Social Sciences Division

UW undergraduates in the Legislative Internship Program spend winter quarter in Olympia, learning the intricacies of state politics as they intern for legislators. 

An interview with Rhodes Scholar Elizabeth Angell (BA, History, International Studies, 2001).

Beloved history professor Jon Bridgman discusses his teaching, his colleagues, and more.

When A&S alumnus Gordon Hirabayashi refused to go to an internment camp in 1942, he went to prison for his actions. Nearly five decades later, the government finally overturned his conviction.

A&S alumnus David Horsey (BA, Communications, 1976) wins a Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Editorial Cartooning.

Wes Weddell, who works with the Bushwick Book Club, has a creative way of writing music that doesn't center himself or his feelings.

Catch up with Seattle Seahawks legend and UW grad Jermaine Kearse, who spends his days golfing and supporting youth in military families.

Alexa Meyer, an English Literature and Journalism & Public Interest Communication student, discusses the value of a liberal arts education.

Margaret O'Mara, professor of history, is a guest on this podcast about the reemergence of unions across the US and in Seattle.