Phi Sigma Iota

Phi Sigma IotaInternational Foreign Language Honor Society

Phi Sigma Iota recognizes outstanding ability and high standards of students and faculty of foreign languages, literatures and cultures (including classics, linguistics, philology, comparative literature, ESL, bilingual education, and second language acquisition). It is the highest academic honor in the field of foreign languages. Phi Sigma Iota has initiated over 60,000 members since its foundation in 1917, and it has created and supports numerous scholarship programs.
Requirements for membership:

  • Major or Minor in one of the above fields;
  • A GPA of 3.0 or higher and
  • Junior standing or above.

Students are nominated by foreign language, classics and comparative literature faculty in January and February and students are notified of their nomination in early March.

For further information, contact Professor Chet Lisiecki.


2020 Phi Sigma Iota Members

Emma Elizabeth Zoe Paradiso
Kerry Yang
Margaret Isabelle Knight
Cinea Nicole Jenkins
James C. Franklin
Helen Jackson Donovan
Isaak James Belongia


2019 Phi Sigma Iota Members

Jessica Savage
Julia Gilman
Claire Derry
Mariah Dingus
Nicholas Boulos
Garrett Manion
Pan Gu
Grace Perry
Ann Baldrica, '71 (Honorary)


2018 Phi Sigma Iota Members

Jia Kang
Boxin Li
Ben Kieklak
Emmanuel Sitinas
Alyssa Weaver
Ouli Sane
Sydney Burkhardt
Marketa Harastova
Laurelle Kinga-Bakienga
Jasmin Thibou
Kaila Hill


2017 Phi Sigma Iota Members

Hoang Pham
Declan Siefkas
Xingyi Li
Harper Sherwood-Reed
Ethan Lavin
Maddie Cahill-Sanidas
Gabriella Magnani
Alec Parry
Jacqueline Xu
Liana Hudson
Anna Hessler
Jackson Paine
Sabrina Piersol
Lauren Wilmott
Mitchell Leong
Bayarmaa Enkhtur
Dana Gornick
Andrew Meyer
K'lah Yamada
Trey Watmore
Amanda Cahn
Zhishen Zhang
Thomas Roberts


2016 Phi Sigma Iota Members

Alex O'Neill
Alex Reust
Amairani Alamillo
Amanda Barnstien
Anika Grevstad
Berlian Khatulistiwa
Carly Stafford
Claudia Harrison
David Todisco
Dawn Mapatano
Elizabeth Baker
Emma Johnson
Emma Schulman
Emma Wilson
Gregory Smith
Huseen Sufi
Avukile Zoya
Jessica DiFoggio
Jonathan Zou
Lykkefry Bonde
Madeleine Agnew
Makenna Drake
Mariko Foecke
Sarah Wolf
Soren Frykholm
Takanori Kondo
Tessa Allen de Oliveira


2015 Phi Sigma Iota Members

Gaelle Delisle
Caitlyn MacCollum
Dulce Lazcano
Lucas Schaffer
Sida Zhang
Charles Simon
Cameron Boyd
Usaama Alnaji
Lindsay McCreedy


2014 Phi Sigma Iota Members

Christa Boisen
Ada Sochanska
Alessandra Estella
Jordan Clementi
Kiyomi Moore
Maria Neill
Alexandria McDonald
Katherine Whalen
Tyler Carson
Kira Withrow
Jena Fleiner
Skyler Trieu
Allison Weibel
Madison Sink
Jessica Garhart
Emma Feltus


2013 Phi Sigma Iota Members

Andrea Tudhope
Anna Tinnell
Matthew Weidner
Rebecca Carper
Hannah Wear
Mariell Dick-Valdez
Gabrielle Lyng
Madeline Scherer
Jessica Worley
Kiko Sweeney
David Wright
Juliet Gordon
Elizabeth Luttrell
Will Heberlein
Thomas Weaver
Julia Pendleton-Knoll
Cody Kornack
Emma Barnosky


2012 Phi Sigma Iota Members

Wyatt Miller
Samantha Ford
Katherine Lynch
Jennifer Myers
Michiko Whitten
Madison Stuart
Camille Tallichet
Margaret Brockland
Stephen Gayle
Sendi Estrada
Sarah Hutcherson
Alyssa Wisler


2011 Phi Sigma Iota Members

Lindsay Chan
Nate Eberhart
Margaux Frank
Ronit Mor
Marcella Morgan
Kathleen Senn
Molly Morman
Scott Green
Emily Perkins
Adrienne Wohl
Katy Touysinhthiponxaye
Greg Collette
Garrick Sherman
Jacqueline Tilden
Oliver Heitkamp
Claire Tucker
Katherine Santulli
Keita Moore
Katherine Lisbona


2010 Phi Sigma Iota Members

Ben LaBadie
Jamie Apodaca
Susanna Walsh
Albab Seifu
James Hobbs
Jordan Flanders
Elizabeth Richards
Marissa Rivera
Lisa Ly
Emily Parenteau
Stephanie Coba Chavez


2009 Phi Sigma Iota Members

Margaret Boissard
Preston Brasch
Madeline Bundy
Eric Corliss
Melissa DeSole
Brian Dito
Virginia Dreux
Sarah Eckstat
Elaine Frenette
Michelle Fritsch
Anais Gude
Elizabeth Ludwig
Matt Melloy
Keita Moore
Molly Moran
Michelle Olson
Lauren Rauch
Maria Rodriguez
Molly Roe
Alison Rogers
Charlotte Santmier
Austin Smith
Jennie Vader
Jane White
Katherine Zick
Julie White


2008 Phi Sigma Iota Members

Giancarlo Bizzarro
Mariya Connors
Erin LeFils-Shaw
Patricia Rios
Jane Roberts
Lynne Stahl
Garrick Storgaard
Bowen Teuscher
Courtney Winn
Michelle Gonzalez
Lauren Gutstadt
Aaron Gutierrez
David Keefe
Meghan Quinn
William Pew
William Blaustein
William Hine-Ramsberger
Meghan Lynch
Daniel Greer
Scott McCulloch
Keir Smith
Cara Losacco
Alice Gallmeyer
Tara Moncure
Jessica Jordan
Monica Martinez
Katherine Schulze

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