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Phi Kappa Phi Initiates Outstanding Students

May 13, 2024

43 outstanding Salem State University students, and a member of the faculty/librarian/administrative staff have been initiated into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. They are among approximately 30,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year, including more than 3,800 Salem State University members.

Membership is by invitation only and requires nomination and approval by a chapter. Only the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors are eligible for membership. Graduate students in the top 10 percent of the number of candidates for graduate degrees may also qualify, as do faculty, professional staff and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction. 

These outstanding initiates included:

Cathy Fahey, Research and Instruction Librarian

Gwendolyn R. Amico, Elementary Education

Christiane Amstutz, Educational Leadership

Josiah J. Beck, Sport and Movement Science

Joseph Fournier Bolcome, History

Madden O. Brown, History and Philosophy

Denis P. Campbell, Psychology

Mark Chiaradonna, Business Administration, Finance concentration

Emeline Class, Criminal Justice

Isaiah A. Cortijo, Biology

Emily F. Daly, Justice in Education

James Delisle, Philosophy and Sociology

Jamie R. Dunphy, Social Work

Lydia V. Fantozzi , Social Work

Rosemary Fiori, Social Work

Tara A. Fitzgerald, Educational Leadership

Inna Y. Fokina, Nursing

Jeffrey R. Garbutt, Higher Education in Student Affairs

Annie R. Gillis, Healthcare Studies

Yomayra Isabel Jaquez, Early Childhood Education

Cassie Johnson, History

Aiden S. Jones, Elementary Education and Dance

Gaillot Joseph, Teaching/Physical Education

Rachell L. Krell, Higher Education in Student Affairs

Joss P. Kyrouz, Chemistry

Yuxuan Li, English

Robyn D. Long-Navas, Teaching/Spanish

Christina A. Montanile, Early Childhood Education

Morelia Morel Diaz, Biology

Harry R. Robinson, History

Mariana-Mor Roter, Business Administration Accounting concentration

Leonairys E. Santana Santana, World Languages and Cultures, Spanish concentration

Eric Seymour, Teaching/History

Zoe Stock, Social Work

Jennifer Talbot, Elementary Education

Caitlin Tannian, Nursing

Olivia Torchio, Nursing

Beatriz M. Valle, Special Education

Daniel B. Vasconcelos, Educational Leadership

Karen E. Velasco Duffy, Sport and Movement Science

Yizhou Wang, English

Kejun Zhou, English

Melanie Zimmermann, Biology and Philosophy

Tommie R. Worrall, History and Spanish

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