Alpha Kappa Delta

Alpha Kappa Delta

Alpha Kappa Delta (AKD) is the international sociology honor society. It’s motto is, Anthropon Katamanthanein Diakonesein: “To investigate humanity for the purpose of service.” It was founded in 1920 “for the purposes of stimulating scholarship and promoting the scientific study of religion,” as well as fostering fellowship among sociology students and faculty.

Requirements for membership in the Wake Forest University chapter for students classified as undergraduates are:

1. Must be an officially declared sociology major or demonstrate a serious interest in sociology within an official program of  the host institution.
2. Must be at least a junior (third year) by standards of the host institution.
3. Must have accumulated the equivalent of an overall GPA of 3.2 (by a four point scale where: A=4, B=3, C=2, D=1, F=0).
4. Must have maintained the equivalent of a 3.5 GPA in sociology courses taken at the host institution prior to initiation.
5. Must have completed at least four regular courses in sociology prior to initiation (exclusive of extension or courses graded pass/fail).

Please contact the AKD Advisor, Dr. Catherine Harris, for more information.