Social Sciences Division

The Women’s Center is co-presenting the sold-out documentary play SEVEN at Town Hall on Sunday. Executive Director, Sutapa Basu plays one of the seven women featured.

UW historian Margaret O'Mara talks about how Bernie Sanders reminds her of Henry Wallace who lost to Harry Truman  in the 1948 Democratic primary. 

Jackson School professor Mary Callahan was part of a panel on Myanmar's future. The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace made a recording of the discussion available.

The first major discussion of how people interact with large marine protected areas was organized by the Jackson School of International Studies and College of the Environment's Patrick Christie.

College education in American prisons is starting to grow again. Katja Schatte, a graduate student at the UW who teaches world history at Monroe Correctional Complex, is quoted. 

Small satellites have emerged as one of the principal driving forces for democratizing the landscape of outer space activities.

What impact will the GOP may on the 2016 presidential election and Supreme Court decisions if its members don't consider President Obama's nominee?

Christopher Parker, an associate professor of political science, explains why he believes Bernie Sanders will struggle to gain support from black voters. 

Almost all of the UW Fulbright scholar are majors with the College of Arts & Sciences.

100 percent of the people arrested and charged in federal court under Operation Safe Schools were black. UW sociology professor Katherine Beckett is cited. 

NGOs are in the forefront of the transparency movement but there is a question that most tend to be less interested in answering: Where do they get their money from? 

Benjamin Gardner answered a few questions about his book “Selling the Serengeti: The Cultural Politics of Safari Tourism,” published in February.

The meaning and importance of the term "difference" is the focus of UW communication professor Ralina Joseph's recent lecture "What’s The Difference With 'Difference?'"

New research suggests male students are also biased toward their male peers. This can undermine women's confidence and make them feel less included in their field.

New research shows that a quarter of men over age 85 have had sex in the past year, compared to 10 percent of women in the same age range. Pepper Schwartz, professor of sociology at the UW, is quoted.