Phi Beta Kappa members make a difference in the arts and sciences, and in our everyday world.
Katherine Brion, associate professor of art history and museum studies at New College of Florida, and Ella Kirsh, a Ph.D. candidate at Brown University, are this year’s winners.
A new podcast series from Phi Beta Kappa’s magazine, The American Scholar, explores student protests at Reed College, signaling an era of change not only in our institutions of higher learning but in our culture.
Drawing inspiration from notable Phi Beta Kappa members who have contributed their expertise, experience, and pursuit of excellence to the public, the Society proudly announces the 20 recipients of the Key into Public Service scholarships.
Shortlisted for the 2023 Christian Gauss Award, Philosophical Siblings examines the relationship of William, Henry, and Alice James from the perspective of “play” as theory.
“A liberal arts education encourages students to look at the bigger picture, to meet people who are different from themselves, and to embrace skills and perspectives that they might not gain solely from their own major.” —Sarah Kane (ΦBK, University of Pennsylvania)
Take a journey with ΦBK members Kevin M. Kruse and Julian E. Zelizer as they discuss the urgency needed to dispel historical myths. Their anthology, Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past explores and revises some of the most malicious interpretations of American history.
Matthew Kleban (ΦBK, Reed College) is Department Chair of Physics at New York University. His research interests include string theory, theoretical cosmology, and particle physics.
As one of the nation’s leading Hispanic-Serving Institutions, University of California Irvine invited Molina to discuss in greater depth her book A Place at the Nayarit: How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community.
Dan Flores’ Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America was shortlisted for ΦBK’s 2023 Ralph Waldo Emerson Award. He recently spoke with Santa Ynez Valley Natural History Society.
Phi Beta Kappa’s magazine was nominated this year for ASME awards in the categories of “General Excellence” and “Review and Criticism.”
Read about Arizona State University’s fifty years of Phi Beta Kappa and hear from President and Dean LePore on the immense value that Phi Beta Kappa has brought to Arizona and ASU students.
