Social Sciences Division

Common Power has had to rapidly adopt digital communications due to COVID-19, stopping face-to-face contact. David Domke, professor of communication, explains.

Bettina Judd, assistant professor of gender women and sexuality studies, explains the founder of gynecology, J. Marion Sims', horrific experiments on enslaved Black women.

This week, the UW offers a wide variety of virtual engagement opportunities, including a drop-in mediation session and content from the Jacob Lawrence Vimeo channel.

To sustain the current anti-racism movement, look to the past. Megan Ming Francis, associate professor of political science, is interviewed.

Steve Herbert, professor of law, societies, and justice and of geography, is referenced in this article discussing common myths about policing.

The HIV/AIDS pandemic was the formative experience for many of the doctors leading the response to COVID-19. Martina Morris, professor emeritus of sociology and statistics, is referenced.

Aseem Prakash, professor of political science, discusses how we should interpret Amazon's climate plan.

This week, the UW offers a variety of online engagement opportunities such as virtual programming from the Meany Center and the Jackson School's Nepal Speaker Series.

A podcast by the Jackson School's Canadian Studies Center and a book by classics Professor Sarah Levin-Richardson featured in the Times are featured in this article.

Margaret O'Mara and James Gregory, professors of history, explain how Seattle's CHOP/CHAZ zone isn't indicative of the city's history of racism.

Aseem Prakash, professor of political science, explains Amazon's new climate plan.

Scott Montgomery, lecturer of international studies, discusses the "plastic dilemma" and the issues that arise when dealing with the world's plastic problems.

The Center for Human Rights is referenced in this article about a "murky" deportation airline which was given a large bailout.

Students create videos, capping a UW class taught by anthropology lecturer Graham Pruss on music as a form of protest.

Steve Goodreau, professor of anthropology, discusses how this Pride month is different from any other for the LGBTQ+ community.