Social Sciences Division

For communication major Shane Bang, a writing implement doubles as a musical instrument. The Seattle native has racked up nearly 22 million views on his YouTube channel. 

Anthropology major Cassie Strickland has won one of the most prestigious awards in college sports, the 2015 Senior CLASS Award in NCAA Division I women’s volleyball.

Muslim-American parents are finding that keeping their children’s faith experience joyful is becoming a more challenging task. Michael Perez, lecturer in anthropology at the UW, is quoted.

Matthew Powers, assistant professor of communication at the UW, writes about Greenpeace journalist posing as energy company representatives to expose academics-for-hire. 

Joshua Reid, author of "The Sea Is My Country: The Maritime World of the Makahs," and associate professor of history, will give a presentation Thursday afternoon.

Tamar Benzikry, UW Class of 2005, returned to campus as the instructor for "Graphic Novels and Jewish Memory." Read more about Benzikry's passion for arts and education.

It’s one thing to read that the NAAPC grew from three branches in 1912 to 894 branches in 1945, but it’s more revealing to watch that expansion on an interactive map.

"China's decision to allow more families to have a second child is an effort to confront the problem of an aging population," writes Kam Wing Chan, professor of geography at the UW.

Assistant professor Megan Ming Francis discusses what Americans can learn from the history of lynching in the U.S. 

Chinese officials are set to discuss ways to stimulate the country's sputtering housing market. Kam Wing Chan, professor of geography at the UW, is quoted. 

A man is using his story of escaping homelessness to try to get others out, too. Kyle Crowder, professor of sociology at the UW, is quoted. 

China said it would normalize the status of millions of people who had lived on the margins of society. Kam Wing Chan, professor of geography at UW, is quoted. 

Douglass North, former economics professor at the UW and Nobel Prize co-recipient, died last month.

The Moore Theatre may have a deep dark past of segregation. Jeffrey Karl Ochsner, professor of architecture at the UW, and Quintard Taylor, professor of history at the UW, are quoted. 

Faculty across the College recommend a favorite book related to their field.