Seventeen juniors and 117 seniors are the University’s latest members of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious academic honor society.
Richard Feldman awarded Phi Beta Kappa philosophy professorship
Feldman, dean of undergraduate academic and cocurricular programs, is also noted in his field of philosophy. As the Romanell–Phi Beta Kappa Professor in Philosophy for 2017–18, he will present three lectures open to the public. Read more
Founded in 1776, Phi Beta Kappa invites for induction the most outstanding students at America’s leading colleges and universities. Membership is by invitation only, and students are selected by faculty members who are members of the society.
“We’re all very excited to elect a new group of undergraduates to the University’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa,” says Gerald Gamm, professor of political science and history and vice president of the University’s Iota Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. “The students we are inducting next month have extraordinary records of achievement, both in and beyond the classroom.”
The University’s Phi Beta Kappa chapter was founded in 1887. Members are chosen based on exceptional academic performance and a letter of recommendation from a faculty or staff member. New members are elected each spring by members of the Iota chapter at the recommendation of the nominating committee.
The chapter tends to elect approximately 10 percent of each graduating class, and restricts membership to those who have spent at least three full years in residence. Particularly strong candidates are elected as juniors, the rest as seniors.
A formal induction ceremony will take play on Saturday, May 20, at noon in Hubbell Auditorium, Hutchison Hall. This year’s keynote speaker will be Beth Olivares, dean for diversity initiatives and director of the David T. Kearns Center for Leadership and Diversity.
Here are the latest University members of Phi Beta Kappa:
Juniors
Abigail Bruce
Brian Caputo
Perry DeMarche
Laura DiRienzo
Meixiao Han
Apolline Jungels
Zixiang Liu
Monica Masterson
Logan Meredith
Reva Peer
Cynthia Plant
Gabrielle Scullard
Margaret Thurston
Wen Zhou
Seniors
Jackie-Lynn Albright
Anna Alden
Joseph Allen
Jason Altabet
Karan Arul
Nina Baek
Nathaniel Barber
Melissa Becker
Roberto Bertolini
Rohun Bhagat
Samantha Boerner
Jean Brownell
Gabrielle Bueno
Dorothy Canevari
Jonathan Canning
Madison Carter
Yi Chen
Yizhe Cheng
Sanha Cheong
Peggie Chien
Madalina Ciocanu
Owen Clinger
Nicholas Contento
Michael Cross
Patrick Delehanty
Danielle Diacovo
Danielle Douglas
David Driscoll
Matthew Dylewsky
Kathleen Emmons
Jennifer Enos
Lindsey Feigenbaum
Patrick Fink
Kasia Foster
Elizabeth Fox
Eric Franklin
Megan Freiburger
Allison Friske
Kevin Gerami
Alice Gindin
Matthew Golub
Nicholas Graham
Michael Haft
Katherine Harvey
Ling He
Rebecca Hines
Sarah Hofmann
Jake Jares
Yu Jie
Jillian Johannes
Adam Kadir
Claire Kaiser
Kyo Yeon Kim
Lia Klein
Miriam Kohn
Mikayla Konst
Sara Kowalski
Aishwarya Krishnamoorthy
Emily Landau
Yifei Liang
Samantha Lienert
Anna Llewellyn
Laurence Lohman
Adam Lott
Minfeng Lu
Shiyi Ma
Jacob Margolis
Vincent Mateo
Nicholas Mavrelis
Julianne McAdams
Patrick McConeghy
William Mellon
Claire Meyerovitz
Lee Murphy
Molly Nemer
Zhaoyu Nie
Courteney Olenyk
Chiziterem Onyekwere
Joseph Orman
Wesley Orth
Alexander Peng
Charles Perkins
Gavin Piester
William Porter
Eibhlin Regan
Kara Rubio
Jamie Rudd
Megan Runkle
Dominick Salerno
Justin Schumacher
Leah Schwartz
Hannah Silva
Emily Simon
Erin Straight
Zhonghui Sun
Milijana Surbatovich
Andrew Tarbox
Jesse Thurston
Jiayu Tian
Zoe Tiet
Karan Vombatkere
Dean Walsh
Haley Weaver
David Weissman
Michaela Wentz
Tiffany White
Bi Cheng Wu
Shuchen Wu
Torrey Wyatt
Qian Xu
Chenchen Yan
Maria Zagorulya
Weiting Zhong
Joyce Zhu
