Voices and Ideas
Under the Needle: A Conversation with Dr. Karen Lindeman
In a field where new research overturns old methods and helps doctors to provide better services, a desire and a willingness to continue to learn are invaluable.
Rhonda Y. Williams on Black Women, History, and Social Justice
Rhonda Y. Williams (ΦBK, University of Maryland College Park, 1989) spoke at Mississippi State University as part of a series celebrating Women’s History Month.
ΦBK Member Named Chief Market Intelligence Officer
Andrew B. Busch (ΦBK, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1983) was appointed by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission and officially assumed his duties on April 10.
The Impact of Three ΦBK Justices on Brown v. Board of Education
Associate Justices William O. Douglas, Harold H. Burton, and Felix Frankfurter helped to decide the case that provided a turning point in American Civil Rights.
Crossing Borders for Global Health
Cultural and medical anthropologist Peter Locke (ΦBK, University of Virginia, 2000) prepares a new generation of global health leaders to think across cultures.
Civil Rights Lawyer and Phi Beta Kappa Member William Coleman
Civil rights lawyer, activist, and ΦBK member William Thaddeus Coleman Jr. was directly involved in court cases that changed America during the twentieth century.
The Liberal Arts Path to a Career in the Sciences
Aileen Bailey (ΦBK, Beloit College, 1994) credits her liberal arts background with leading her to neuroscience and works to make the sciences more open to women in general.
Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Campus Illiberalism as Moral Fundamentalism
Steven Fesmire (ΦBK, Millsaps College, 1990) discusses why colleges and universities need more democratic conditions for social inquiry and problem-solving.