About
Pi Sigma Alpha is the political science honor society. Every spring, the Department of Political Science and International Affairs inducts a number of its best students into Pi Sigma Alpha, the national honor society for political science. Selection for membership in this 600-chapter academic honor society is based entirely upon classroom performance.
Eligibility Requirements
Pi Sigma Alpha eligibility requirements for undergraduates (from PSA National website):* completion of at least one-half the credits required by their institution for the baccalaureate degree;* completion of twelve semester-credits of work in political science including at least one upper-division course, with an average grade of B or higher in those courses;
* an overall GPA placing student in the top one-third of his/her whole class (e.g., junior or senior class). Students need not be political science majors to qualify for membership.
For more exact information about Pi Sigma Alpha and specific details about requirements to join, contact Professor Cooperman (rcooperm@umw.edu), chapter advisor, or see the PSA website.
PSA Kappa Upsilon Executive Board for 2018-2019
From Left to Right: Becky Fitzgerald, Tom Lengel, Kyle Lehmann, Zachary Handlin
Kappa Upsilon chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, 2019-2020
2019 UMW Pi Sigma Alpha New Inductees
| Katherine Bartles | James Mann |
| Jalen Brown | Ayel Morrissey |
| Maria Dubiel | Lauren Perez |
| Zareen Emdad | Sarah Pietrowski |
| Matthew Good | Haley Randall |
| Zachary Handlin | Courtney Shea |
| Jennifer Hart | Katherine Seltzer |
| Casey Johnson | Harrison Vaughan |
| Tomas Lengel | Eva Waszak |
Returning UMW Pi Sigma Alpha Members
| Samantha Adams | Rebecca Jacobi |
| Karolina Albert | Stephen Lamm |
| John Cronin | Kyle Lehmann |
| Theresa Darroch | Gabriel Lewis |
| Daniel Drees | Aeriana Mann |
| Jeremy Engel | Thomas Peterson |
| Stacey Feindt | Travis Redmond |
| Rebecca Fitzgerald | Kyle Welty |
| Julia Gibbons | Daniel Zeineddine |
Previous Years:
PSA 2018-2019 Executive Board
From Left to Right: Tess Darroch, Kyle Lehmann, John Cronin, and Julia Gibbons
PSA 2017-2018 Executive Board: Vice President Caroline Mullin with President Marina Castro-Meirelles
Spring 2017 Pi Sigma Alpha Inductees