UW West Coast Poverty Center Seminar: Register for 1-Credit
Posted: 10/2/2025 ()
Looking for a 1-credit course at UW for Autumn 2025?
The West Coast Poverty Center Seminar (SOC WL 556A) is a 1-credit course that meets on Zoom selected Thursdays from 9:30am-11:00am.
Students will consider the role of research in policy making and in social service programs, learn about locally relevant research, and complete a professional development activity.
Students will attend three researcher-practitioner Roundtables, focused on locally-relevant housing, economic security, and criminal legal issues. Recent topics have included the impacts of legal financial obligations, findings from evaluations of guaranteed income pilot programs, and research on the effectiveness of renter protection laws.