Social Sciences Division

Kathleen Fearn-Banks, associate communication professor, and Margaret O'Mara, history professor, discuss Seattle corporations' responses to police brutality protests.

Aseem Prakash, political science professor, discusses whether big banks are effective climate change advocates, or whether they are simply "climate washing."

Carrie Slavin (’94 grad, Art History) and Theresa Roberts (’88 grad, Communications) discuss their work in the Seattle Assistance League delivering family care packages.

David Bachman, professor of international studies, explains how the US Navy reminded China that the South China Sea is open to navigation by US ships.

This week, see a variety of digital art, including a lecture on pandemics, a drop-in meditation session, and more.

Political science Professor Aseem Prakash writes a warning of the "silo effect" in regards to pandemic policy.

Political alignments are drawn during COVID-19, showing how differences in quarantine tactics draw different results. Chris Adolph, associate professor of political science, is quoted

Francis Abugbilla, Jackson School doctoral candidate, is featured for facilitating support to assist in the COVID-19 response in Ghana.

Margaret O'Mara, professor of history, discusses how Facebook will start allowing some employees to apply to work remotely for good.

This week at the UW, see a plethora of virtual opportunities, including a talk with the former prime minister of Italy.

Despite decades of resistance, major technology companies are considering a permanent move to working from home as an option. Margaret O’Mara, professor of history, writes this article.

Tech giants are in no hurry to bring employees back into the office, citing social and economic responsibility as a few of the reasons. Margaret O'Mara, professor of history, is quoted.

It's very intense to teach the history of another recent pandemic that's still shaping our lives right now with a pandemic shaping out lives in historically unprecedented ways.

The UW shares a multitude of activities associated with Arts and Sciences including but not limited to book discussions, cello performances, and more.

Parallels are drawn between the 1920s great depression and today's Coronavirus manufactured depression. James Gregory of the UW's History Department is quoted.