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Phi Beta Kappa

Every year, about 5,000 students graduate from UCSB. A very small number of these are selected by the UCSB chapter of PHI BETA KAPPA to be offered membership in the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honor society, which was founded in 1776.


2026

Ashley Aguirre; Kurt Campbell; Nicolette D’Ingillo; Alex Fischer; Penelope Gong; Annabelle Hurst; Jason Kohn; Nicole Lapkass; Abigail Lim; Jackie Pucillo; Samantha Silva

2020
Emily Shishima, Veronica Andrade, Michael Caplan, Zheng Chen, Aubrey Cox, Jacob Hoffman, Grace Levine, Zak Norlyn, Rowyn Van Miltenburg, Zihang Chen

2019
Miguel Sánchez Morquecho

2018
Penelope Fergison, Allison Graydon, Gordon Hahn, Kaila Martinez

2017
Andy Coco Chen, Paolo de la Cruz-Perez, Robert Alexander King, Cameron James Klein, Emily Jane Leifer, Vincent Taylor Shepherd, Katie Anna Weinstein, Cheryl Ellen Wilson

2016
Elizabeth Anne Bellas, Audrey Ann Dalton, Elizabeth Anne Schmidt