Social Sciences Division

The UW is ranked fifth among more than 400 U.S. colleges and universities for social science research funding, according to a new report.

A Q&A with UW faculty authors of 'American Sabor'

Opinion piece by Alexes Harris of the UW Department of Sociology

Jan. 10 Trace the development of Gandhi's legacy through history to the present. With UW Department of History's Anand Yang.

Aseem Prakash of the Center for Environmental Politics on the agenda of Scott Pruit, head of the EPA under the Trump administration. 

UW professor Holly Barker on the lasting health impacts of mid-20th century U.S. nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands.

Kam Wing Chan, UW professor of geography, is quoted in this story about Beijing's crackdown on services for migrant schoolchidren.

Analysis from Scott Montgomery of the Jackson School for International Studies

Shirley Yee, Chair of Gender, Women, and Sexuality weighs in

A recent opinion piece from Christopher Parker of the UW Department of Political Science on 2018 elections.

In the last decade, the Husky Promise program has helped more than 39,000 WA students attended UW–including these two stellar alums from the College of Arts & Sciences.

Research involving UW faculty and students shows evidence of humans in Australia much earlier than previously thought.

Department of Sociology professor, Alexes Harris, the debt that grows even after prison ends for ex-offenders and its impact. 

Commentary from Mary Callahan, professor of international studies at UW

Combat reporter Alex Quade (1992) embeds with U.S. Special Operations Forces to share their stories.