What is Phi Alpha Theta?

History Honor Society Inc., Phi Alpha Theta, was organized at the University of Arkansas in 1921. Since that time it has grown to more than eight hundred chapters in fifty states and has more chapters than any of the other accredited honor societies holding membership in the Association of College Honor Societies.

Phi Alpha Theta is a professional society whose purpose is to promote the study of history through the encouragement of research, good teaching, publication, and the exchange of learning and ideas among historians. It seeks to bring students, teachers, and writers of history together both intellectually and socially; and it encourages and assists historical research and publication by its members in a variety of ways.

Phi Alpha Theta is composed of chapters in properly accredited colleges and universities. All students in these institutions who have completed the required number of history courses and are maintaining high standards in their college or university are eligible for membership. (The requirements for membership are a 3.000 cumulative GPA and a 3.100 GPA in at least 12 credits of history.)

For more information on Phi Alpha Theta's activities, please see our "FORUMS AND DISCUSSIONS" page.

Phi Alpha Theta Requirements and Membership Information

The Phi Alpha Theta is a nationally accredited honors society that seeks to recognize academic excellence in the field of history. The lifetime membership fee of $40 includes a personalized certificate, and four issues of The Historian, a distinguished historical quarterly whose pages are open to its members for the publication of their studies in all fields of history. It also contains numerous reviews of scholarly books, news of historical activities, and other items of interest. The Historian has the second largest circulation among all historical journals published in the United States. For more info. visit the organization's website at www.phialphatheta.org or contact the President: Andrew Huenink, ajhuenink@wisc.edu

Students must have at least a 3.000 cumulative GPA, with a 3.100 GPA in at least 12 credits of history at an accredited university. $40 lifetime membership fee and you must be a dues-paying ($10/year) member of UHA.

Here are a few of the other great membership benefits of Phi Alpha Theta:

• Several scholarships are available for members
• The chance to get to know professors and graduate students
• The opportunity to participate and to organize history-oriented events
• An option to work on our award-winning undergraduate journal, ARCHIVE
• Meet cool people to talk to about being a history major and its value, various research projects and techniques, and other aspects of undergraduate life!