Political Science Celebrates Pi Sigma Alpha Inductees

The Political Science Department recently inducted 22 new members into the Pi Sigma Alpha honor society. The second annual induction ceremony took place in the Nancy O. Blackwell Alumni House.

Alpha Iota Upsilon, the Davidson College Chapter of the Society, was chartered in April 2015 to recognize junior and senior majors who demonstrate high academic achievement. Chapter President Jacob Cole '16 and Vice-President Wade Leach '16 led the induction ceremony. The new members are:

Jeong-Hwan Bae

Alyssa Bryan

Ben Corson

Lucy Dempsey

Jeremy Faust

Matt Gore

Grace Hauser

Zhentao Hong

Joey Howard

Alex Mathews

Sarah McDonald

Livesey Pack

Shea Parikh

Madeleine Roberts

Thomas Rocca

Rahat Sajwani

Bolton Smith

Noelle Smith

Blake Steinberg

Kendall Thielemann

Colin Vaida

Yuyi Zhao



Pi Sigma Alpha is the only honor society for college and university students of political science in the United States. Its purpose is to recognize and promote high academic achievement in the field of political science. It is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies.