Social Sciences Division

Gov. Jay Inslee announced that he has appointed Kiana M. Scott as the student representative on the University of Washington Board of Regents.

A UW astronomer is part of an international team that found six or seven planets orbiting a nearby star where only two or three were thought to exist.

Communications associate professor Ralina L. Joseph takes a look at a recent breakfast cereal ad that sparked controversy because of its staring family.

You can join UW lecturer Matt McGarrity and learn how to become a better public speaker starting June 24.

Resat Kasaba says It would be wrong to think of the recent events in Turkey as another chapter in the "Arab spring" movements.

In an op-ed piece, David Barash, professor of psychology, argues that because of biology, mammalian male parents may act in ways that are less than admirable, but human dads can trump nature.

Philip Howard, associate professor of communication, answers a few questions about his book with doctoral student Muzammil Hussain, "Demoracy's Fourth Wave: Digital Media and the Arab Spring."

A new United Nations analysis, using statistical methods developed at UW, shows the world population could reach nearly 11 billion by the end of the century, about 800 million more people than the previous projection issued in 2011.

Stephen Sumida, professor of American ethnic studies at UW, received the 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association of Asian American Studies.

Inside Higher Ed talks with Scott Montgomery, lecturer in the Jackson School, about his book "Does Science Need a Global Language? English and the Future of Research" and whether science does need a global language.

People in most cultures view a woman's small feet as a sign of youth and fertility, but that's not true of all cultures, including the Karo Batak of island of Sumatra, reports UW anthropologist Geoff Kushnick.

Seattle Times columnist Jerry Large talks with Christopher Parker, associate professor of political science, about his new book, "Change They Can't Believe In: The Tea Party and Reactionary Politics in America."

Research and experience indicate that nontraditional gender roles can be tough for couples to navigate. Julie Brines, associates professor of sociology, is quoted.

The way we teach grammar is scandalous, according to linguist Geoffrey Pullum. We nitpick too much he says, and we rely too much on old rules that have little application today. Pullum spoke about how we can fix this in a talk recorded at the University of Washington's Kane Hall on February 12, 2013.

New research by University of Washington political scientist Christopher Parker argues that the tea party ideology owes more to the paranoid politics associated with the John Birch Society - and even the infamous Ku Klux Klan - than to traditional American conservatism.