Social Sciences Division

The Department of English has introduced its new "Literature, Language, Culture" Dialogue Series, a series of podcasts and YouTube videos, and Devin Naar, UW professor of history and Jewish studies and chair of the Jackson School’s Sephardic Studies Program was a guest on two podcasts.

The Department of English has introduced its new “Literature, Language, Culture” Dialogue Series, a series of podcasts and YouTube videos in which UW humanities faculty discuss their research and teaching — “including the ways our work contributes to how we experience and seek to understand this time of global crisis.”

UW students, alumni, and faculty explain how COIVD-19 has disrupted Black life.

Daniel Bessner, assistant professor of international studies, explains how COVID-19 has affected the American University.

In a paper published July 23 in Population and Development Review, Daphne Liu, a doctoral student in statistics at the UW, and Adrian Raftery, a UW professor of statistics and sociology, explore two nuanced questions: Is increasing contraceptive use or reducing demand more effective in family planning? And, is it the number of years girls attend school or the overall enrollment of children in school that makes education a factor in fertility?

Here’s to dating after 50 as a do-over, a love mulligan that has the potential to enrich your life experience. How do you get that happening? Advice from Pepper Schwartz, professor of sociology, is referenced.

History Professor emeritus Quintard Taylor explains the results of a UW study on racialized language in Seattle-area rental ads.

With two months before the general election – and amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic – mail-in voting has taken on a greater importance, and drawn more political attention, than in elections past.

Kim England, professor of geography, and Marissa Baker, assistant professor of public health, explain how labor has changed in 2020.

Colin Marshall, associate professor of philosophy, writes on how people can be persuaded to wear masks.

Christopher Adolph, associate professor of political science and John Wilkerson, political science professor and chair of the department explain the results of their study about mask mandates.

Christopher Adolph, associate professor of political science, authored a study showing that governor's political party is the biggest factor in whether a state has imposed a mask mandate.

Ralina Joseph, professor of communication and director of the UW Center for Communication, discusses fighting racial dialogue fatigue.

Associate professor of history Adam Warren explains how traditional burial practices in Peru have been disrupted by the pandemic.

Katherine Beckett, professor of sociology and law, society, and justice is quoted in this article about law and order politics.