Faculty members at UC Santa Barbara have inducted 101 high-achieving seniors into the UCSB chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's oldest honorary academic society.
Earning special honors were Alisha Dahlstrom, of Auburn Hills, MI, Matianna Baldassari, of Benecia, and Adam Rounds, of Livermore.
Dahlstrom, an environmental studies and aquatic biology major, was awarded the Katherine Esau Phi Beta Kappa Honor Key.
Named in memory of a distinguished UCSB biology professor, the award is given to a student whose academic achievement, breadth of program, and seriousness of purpose best represent the ideals of the society.
Baldassari received the William Frost Phi Beta Kappa Memorial Key, given to an English major who has demonstrated the highest level of academic excellence.
The award was established to honor the late UCSB English professor for his contributions to improving the quality of a liberal arts education.
Rounds, an English and religious studies major, was presented the Lawrence Willson Phi Beta Kappa Honor Key, which is given to a Regents Scholar who best represents the overall ideals of the society.
It is named in memory of Willson, a UCSB professor of English and founder of the campus chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.
Phil Beta Kappa was founded in 1776 and currently includes more than 500,000 members.
A list of the UCSB students who were inducted in Phi Beta Kappa this year follows:
John Andrew Achterkirchen, Religious Studies
Erin Cagla Akar, Cell & Developmental Biology
Matianna Deane Baldassari, English
Daina Nicole Barauskas, Anthropology Global Studies
Lisa Frances Basanese, French Geography
Laura C. Behrends, Psychology
Casey Eric Boome, Global Studies
Oren
Brimer, Psychology
Cassie Nazareth Cassis, Business Econ Law & Society
Blanca Rocio Cendejas, Global Studies & Comp. Lit.
Vanessa M. Chapman, Psychology & Italian Studies
Melanie Louise Chase, Business Econ & English
Salena Mei Chen-Powell, Zoology
Christine Yeonmi Cho, Psychology
Christopher Royce Clark, Biology
Danielle Christine Cvitanovich, Psychology & Religious Studies
Alisha Anne Dahlstrom, Environmental Studies. & Aquatic Biology
Kimberly A. Defanti, Global Studies
Louisa Marie De Heer, Global Studies
Rachel Anne Difranco, Global Studies
Laura Kathleen Domingo, Art History & Communications
Ashlee Michele Dominguez, Business Economics
Ashley Marie Doty, Law & Society, Psychology & French
Nora Tulin Dunlap, Global Studies
Tyler
Durchslag-Richardson, Environmental Studies
Mathew Robert Dutra, English
Jessica Anne Engle, Art History
Rachel Helene Epstein, English
Elilzabeth Ellen Erickson, Art Studio & French
Vivian Russell Ericson, Cell and Developmental Biology
Lori Brooke Feffer, BioPsychology
Alexia
Ferracuti, English &Renaissance Studies
Erin M. Funston, Psychology
Kendell Riley German, Biological Sciences & Spanish
Erin Ann Glavich, Anthropology Political Science
Matthew Gerald Goodwin, Political Science
Adam David Graff, Biological Sciences
Christian Alan Green, Psychology
Lauren Nicole Gustafson, English
Jeanne Marie Halvorson, Anthropology
Joy
Hassan, Communications & Psychology
Joanna Lynn Hedge, Biological Sciences
Caley Mcauliffe Heekin, Philosophy & Mathematics
Aaron McLean Horowitz, Global Studies & Italian Studies
Jaime Mitsuko Iguchi, Philosophy
Amber Lace Johnson, Spanish
Lauren Elizabeth Jones, Psychology
Megan Marie Joyce, Psychology
Lauren Ashley Kell, Environmental Studies
Ashleigh Jordan Kennedy, English & Psychology
Sharon A. Kerekes, Global Studies & Psychology
Matthew Dougherty Kirk, Spanish & Economics/Math
Jared Lawrence Koett, Spanish
Kristin Ann Laughtin, Linguistics & Religious Studies
April Alexandria Leonardo, Biological Sciences
Elizabeth Eileen Malcolm, History
Melissa E. Melendez, Chicano Studies & Sociology
Jennifer Anne Morris, Psychology & Spanish
Jessica Natalie Nolan, Global Studies
Chad L. Oelke, Film Studies
Juri
Ogata, Psychology
Lea Gisele Oliver, Spanish & Business Economics
Lorena Guadalupe Orozco, Sociology
Thomas Anthony II Pashalides, Business Economics
Meredith Henderson Perry, Global Studies & Italian Studies
Lindsey Anne Pollaczek, Global Studies & Psychology
Olga
Rodriguez, Economics/Math & Spanish
Jennifer Margaret Rogers, Spanish & Psychology
Amalia Irene Rothschild, French & Political Science
Adam Wyatt Rounds, English & Religious Studies
Alon
Sachar, Middle East Studies
Alexis Joy Sclamberg, Global Studies & Women's Studies
Cheyne Matthew Scoby, Music & Physics
Brett James Service, Film Studies
Alison Blythe Shellman, Comparative Literature
Sarah Patigalia Shoff, Economics & French
Mary Alexandra Skouras, Psychology & Law & Society
Sarah Diane Slice, BioPsychology
Michelle Ann Stoltzman, English
Elizabeth Louise Sullivan, Political Science
Gina
Sverdlov, Global Studies &Business Economics
Gail Melissa Swedroe, Religious Studies
Tomoko
Tamagawa, Environmental Stdudies
Melody Deborah Tavakoli, Biological Sciences
Sara Michelle Thompson, Global Studies
Elaine Catherine Turner, Physics
Kristin Louise Van Abel, Biological Sciences
Erica Lynn Van Den Haak, Biological Sciences
Jennifer Nicole Vitti, Renaissance Studies
Cara Marie Vonhofen, Business Economics & Law & Society
Emily L. Wallerstein, Political Science
Kier Alanna Wallis, Communications & Law & Society
Christine Nicole Weidemann, Aquatic Biology
Kara Rachel Weisman, Spanish & Law & Society
Jeremy Alan Wickenheiser, Biology - Creative Studies
Josephine Karmila Widjaja, Cell & Developmental Biology
Susan M. Wlodarczyk, Biological Sciences
Alicia Marie Woempner, History
Margaret Alice Youngs, Global Studies
Madeline Anne Zamoyski, Philosophy & Political Science
Gabriel Dash Zeldin, Philosophy
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