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Dedicated home for Arts & Sciences to break ground in spring

10.11.24

A ceremonial groundbreaking for the first dedicated home for Arts & Sciences on the Danforth Campus took place Oct. 8 at Washington University in St. Louis. The building will house some of the school’s premier departments and programs and serve as a cornerstone for scholarly and educational partnerships with other schools and units across campus.

A Q+A with Isaac Seiler, WashU Sociology Major and Truman Scholarship Recipient

10.1.24

The Department sits down with Isaac Seiler discuss Sociology, scholarships, and suggestions for rising students.

Fellowship allows undergraduates to research book bans

9.17.24

Banned Book Undergraduate Research Fellow David Win reflects on his study of censorship and the life-changing power of reading.

Meet our new faculty: Social sciences

8.26.24

This fall, 19 new researchers and instructors join six social science departments in Arts & Sciences. Welcome to our incoming faculty!

Arts & Sciences welcomes new departmental and program leadership for 2024-2025

8.13.24

Sociology Study Abroad Feature: Durban, South Africa

5.14.24

Two students share their experiences with the School for International Training study abroad program in Durban, South Africa.

Colonial recursion: state categories of race and the emergence of the “Non-Western Allochthone”

5.8.24 | American Journal of Cultural Sociology

Yannick Coenders, an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Washington University in St. Louis was featured in the American Journal of Cultural Sociology. The article looks at recursion from a sociological lens.

Taking a Closer Look at Working Moms

5.7.24 | The Record

Caity Collins, an Associate Professor of Sociology at Washington University in St. Louis was featured in The Record. In this feature, we get a closer look at some of the challenges working moms face.

Weidenbaum Center Grant Recipient Patrick Ishizuka comments on intensive parenting

3.5.24

Weidenbaum Center Grant Recipient Patrick Ishizuka comments on intensive parenting

A-B reaches tentative labor deal with Teamsters, narrowly avoiding brewery strike

2.29.24

Weidenbaum Center Resident Fellow Jake Rosenfeld was quoted in STL Today about the impact of recent strikes, and the threat of strikes, in the United States.

Why union membership declined despite banner year for labor activity

2.20.24

Weidenbaum Center Resident Fellow Jake Rosenfeld talked with Delaware Public Media about union efforts and membership going forward.

Weidenbaum Center Executive Committee Member Adia Wingfield on antiracism in the workplace

2.6.24

Weidenbaum Center Executive Committee Member Adia Harvey Wingfield details experiences from over two hundred Black subjects across professions as she spans the history of racial inequity in professional settings.