Phi Beta Kappa Senate

The Senate of The Phi Beta Kappa Society is elected by the Triennial Council, a representative group of members convened every three years to carry out the business of the Society. Led by the President and Vice President, Senators provide leadership to the Society and set the direction for the Society's future.

Peter Quimby


President


Head of School,
The Governor's Academy

Esther Jones


Vice President


Dean of Faculty &
Associate Provost
Clark University

Bernadine Barnes


South Atlantic District Senator


Professor, Art History
Chair, Art Department
Wake Forest University

Susan Carlisle


Senator-at-Large


Certified Public Accountant

S. Raj Chaudhury


Senator-at-Large


Executive Director, Innovation in Learning Center & USAonline

Ronald Crutcher


Senator-At-Large


President Emeritus
University of Richmond

Sean Decatur


Senator-At-Large


President of the American
Museum of Natural History

Dolores Duran-Cerda


Senator-at-Large


Provost & Executive
Vice Chancellor
Pima Community
College

John Harkless


Senator-at-Large


Professor, Chemistry
Howard University

Bridget Keegan


Senator-at-Large


English Professor &
Dean, College of Arts & Sciences
Creighton University

Karen Koster


North Central District
Senator


Chair, Department of Anthropology, Sociology
Professor of Biology,University of South Dakota

Vera Junkers


Middle Atlantic District Senator


Teacher, Retired

Jennifer Lewton-Yates


South Central District
Senator


Department Chair,
Greek and Roman Studies
Millsaps College

Michael Lomax


Senator-at-Large


President
UNCF

Kathleen McGarry


Senator-at-Large


Professor, Economics
University of California
Los Angeles

Steven J. Miller


Senator-at-Large


Professor, Mathematics
Williams College

Eric Nye


Western District Senator


Professor, English
University of Wyoming

Carol O’Donnell


New England District Senator


Senior Financial
Business Partner, Retired
University of Maine

Suzie Park


Senator-at-Large


Assistant Vice President
of Academic Affairs
Eastern Illinois University

John Pope


Senator-at-Large


Contributing writer, The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate

Pamela Trotman Reid


Senator-at-Large


Senior Scholar, Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute
Wayne State University

Judith Shapiro


Senator-at-Large


President and Professor,
Anthropology, Emerita
Barnard College

Janet Bauder Thornburg


East Central District Senator


Retired, Geologist