Thirty-four Southern Illinois University Carbondale graduate and undergraduate students recently attended induction ceremonies into the university’s chapter of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society during a ceremony in Morris Library’s John C. Guyon Auditorium.
In all, 50 new members have joined the honors society for the 2024-2025 academic year, including Christopher Chiasson, an assistant professor of practice of German and a 2025 Excellence Award recipient at SIU Carbondale.
These honorees are among about 20,000 members initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year. Only the top 10% of seniors and 7.5% of juniors, having at least 72 semester hours, are eligible for membership. Graduate students in the top 10% may also qualify, as do faculty, professional staff and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction.
Chartered in 1957, SIU Carbondale’s chapter was revitalized in 2021 and received a Circle of Excellence Silver Award in 2023.
LaShonda Stewart, a professor in the School of Management and Marketing, is chapter president. Other officers for the 2024-2025 academic year were Scott Hamilton-Brehm, an associate professor in the School of Biological Sciences; Jyotsna Kapur, director of the University Honors Program, and Elizabeth Donoghue, assistant director of the University Honors Program.
Students who attended the April 30 ceremony, listed by hometown, are:
ILLINOIS
- Carbondale: Lily Bishop, junior, political science.
- Carbondale: Shivashankar Reddy Dayadula, graduate student, civil and environmental engineering.
- Carbondale: GeVonna Fassett, graduate student, human sciences.
- Carbondale: Sandhya Jayasekara, graduate student, micro and biochemical molecular biology.
- Carbondale: Lora Judge, senior, law.
- Carbondale: Oluwaseun Ola, graduate student, agricultural sciences.
- Carbondale: Khusbu Rahman, graduate student, business administration.
- Chicago: Bernice Johnson, graduate student, physician assistant studies.
- Chicago: Ashley Okray, graduate student, physician assistant studies.
- Coulterville: Sara Dumond, graduate student, social work.
- Decatur: Daniel McAlpine, graduate student, public safety administration.
- Elmwood: Abbegail Selman, junior, radiologic sciences.
- Goreville: Diedra Hopes, graduate student, educational administration.
- Herrin: Reese Billingsley, junior, biological sciences.
- Marion: Wendy Harris, graduate student, organizational learning, innovation and development.
- Marion: Hannah Nelson, graduate student, social work.
- Maryville: Lorelai Biegler, junior, interior design.
- O’Fallon: Alexis Tinge, graduate student, social work.
- Petersburg: Hillary Kelly, graduate student, public health.
- Pinckneyville: Livia Queen, junior, elementary education.
- Sherman: Arielle Fisher, graduate student, occupational therapy.
- Springfield: Ricardo Cossyleon, graduate student, health administration.
- Springfield: Elizabeth Hoag, graduate student, health administration.
- Springfield: Diana Zierk, graduate student, organizational learning, innovation and development.
- Yorkville: Marsden Fisher, senior, zoology.
ARKANSAS
- Magnolia: Meaghan Satterfield, graduate student, radiologic sciences.
INDIANA
- Bloomington: Natalie Hawkins, junior, zoology.
- Evansville: Carly Gist, junior, journalism.
IOWA
- Tiffin: Marc Doobay, graduate doctorate, physician assistant studies.
GEORGIA
- Duluth: Suhas Dantuluri, senior, biological sciences.
- Kathleen: Branden Tippy, graduate student, business administration.
SOUTH CAROLINA
- Charleston: Livingston Lowe, senior, organizational learning, innovation and development.
TENNESSEE
- Franklin: Ashlyn Edmondson, junior, languages, cultures and international studies.
WISCONSIN
- Oak Creek: Harrison Jackson, graduate student, philosophy.
