, management and accounting, both at the Seattle campus and at partnering tribal casinos and resorts.

Since 1932, the President’s Medal has been awarded to the graduating senior who has achieved the most distinguished academic record at the university. Meet this year's awardee.