Social Sciences Division

Pioneer, adventurist, and 'Renaissance man' Doug Walker remembered

Mark Smith, a professor of political science, was recently featured in the New Books in Political Science podcast where he talked about his book "Secular Faith."

Professor Kirsten Foot says the Seattle-based team has managed to bridge the worlds of nongovernment organizations and diverse law enforcement agencies.

Saadia Pekkanen, professor of international studies, writes that Japan's quest for parity raises questions about the future of the U.S.-Japan alliance.

The first time she taught a class about immigration, in 1991, she assigned her students to write a fictional story for their final project. Today, they don't have to make anything up.

Megan Ming Francis, assistant professor of political science at the UW, says there's a long history of distrust between minority populations and police.

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.