Social Sciences Division

Dr. Aseem Prakash and Dr. Nives Dolsak speak with KUOW about the value of the EnergyStar program and how to save it. 

When Professor Alexes Harris learned she had cancer, she knew she was in a fight for her life. But she didn't realize how difficult it would be to find a bone marrow match. 

What's next for communication professor David Domke? Championing the causes he values and that are under attack today.

The presidency of Donald Trump has vast implications for international affairs and even the internal politics of other countries — it could lead to geopolitical realignments on a global scale.

Scientific research that doesn't get communicated to the public may as well not have happened at all, says the Jackson School's Scott Montgomery in "The Chicago Guide to Communicating Science."

UW political science professor, Donald Hellmann, weighs in on the impact of budget cuts in our current political landscape.

Recent honors for College of Arts & Sciences faculty and staff. 

The Seattle Globalist, founded at the UW, reports on pressing political and social issues through the lens of diverse contributors. 

UW senior Rhoya Sarikhani Selden explored her Persian heritage in a play that celebrates Iranian Americans from diverse backgrounds. 

Adrian Raftery receives Ireland's St. Patrick's Day Medal for contributions to statistics 

A Suzzallo Library exhibit created by history grad student Jessica Bachman highlights Cold War-era cultural ties between India and the USSR. 

UW professors Christopher Sebastian Parker and David Domke joined Wellspring Family Services vice president R. Keith Myers to discuss the question: Is President Trump gaslighting us?

"A major detractor to Americans’ sex lives has been the rising necessity of the two-income family, said Pepper Schwartz, a sociology professor at the University of Washington."

UW professor Quintard Taylor is blowing students’ minds in class and with his website devoted to black history.

Paul Burstein, professor emeritus of sociology, studies social movements and protests. He says demonstrations alone are likely too predictable to have an effect here.