Phi Sigma Tau

International Honor Society in Philosophy

Phi Sigma Tau members

Founded at Muhlenberg College in 1930, and subsequently incorporated as a nonprofit corporation of Washington, D.C., Phi Sigma Tau is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies. The Society’s central purpose is to promote ties among philosophy departments in accredited institutions and students interested in philosophy. Both at the national and local levels, the organization of the Society is instrumental - a means for developing and honoring academic excellence and philosophical interest, and for popularizing philosophy among the general collegiate public.

Phi Sigma Tau establishes minimum requirements for induction. These include a student’s majoring or minoring in philosophy, being in the top 35% of her university class, and having at least a 3.0 philosophy GPA. W&L has strengthened and clarified these so that the student must be a junior or senior philosophy major or minor and have at least a 3.5 philosophy and overall GPA.

On March 5, 2015, Washington and Lee University installed the Virginia-Mu chapter of Phi Sigma Tau on campus and inducted the first W&L students into the society.

2024

  • Isabella (Bella) Devraj
  • Sawyer Dunn-Matrullo
  • Sophie Huber
  • Zhengyi Ke
  • William (Will) Kistler
  • Thomas (Tommy) Lee
  • Connor Lian McNamara
  • Yuchen Qian
  • Ashwin Suresh
  • Margaret Thompson
  • Shannon Tozier
  • Gabrielle Ursin
  • Ignas Volcokas
  • Tyler Waldman
  • Wener (Ashley) Xia

2023

  • Jack Abrams
  • John Chapman
  • Blake Cilmi
  • Watson Deacon
  • Upol Ehsan (alum)
  • Ellie Sherman
  • Josh Fingerhut
  • Ben Harrington
  • Tyler Hellstern
  • Harrison Kelly
  • Meg Langhorne
  • Ngoc Le
  • Sean Lee
  • Megan Maloney
  • Andrew Morse
  • Peyton Pack
  • Pierce Robinson
  • Marc Stanley
  • John Henry Sterns
  • Andrew Tartakovsky
  • Tyler Waldman
  • Alex Winant
  • Katie Yurechko

2022

  • Carter Hawley Chandler
  • Robert William Daniels
  • Hayley M. Huber
  • Nafisa R. Jeb
  • Maria Christina Albao Luzaran
  • Randolph Henderson Maxwell
  • Kathleen Caissa McNeill
  • James Holland Torbert
  • John Coleman Ward, Jr.
  • Windsor Jens Warlick
  • Ryan Alexander Zimmerman

2021

  • Max Ryan Franklin
  • Maximillian James Gebauer
  • Brooklyne Nicole Oliveira
  • Camille Aillery Sears
  • Tiffani Linn Thomason
  • Abigail Janine West

2020

  • Jackson Reed Cleghorn
  • Samantha Leigh Dutcher
  • Caroline Elizabeth Grace
  • McKenzie Lynn Koch
  • Varlerie Caroline Marshall
  • Ben Peebles
  • Clare Nicole Perry
  • Charles Gordon Thomas
  • Daniel Joseph Wetterhahn

2019

  • Michael A. Barro, II
  • Hayden Wyatt Daniel
  • Alex L. Farley
  • Benjamin J. Fleenor
  • Henry Carr Patrick
  • Brittany L. Smith
  • Muskaan Soni

2018

  • Kiera Sweeny Judge

2017

  • Zoe Alexis Stein

2016

  • Regan Fuerst
  • Jack Murphy
  • Connor Perkins
  • Austin Pierce
  • Jackie Yarbro

For further information, please contact Prof. Goldberg at goldbergn@wlu.edu.