Faculty members at the University of California, Santa Barbara have inducted 89 high-achieving seniors into the UCSB chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's oldest honorary academic society.
Earning special honors were Anna Lorraine Reade of Ridgecrest, Michael Charles Raisch of Goleta, and Kristin Marie Jordan of Burbank.
Reade, a biochemistry and molecular biology major, was awarded the Katherine Esau Phi Beta Kappa Honor Key.
The award is given in memory of Esau, a longtime UCSB professor of biology (1963-97), to a student whose academic achievement, breadth of program, and seriousness of purpose best represents the ideals of Phi Beta Kappa.
Raisch's award was the William Frost Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Key, given to an English major who has demonstrated the highest level of academic excellence. It is given in memory of Frost, who taught in UCSB's Department of English from 1951 to 1988, for his contributions to improving the quality of a liberal arts education. Raisch also majored in biology while at UCSB.
Jordan, a sociology major, earned the Lawrence Wilson Phi Beta Kappa Honor Key, given in honor of Wilson, a professor of English at UCSB from 1947 to 1983 and founder of the UCSB Phi Beta Kappa chapter. The key is given to a Regents Scholar who best represents the overall ideals of the society.
Phi Beta Kappa was founded in 1776 and currently includes more than 500,000 members.
UCSB students inducted in Phi Beta Kappa this year are:
Laura Elizabeth Aydelotte, English & Renaissance Studies
Jinan Corinne Banna, Psychology
Bret Alexander Beheim, Anthropology-Cultural
& History
Sarah Anne Blumenthal, Communication & Psychology
Noelle Christiane Boucquey, Environmental Studies & History
Diana S. Bruno, Psychology
Julie Catherine Burnett, Cell and Developmental Biology
Jerry Chieh Chen, Microbiology
Michael Robert Comstock, Global Studies-Socioeconomics & Politics
Timothy Robert Cushing, Philosophy
Molly Beth Davis, Cell and Developmental Biology
Renee Dolce Davis, Psychology & Spanish
John Brennan Eisz, Business Economics & Geography
Margaret A. Ford, Psychology
Frances Aileen Fouch, English & Spanish
Dustin Christopher Fujikawa, Global Studies-Socioeconomics and Politics
Elizabeth R. Gahan, Art Studio & Global Studies-Culture and Ideology
Elvira Garcia, Mathematics
Andrew Marc Griffin, Anthropology-Cultural
Steven Anthony Gros, Religious Studies
Garth Trevor Hall, Middle Eastern Studies
Sabrina Haeyoon Han, Biological Science & German & Psychology
Erin Renee Hermes, Germanic Lang. and Lit. & Global Studies-Culture and Ideology
Maryann Elisabeth Hohn, Mathematics & Italian Studies
Jennifer Rae Holcomb, Religious Studies
Martine Marie Holston, Global Studies-Culture and Ideology & Sociology
Candida Huizar, Chicano Studies & Spanish
Maile Sophia Hutterer, Art History
Katharine Amanda Jarmul, Political Science-International Relations
Kjersti Ann Johanson, Microbiology
Kristin Marie Jordan, Sociology
Anastazja Hanna Kaczmarek, Black Studies
Jane Marie Keir, Comparative Literature
Alexandra Ranay Kennedy, Classics-Classical Language and Literature
Cheryl Ann Killingsworth, Art Studio & English
Matthew Erik Kilthau, Classics-Classical Language and Literature
Jade Michiko Koide, Pharmacology
Kathryn Sara Landman, English & Law and Society
Erin Colleen Lane, Italian Cultural Studies & Spanish
Julia Susan Lanphier, Global Studies-Culture and Ideology
Catherine Sayre Leavitt, Dramatic Art & Psychology
Melissa Shay Lehman, French & Religious Studies
Nicole Danielle Levisman, Business Economics & Psychology
Chelsea Nicole Liebelt, Biological Sciences
Sophia Julia Lind, Psychology
Elizabeth Marie Lovero, French & Political Science-International Relations
Margot Jean Lurie, Creative Studies-Literature
Daniel W. Macleith, Japanese
Maura Rhea Zoe Madou, Microbiology
Lauren Savala Makasian, Communication & Spanish
David Francis Martin, Global Studies-Socioeconomics and Politics
Kristin Rose Masciorini, Business Economics & Global Studies-Socioeconomics and Politics
Laura Christine McBride, Psychology & Spanish
Mira Mendoza, Global Studies-Socioeconomics and Politics
Sophia Grace Milton, Global Studies-Socioeconomics and Politics
Ladan Moeen-Ziai, French & Political Science
Christopher Terrill C. Oates, Biological Sciences
Stephen Anthony Oddo, Anthroplogy-Physical & Psychology
Alissa Ann Pappoff, Italian Cultural Studies & Psychology
Anton Frederick Parker, Business Economics & Global Studies-Socioeconomics and Politics
Chantelle Marin Pfeifer, Anthropology-Physical
Jessica Danielle Pierce, Communication & Italian Studies
Claire Joan Poissonniez, Anthropology-Physical & English
Jeremy Joseph Pruzin, Biopsychology & Spanish
Michael Charles Raisch, Biological Sciences & English
Karen Elizabeth Rathmann, Biopsychology
Anna Lorraine Reade, Biochemistry - Molecular Biology
Kristin Gene Rice, Art History & Spanish
Aniela Spencer Rodes, Global Studies-Socioeconomics and Politics
Julia Azar Rubin, Creative Studies-Literature & Religious Studies
Melanie Anne Ruiz, Mathematics
Jacqueline Ann Schoen, Psychology
Kimberly Renee Seigel, Environmental Studies
Jason Scott Shattuck, History
Daniel Charles Shepherd, English
Alice E. Shin, Film Studies
Inna Stepanenko, Art History & Slavic Lanuguages and Literatures
Meenakshi Sabina Subbaraman, Philosophy & Statistical Science
Emily Ellen Thom, English & Psychology
Otto John Thomas, Jr., English
Jaime Lynne Thomas, English
Sarah Elizabeth Thurston, Latin American Iberian Studies & Political Science
Rebekah Claire Waldron, Black Studies & English
Catherine H. Wallace, Environmental Studies & Global Studies-Socioeconomics and Politics
Jamie S. White, Anthropology-Physical
Amy Jennings Whiteside, Psychology
Matthew Kestrel Wilson, Biological Sciences & Creative Studies-Literature
Chantelle Portia Woods, Biopsychology
Emilee Jeanette Woods, Linguistics-Sociocultural
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