Social Sciences Division

Adam Warren is an associate professor of Latin American history at the University of Washington with a special focus in science, medicine, and the study of indigenous peoples in Peru.

Professor James Gregory on the power of public history and the centenary of the 1919 Seattle General Strike

Established in 1973, the Odegaard award honors individuals whose leadership in the community exemplifies the former UW president’s work on behalf of diversity. 

From John F. Kennedy to Janis Joplin, the former UW sociology major has a knack for making his subjects feel at ease

Learn the fascinating history behind why some students at the UW's Canadian Studies Center are learning Inuktitut.

Experts, including UW political scientists, weigh in on the recent government shut down and what the outcomes of past shutdowns have been.

With Hey Mentor, an online mentoring program, Kevin Truong (BA, 2016) is helping students prepare for college. 

Taber Hand (MA, 1983) has found a cost-effective solution for sewage treatment in challenging settings.

Two scientists at the UW unveiled a new statistical method for estimating migration flows between countries

Communications Alumna Jessica Estrada is featured in Columns.

The UW Center for Human Rights is teaching a new generation to use the Freedom of Information Act.

Analysis from international studies lecturer, Scott Montgomery

Choices that Congress made decades ago allowed tech giants to become as powerful as they are according to UW history professor Margaret O'Mara. 

UW associate professor of philosophy, Sara Goering, to lead team studying how brain-computer interfaces affect whether patients feel they are in charge of their own actions.

Op-ed by UW political scientist, Christopher Parker, on the 2020 elections