Theta Alpha Kappa was founded in 1976 at Manhattan College in New York City as a national honor society for professors and students of religious studies and theology. Its prime purpose is to recognize excellence and to further growth in religious studies and theology at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Theta Alpa Kappa seeks to encourage research, good teaching, and publication; to encourage an exchange of learning and thought among scholars, and to bring together students and teachers in the discipline in an intellectual and social fellowship.
The Alpha Phi Chapter was founded at Santa Clara University in 1981. Members are elected in their junior or senior year from among religious studies majors and minors who have GPAs in the top 35 percentile of their graduating class, as well as hold a grade point average of 3.5 in religious studies and a cumulative index of 3.0.
2024 Members of Theta Alpha Kappa
| Blaise Burbank Laura Clark Cecilia Grassi Marie Jordaan Daniel Martinez Julia Quiroz |
Clifford Stocks |
2023 Members of Theta Alpha Kappa
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Anna Johnson |
Julia Quiroz |
2022 Members of Theta Alpha Kappa
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Cade Alcock |
Molly Flood |
2021 Members of Theta Alpha Kappa
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Kelby Uebelhor |
Samuel Wickstrom |
2020 Members of Theta Alpha Kappa
| RJ Giese Olivia Hill Bjorn Thyrring Gavin Cosgrave Francesca Navarro |
Isabella Roda
Lauren Schiek Nurhan Sezgin
Tegan Smith |
2019 Members of Theta Alpha Kappa
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Miles Elliott
Cameron Heon
Peter Schutz |
Ryan Sharek
Kaitlin Wheeler
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2018 Members of Theta Alpha Kappa
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Alana Beaton
Claire Dixon Isabel Fernandez-Hernaiz Charlotte Hayward
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Luke Miller
Nick NagyGrant Pustelnik |
2017 Members of Theta Alpha Kappa
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Paul Kenniston
Katherine Meyer
Emily Stewart
Katherine Tarrant
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Mackenzie Throne
Kaitlin Weideman
Grace Zimmerman
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2016 Members of Theta Alpha Kappa
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Lucille Duran
Katherine Enos
Kelsey Figone
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London Knight
Beverly Olivo
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2015 Members of Theta Alpha Kappa
| Nikita Amundesen Brenda Arellano Jessica Farran Regina Fields Analisa Fuentes Gus Hardy Claire Ingesbretsen Christopher Iliff |
Christian Kenney Blair Libby Jenna Lipman Sophia Lyon Samuel Riegel Alejandra Ruiz Bertha Uribe Eric Wu |
2014 Members of Theta Alpha Kappa
| Jennifer Savage Claire Bevan Marko Buljan Erin Callister Tyson Dethlefson Anthony Ferrari Maira Gutierrez Jonathan Homrighausen Ian Layton |
Jared Mainini Edward Nugent Beverly Olivo Gina Pasqualli Amia Nash Estelle Richardson Alison Rogel Callie Wallace |
2013 Members of Theta Alpha Kappa
| Joe Alexander-Short Megan Bedard Katherine Burkhuch Veronica Herr Vaniah Holtz Christian Kenney Lotus Lee |
Tanushree Mondkar Katya Nemec Seher Siddigee Laura Snowden Nicholas Staib Stephanie Traulsen Celia Trujillo |
2012 Members of Theta Alpha Kappa
| Brittany Adams Paria Amini Zena Andreani Heidi Cossentine Natalie Ganem Ian Ghows Julie Gibson Andrew Hodun Ainsley Kelly |
Andrew Koike Melissa Martin Andrea Navarro Arianna Nuti Caroline Read Tanya Schmidt Maija Swanson Tora Troop |
2011 Members of Theta Alpha Kappa
| Brittany Adams Zena Andreani Yasmin Aranda Ian Ghows Andrew Koike Arianna Nuti |
Caroline Read Tanya Schmidt Kevin Senefeld Jillian Walker Kiley Winsnes |
2010 Members of Theta Alpha Kappa
| Rachel Barmore Diana Bustos Andrea Carrera Angela Cooke Ryan Dilag Sarah Esparza Alison Gansert Rebecca Hirsch Lucy Kelly Stephanie Ma Laura Martin |
Bianca McNeil John Logan Claire O'Leary Sarah Orlando Anne Paustenbach Anne Sobczack Maggie Spreitzer Monique Teixeira Mark Vetto Andrew Victor |
2009 Members of Theta Alpha Kappa
| Sofia Aboitiz Maria Adelus Alexandra Angel Julie Arcaro Mary Tessa Brown Chad Dupic Ashley Loetscher Noelle Lopez Heather Lynch |
John Mahoney Anne Murphy-Hagen Hannah Palm Benjamin Petrick Hannah Palm Elizabeth Purner Anne Rovzar Nicole Sanfilippo Kevin Schmitt |
2008 Members of Theta Alpha Kappa
| Julie Angelo Brandon Ashby Laura Brown Caitlin Corley Christine Dafforn Bethany Elias Jill Fitzsimmons Kellie Flint Amanda Fowler Sarah Gallardo Gabriel Godwin Sasha Kanick |
Courtney Magner Kathleen O'Reilly Kyle Ozawa Stephanie Paulus Lindsey Scherer Deepti Shenoy Cristina Silva Nicole Van Groningen James Vu Jeana Williams Aislinn Wyatt |
2007 Members of Theta Alpha Kappa
| Sarah Attwood Nicole Brand-Cousy Angela Bustos Lauren Clyne Jessica Coblentz Vanessa DiCarlo Kelly Dugan Stephanie Edwards Janet Ferree Nathaniel Hays Kathleen Lackey Mary Leaverton Christina Leone Emory Lynch |
Kimberly McGiven Maureen McKenzie Jessica Meyer Kara Miyasato Caitlin Moran Heather Ordonez Katayoon Parineh Megan Raimondi Kyle Stephenson Ian Tan Maggi Van Dorn Catherine Waite Tessa Weston |