Social Sciences Division

After years of balancing UW studies with a demanding full-time dance career, Pacific Northwest Ballet dancer Leah O'Connor will earn a bachelor's degree in sociology in June.

When scientists studying the deadly H5N1 “bird flu” virus reengineered it to be transmissible in humans, the potential for the virus to become a public security threat intensified.

In cities around the country, more and more Americans with cell phones and social media accounts are helping police solve crimes, whether they know it or not. Hanson Hosein, director of the program on communication in digital media, comments.

University of Washington doctoral candidate Maria Quintana (History) and alumnus Samuel Anderson (Anthropology, '00) are among the Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellows for 2013, awarded each year by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.

In a new book, Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People, Anthony Greenwald, a social psychologist at the University of Washington, and co-author Mahzarin Banaji turn the conventional way people think about prejudice on its head.

Donald Hellmann, a professor in the Jackson School of International Studies, weighs in on North Korea's recent threats against the U.S., Japan, and South Korea on KUOW's Weekday, hosted by Steve Scher (first 15 minutes of program).

Wes Kovarik (JSIS MAIS/JD 2014), is one of 23 graduate-student recipients of the Harold W. Rosenthal Fellowship. He will spend the summer working in the Washington, D.C., office of U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA).

"The Best of the Best American Poetry" collects 25 years of the best poetry published in this country, including poems by Sherman Alexie and the University of Washington's Heather McHugh.

Crosscut publishes an extract from "A Principled Stand: The Story of Hirabayashi v. United States," a compilation of the diaries and correspondence which follow Gordon Hirabayashi's experiences as a student through time served in jail for defying U.S. orders during WWII.

Huskies linebacker John Timu has become the first UW student-athlete to win the prestigious Baldwin Scholarship in Anthropology. Timu will be a featured researcher at the Undergraduate Research Symposium in May.

Richard Kirkendall is a University of Washington professor emeritus of history and editor of the new book, "Civil Liberties and the Legacy of Harry S. Truman." He answers a few questions about the book for UW Today.

China's model for controlling the internet is being adopted elsewhere. Katy Pearce, assistant professor of communication, is quoted.

Although online dating is common across age groups, it seems likely that the social-media generation would gravitate toward it. Pepper Schwartz, professor of sociology, is quoted.

Since 1955, UW undergraduates have learned about lawmaking by devoting winter quarter to working full time in Olympia for members of the Washington State House of Representatives or Senate.

Political Science students and faculty have teamed up to document the role of universities in securing labor rights for apparel workers.