Race and Equity

The disproportionate system that creates legal financial obligations (LFOs) is pursuing solutions with help from University of Washington sociology professor Alexes Harris.

All four of the 2017-18 UW student body presidents, including two College of Arts & Sciences' alums, saw race, equity and social justice as central to their position.

PhD student Arianne Eason believes that understanding what shapes our views on race is the first step toward positive change. 

Op-ed by Professor Katherine Beckett of the Department of Law, Societies and Justice. 

For 50yrs OMA&D has been supporting underrepresented minority and economically disadvantaged students, first-generation students, and campus diversity.

Video // Dr. Ralina Joseph discusses the new music video from Childish Gambino, "This is America."

Ralina Joseph, Director of the Center for Communication, Difference and Equity, weighs in on the Starbucks racial-bias sessions. 

Reaffirming the plan of broader change, Ralina Joseph with the UW Department of Communications leads a training similar to the one Starbucks will use.

Student activism in 1968 led the UW to create one of the nation’s first office of minority affairs. Here’s their story. And their outlook for the future.

African-American voters who dislike the Trump presidency are much more likely to vote and to engage with politics, according to UW political scientist Christopher Parker

African-American voters who dislike the Trump presidency are much more likely to vote and to engage with politics, according to UW political scientist Christopher Parker

Learn more about the newly announced minor in Oceania and Pacific Islander Studies

UW professor of sociology Kyle Crowder is the co-author of a new book "Cycle of Segregation"

Holly Barker, a UW anthropology lecturer and advocate for Marshallese rights weighs in on new bill.

Letter to the Editor referencing Department of Law, Societies and Justice Professor Katherine Beckett's 2014 study on capital punishment.