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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org">Alpha Kappa Delta</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-size:125%; font-weight:bold;"><span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">ΑΚΔ</span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Alpha_Kappa_Delta_logo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1a/Alpha_Kappa_Delta_logo.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="216" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="60" data-file-height="162" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">November 21, 1920<span class="noprint">; 104 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1920-11-21</span>)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/University_of_Southern_California" title="University of Southern California">University of Southern California</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Honor_society" title="Honor society">Honor society</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Affiliation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Association_of_College_Honor_Societies" title="Association of College Honor Societies">ACHS</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data">Active</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Emphasis</th><td class="infobox-data">Sociology</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Scope</th><td class="infobox-data">International</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Motto</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Anthropon Katamanthanein Diakonesein</i><br />"To investigate humanity for the purpose of service"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Colors</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#008080; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Teal" title="Teal">Teal</a> and <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/White" title="White">white</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Chapters</th><td class="infobox-data">490+</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Members</th><td class="infobox-data">80,000+ active</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="street-address">2507 James Street, Suite #210</span><br /><span class="locality"><a href="/wiki/Syracuse,_New_York" title="Syracuse, New York">Syracuse</a></span>, <span class="region">New York</span><span class="region"> 13206</span><br /> <span class="country-name">United States</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://alphakappadelta.org/">alphakappadelta<wbr />.org</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Alpha Kappa Delta</b> (<b><span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">ΑΚΔ</span></span></b>) is an international <a href="/wiki/Honor_society" title="Honor society">honor society</a> of <a href="/wiki/Sociology" title="Sociology">sociology</a>. It is a non-secret, democratic organization founded in 1920 by <a href="/wiki/Emory_S._Bogardus" title="Emory S. Bogardus">Emory S. Bogardus</a>. It has over 106,000 members across more than 630 chapters worldwide.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_and_founders">History and founders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alpha_Kappa_Delta&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History and founders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1915, one of the earliest American collegiate sociology departments was created at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Southern_California" title="University of Southern California">University of Southern California</a>, under the direction of <a href="/wiki/Emory_S._Bogardus" title="Emory S. Bogardus">Professor Emory S. Bogardus</a>. Bogardus, wanting to support the new program with a collaborative forum for students and faculty to discuss <a href="/wiki/Sociological_research" class="mw-redirect" title="Sociological research">sociological research</a>, created Alpha Kappa Delta (AKD) on November 21, 1920. It initially consisted of a group of 14 students and faculty members. The society's emblem, a creation of Melvin J. Vincent,<sup id="cite_ref-syr_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-syr-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was established in the same year. The 1920s saw the creation of several sociology-focused honor societies, mirroring the growth of the discipline in America. AKD maintained a reputation of exclusive admissions among its contemporaries. </p><p>Alpha Kappa Delta's name originated from the first letters of three <a href="/wiki/Greek_alphabet" title="Greek alphabet">Greek</a> words: </p> <ul><li><i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BC%80%CE%BD%CE%B8%CF%81%CF%8E%CF%80%CF%89%CE%BD" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:ἀνθρώπων">Anthropon</a></i>, which translates to "humankind".</li> <li><i>Katamanthanein</i>, which translates to "to investigate thoroughly".</li> <li><i>Diakonesein</i>, which translates to "for the purpose of service".</li></ul> <p>In 1921, Bogardus contacted a select group of universities around the country, inviting them to form similar organizations. Three schools responded by creating their own AKD chapters; the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Wisconsin">University of Wisconsin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northwestern_University" title="Northwestern University">Northwestern University</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Kansas" title="University of Kansas">University of Kansas</a>. These three schools, along with the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Southern_California" title="University of Southern California">University of Southern California</a>, became the United Chapters of Alpha Kappa Delta in 1924.<sup id="cite_ref-PennState_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PennState-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Purpose">Purpose</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alpha_Kappa_Delta&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Purpose"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Alpha Kappa Delta's primary goal is to advance social research for the purpose of service.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The original aim of the group was to address a need for students and faculty to share current or completed research projects pertaining to sociology.<sup id="cite_ref-Centenary_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Centenary-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Once the first chapter was formed by Bogardus, the organization worked to actively expand to other universities and on an international scale.<sup id="cite_ref-PennState_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PennState-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Current_representatives_and_members">Current representatives and members</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alpha_Kappa_Delta&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Current representatives and members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Alpha Kappa Delta operates with a select system of officers who each have specific duties to perform for the organization. These positions include president, president-elect, vice president, secretary/treasurer, and the editor of <i>Sociological Inquiry</i>. </p><p>Other representatives of the AKD are regional representatives. These members serve to attend council meetings and maintain communication with chapter representatives from the region they represent.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Membership">Membership</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alpha_Kappa_Delta&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Membership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Overly_detailed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-style ambox-overly_detailed" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/40px-Edit-clear.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/60px-Edit-clear.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/80px-Edit-clear.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>may contain an excessive amount of intricate detail that may interest only a particular audience</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help by removing excessive detail that may be against <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">Wikipedia's inclusion policy</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In order for colleges and other institutions to establish a chapter, the institution's sociology department must hold at least two full-time professors of sociology. Additionally, the representing Sociology Department must offer a minimum of 60 semester hours of standard courses in the field, not including <a href="/wiki/Summer_school" title="Summer school">Summer sessions</a> or extended teaching offerings.<sup id="cite_ref-Centenary_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Centenary-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Membership in Alpha Kappa Delta is lifetime. Members receive a one-year subscription to <i>Social Inquiry</i>, the academic journal published by AKD.<sup id="cite_ref-Centenary_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Centenary-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In order to gain membership into Alpha Kappa Delta as a student, one must abide by certain requirements including maintaining a minimum <a href="/wiki/Grade_point_average" class="mw-redirect" title="Grade point average">grade point average</a> and displaying a significant interest in sociology.<sup id="cite_ref-stpeters_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stpeters-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Staff members of the host institution must obtain a <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy" title="Doctor of Philosophy">Ph.D.</a> in sociology or be currently employed as a sociologist at the host institution prior to initiation. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Foundation">Foundation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alpha_Kappa_Delta&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Foundation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The name Alpha Kappa Delta was chosen by the society's founder Emory Bogardus. That same year, the logo was designed by Melvin J. Vincent.<sup id="cite_ref-syr_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-syr-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1924 Gertrude A. Stephens wrote the lyrics to Alpha Kappa Delta's hymn in conjunction with Charles H. Gabriel who <a href="/wiki/Musical_composition" title="Musical composition">composed</a> the music. During the 1930s and 1940s the leaders of Alpha Kappa Delta, namely <a href="/wiki/Kimball_Young" title="Kimball Young">Kimball Young</a>, Reed Bain, and L.L. Bernard attempted to increase membership. This effort was tested by <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> which dropped both membership and attendance at organizational meetings. L.L. Bernard led Alpha Kappa Delta through these trying years until A.B. Hollingshead was elected Alpha Kappa Delta's president in 1948.<sup id="cite_ref-PennState_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PennState-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alpha_Kappa_Delta&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>MFP (Minority Fellowship Program) <ul><li>This award is given to a sociologist <a href="/wiki/Person_of_color" title="Person of color">of color</a>. It is funded by annual contributions from organizations including Alpha Kappa Delta, Sociologists for Women Society, Association for Black Sociologists, Southwestern Sociological Association, along with membership donations. This award is designed to ensure a diverse and highly trained workforce to assume leadership roles in research that is relevant to today's society.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li>Alpha Kappa Delta Outstanding Faculty Award <ul><li>The Alpha Kappa Delta outstanding faculty award is given annually by students in AKD to a faculty member in the Sociology or <a href="/wiki/Criminal_justice_(discipline)" class="mw-redirect" title="Criminal justice (discipline)">Criminal Justice</a> Department.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alpha_Kappa_Delta&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://alphakappadelta.org/membership/history/">"History"</a>. <i>Alpha Kappa Delta</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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