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.

Esther Jones


President


Associate Dean for Faculty Development
Brown University

Ronald Crutcher


Vice President


President Emeritus
University of Richmond

Elizabeth Marshall Anderson


Senator-at-Large


Counsel,
US Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Enforcement

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

Sean Decatur


Senator-At-Large


President of the American
Museum of Natural History

Dolores Durán-Cerda


Senator-at-Large


Interim Chancellor
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

P. Gabrielle Foreman


Senator-at-Large


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

John Harkless


Senator-at-Large


Professor, Chemistry
Howard University

Vera Junkers


Middle Atlantic District Senator


Teacher, Retired

Bridget Keegan


Senator-at-Large


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

Robert LaFleur


North Central District Senator


Professor of History &
Anthropology
Beloit College

Jennifer Lewton-Yates


South Central District
Senator


Department Chair,
Greek and Roman Studies
Millsaps College

Michael Lomax


Senator-at-Large


President
UNCF

Anne McCants


New England District Senator


Anne F. Friedlaender
Professor of Economic History
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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

Suzie Park


Senator-at-Large


Assistant Vice President
of Academic Affairs
Eastern Illinois University

Pablo Pastrana-Pérez


Senator-at-Large


Chair,
Department of Spanish
Western Michigan University

Pamela Trotman Reid


Senator-at-Large


Senior Scholar, Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute
Wayne State University

Janet Bauder Thornburg


East Central District Senator


Retired, Geologist