Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society

Founded in 1776, Phi Beta Kappa is the oldest and most prestigious undergraduate liberal arts honors society in America. It celebrates and advocates excellence in the liberal arts — the humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences — and also sponsors activities to advance these studies in higher education and in society as a whole.

• Only about 10 percent of the nation’s colleges and universities have Phi Beta Kappa chapters.
• Only about 10 percent of the arts and sciences graduates of these colleges and universities are selected for Phi Beta Kappa membership.
• Each year only about one college senior in a hundred, nationwide, is invited to join Phi Beta Kappa.

At UB, minimal standards of eligibility for membership include:

• An undergraduate liberal arts degree program, defined as a BA or BS degree program in the College of Arts and Sciences or the undergraduate degree programs of the School of Medicine and Biomedical Science.
• Completion of 90 hours with a cumulative grade point average of 3.75 or higher; at least 60 credit hours must be from coursework taken at UB and not from another institution
• Breadth in the liberal arts as shown by the number, variety and quality of courses taken outside of the major, including at least enough to fulfill the University’s general education requirements or their equivalent.
• Intermediate proficiency in a foreign language, defined as demonstrated proficiency and/or the equivalent of successful college-level study to the intermediate level.

The University at Buffalo’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa selects its members annually in January. Students who are selected are notified in February. A formal induction ceremony is held in April or May each year.

UB PBK 
President, Mark Seery, PhD
Department of Psychology

• Alyssa Abbass, History BA
• Natasha Acevedo, Health and Human Services BA
• Pranav Acharya, Computer Science BS
• Eyiwunmi Wisdom Akinyele, Psychology BS
• Ashfa Mohamed Akram, Biomedical Science BS
• Ana Anoufriev, Communication BA
• Avery Barnard, Anthropology BA, Classics BA
• Genevieve Bauso, Physics BA
• Macey Blum, Biochemistry BS
• Kayla Bonilla, Psychology BA
• Brianna Bonvissuto, Biomedical Science BS
• Madeline Boule, Political Science BA, Biological Sciences BS
• Maya Buhrmaster, Biomedical Science BS
• Kennedy Collins, Speech and Hearing Sciences BA, Health and Human Services BA
• Wesley (Willow) Cousins, Computer Science BS, Mathematics BA, Legal Studies BA
• Tasnim Daouaou, Psychology BA
• Julia Drayer, Psychology BA, Health and Human Services BA
• Lucian Edgar, Philosophy BA, Jewish Studies BA
• Lydia Evans, Biomedical Science BS
• Eliana Ioana Freeman, Computer Science BA
• Vida Frimpong, Biological Sciences BS
• Desislava Furber, Fine Art BFA
• Sophia Furlong, Law BA, Political Science BA
• Nicole Gerdes, Environmental Science BS
• Karl Guenther, Physics BS
• Zachary Hamilton, Psychology BA
• Lok Yan Ho, Communication BA, Sociology BA
• Kaiah Hobbs, Theatre BA
• Semat Hossain, Communication BA
• Gloria Htoo, Environmental Studies BS
• Lauren Jezioro, Dance BFA
• Eden Mae Johnson, Political Science BA, History BA
• Michael Kaykov, Biological Sciences BA
• Abbas Khan, Biomedical Science BS
• Jun Ying Khoo, Singapore Psychology BA
• Elizabeth Anne Kilcoyne, Statistics BA
• Domenica Klamm, Environmental Studies BS
• Dylan Kleehammer, Economics BA, Philosophy BA
• Kaitlyn Krieger, Criminology BA, Psychology BA
• Elizabeth Lai, Biochemistry BS
• Grace LaLiberte, Speech and Hearing Sciences BA, Psychology BA
• Bryan Lee, Communication BA
• Hailey Leyberman, Biochemistry BS
• Daren Liu, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology BS 
• Xiaotian Liu, Linguistics BA
• Aisha Makama, Biochemistry BS, Political Science BA
• Khalil Mohamed, Biological Sciences BA
• Muhammad Syafiq Bin Mohd Alwi, Singapore Psychology BA
• Aryan Mudgal, Computer Science BS
• Evelyn Ng, Psychology BA
• Synn Ng, Geographic Information Science BS
• Ravneet Nijjar, Economics BS
• Naomi (Chidinma) Nworisa, Biomedical Science BS
• Fatma Zehra Ozgul, Neuroscience BS
• Anna Parlato, History BA/Social Studies Education EdM
• Owen Penhollow, Economics BS, Philosophy, Politics and Economy BA
• Andrew Rankins, Anthropology BA, History BA
• Corinne Rosi-Moon, Political Science BA
• Jonah Ruddock, Environmental Studies BS, Individualized BA
• Sana Said, Neuroscience BS
• Benny Sakthivel, Biomedical Science BS
• Medha Samala, Biochemistry BS
• E-Ling Seet, Singapore Psychology BA
• Makzim Semkiv, Biomedical Science BS
• Sumaiya Siddika, Neuroscience BS
• Jawad Sifat, Spanish BA, Computer Science BA
• Sarah Singh, Sociology BA, Political Science BA
• Sherry Smith, Psychology BA
• Josh Snider, History BA/Social Studies Education EdM
• Nur Hanisah Sunaryo, Singapore Communication BA
• Victoria Tan, History BA
• Emery Taylor, Legal Studies BA
• Marissa Taylor, Political Science BA, Communication BA
• Basil Thomas, Political Science BA, Legal Studies BA, English BA
• Milica Visic, Health and Human Services BA
• Katie Weber, Psychology BA
• Lucy Whiteley, Psychology BA, Communication BA
• Nina Wholf, Exercise Science BS
• Dominic Tse-Minh Wong, Communication BA
• Jason Yang, Computer Science BS
• Sofia Yantorno-France, Public Health BS
• Helen Zhang, Physics BS, Mathematics BA