"The public sector is the forgotten flank of the labor movement—and its largest opportunity for growth."

Sociology Ph.D. candidate, Ella Siegrist, publishes an article in The Conversation about the funding of rural federal immigration detention facilities during economic precarity.

In an increasingly digital world, how do physical places, public art, and monuments help communities preserve and understand difficult histories?

Professor Rosenfeld comments on the politicization of the American Association of University Professors and the direct effects on the union.

Sociology Professors Kiara Wyndham, Cynthia Feliciano, Margot Moinester, and Samuel Kye have been named Weidenbaum Center faculty fellows. Faculty are appointed for a 3-year term to research key social issues locally, nationally, and globally.

Assistant Professor of Sociology Margot Moinester co-authored a piece titled, "County sanctuary policies and birthweight among immigrant birthing people across multilevel immigration policy climates in the United States, 2012–2020: a repeat cross-sectional study." Prof. Moinester's research dives deeper into understanding county government's increase of immigrant policy making and the effects on birth weight to foreign-born people.

Assistant Professor of Sociology Patrick Ishizuka publishes a new article researching the gender housework gap titled, "The stalled gender housework revolution in the United States." Prof. Ishizuka examines how the degendering of household expectations based on gender have changed or stayed stagnant overtime.

Prof. Rosenfeld comments on UWA's union reputation during complicated reelection bid.

After 44 years at WashU, Professor Steven Fazzari is retiring. Fazzari played a crucial role in re-establishing the Sociology Department as inaugural chair. Current Sociology chair, Jake Rosenfeld, reflects on Fazzari's lasting legacy.

The Weidenbaum Center has awarded $45,000 for the upcoming academic year to support three exceptional PhD students in Political Science, Economics, and Sociology through the 2026-2027 Weidenbaum Graduate Fellowship.

Professor Liz Chiarello is selected as a Princeton Institute for Advanced Study Fellow. This group of 21 selected scholars pursue independent projects that will together show the depth of global, contemporary social science.

Professor Chiarello is a medical sociologist and socio-legal scholar whose work explores how cultural forces such as law, politics, and organizational policy shape decision-making in healthcare and the criminal-legal system. Chiarello gave a talk in January 2025 for the Center on her book, "Policing Patients: Treatment and Surveillance on the Frontlines of the Opioid Crisis."