https://www.polisci.washington.edu/
The Department of Sociology at Washington State University is committed to excellence in research, teaching, and service. This excellence is founded on inquiry, acceptance of diverse intellectual perspectives and critical thinking. The Department is committed to advancing the frontiers of sociological knowledge with our outstanding, diverse, and energetic faculty and to sharing this knowledge with students in our graduate and undergraduate programs and with stakeholders beyond academia. Beyond a fixed body of knowledge, the Department promotes critical and creative evaluation of social knowledge and life-long learning (in and out of academic settings). The Department builds upon a historical legacy of innovative sociological inquiry with current strengths in the following areas:
Crime and Deviance, Social Control, and Social Justice
Environment and Politics
Families and the Life Course
Research Methods
Social Inequalities
Work, Organizations, and Labor Markets
