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.

Dr. Esther L. Jones


President


Associate Dean for Academic Programs, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
Harvard University

Dr. Ronald Crutcher


Vice President


President Emeritus
University of Richmond

Elizabeth Marshall Anderson


Senator-at-Large


Associate Counsel
Investment Company Institute

Dr. Bernadine Barnes


South Atlantic District Senator


Professor, Art History
Chair, Art Department
Wake Forest University

Susan Carlisle


Senator-at-Large


Certified Public Accountant

Dr. S. Raj Chaudhury


Senator-at-Large


Executive Director
Innovation in Learning Center & USAonline

Dr. Sean Decatur


Senator-At-Large


President
American Museum of
Natural History

Dr. Dolores Durán-Cerda


Senator-at-Large


Retired Provost &
Executive Vice Chancellor
for Academic Affairs
Pima Community College

Amy Ferrer


Senator-at-Large


Executive Director
American Philosophical
Association

Tara Fischer


Senator-at-Large


Associate Provost for Student
Success & Coordinator
of the Community College Partnership Initiative
Dickinson College

Dr. P. Gabrielle Foreman


Senator-at-Large


Paterno Chair of Liberal Arts,
Professor of English, African American Studies & History
Pennsylvania State University

Dr. John A.W. Harkless


Senator-at-Large


Associate Professor, Chemistry
Howard University

Dr. Vera Junkers


Middle Atlantic District Senator


Teacher, Retired

Dr. Bridget Keegan


Senator-at-Large


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

Dr. Robert André LaFleur


North Central District Senator


Professor of History &
Anthropology
Beloit College

Dr. Jennifer Lewton-Yates


South Central District
Senator


Associate Dean for Student
Achievement and Persistence
Assistant Professor of Classics
Millsaps College

Dr. Michael Lomax


Senator-at-Large


President
UNCF

Dr. Anne E. C. McCants


New England District Senator


Anne F. Friedlaender
Professor of History
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Dr. Kathleen McGarry


Senator-at-Large


Professor, Economics
University of California
Los Angeles

Dr. Steven J. Miller


Senator-at-Large


Professor, Mathematics
Williams College

Dr. Eric Nye


Western District Senator


Professor Emeritus, English
University of Wyoming

Dr. Suzie A. Park


Senator-at-Large


Assistant Vice President
for Academic Affairs
Professor, English
Eastern Illinois University

Dr. Pablo Pastrana-Pérez


Senator-at-Large


Associate Professor, Spanish
Western Michigan University

Dr. Pamela Trotman Reid


Senator-at-Large


Senior Scholar, Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute
Wayne State University

Dr. Janet Bauder Thornburg


East Central District Senator


Retired, Geologist