home | calendar | membership | about us | department About Us About Phi Alpha Theta Phi Alpha Theta is a national honor society for students of history. Founded in 1921, the society has grown to encompass over 800 chapters in 50 states, more chapters than any other accredited honor society. Phi Alpha Theta has as its primary purpose the recognition of exemplary work by college and university history majors. The organization is also a professional society whose mission is "to promote the study of history through the encouragement of research, good teaching, publication, and the exchange of learning and ideas among historians." About Kappa Phi Chapter San Francisco State University's Kappa Phi Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta was founded in 1965, and remains an active chapter. Last Updated 4/7/2008
	To get involved with Phi Alpha Theta, contact chapter president Sloan Berman at pat@sfsu.edu. You may also leave material in the Phi Alpha Theta mailbox in the office of the Department of History, Science 265.