Meet our Advisor Eva Sheppard Wolf has taught at San Francisco State University since 2002. She received her doctorate from Harvard University in 2000. Her teaching interests include: The American Revolution and early Republic; Slavery and unfree labor in the US; and Free blacks in the antebellum South. Dr. Sheppard Wolf’s website is at http://bss.sfsu.edu/shepwolf	home | calendar | membership | about us | department Membership: To qualify for membership according to the criteria established by our local chapter (which are higher than those established by the national council). Since 2005, 91 students have become members of the Kappa Phi Chapter, San Francisco State University. Undergraduate Students · must have competed at least 60 semester units toward the B.A. degree · must have at least 12 semester hours in history with a grade point average better than 3.5 in all history courses. · must have a GPA of 3.0 overall. Graduate Students · must have completed 12 semester hours toward the Master’s degree · must have a grade point average of 3.5 in the master’s program Membership Application: Membership applications are sent out in March to those history students that might be eligible. If you have not received an application and believe you have fulfilled the requirements print out the application and turn it in to the Phi Alpha Theta mailbox in the History Department office in Science 265 by mid April. Why become a member? The National Phi Alpha Theta Society sponsors a variety of benefits for its members. There are biennial conventions for undergraduate, graduate and faculty members; members at all levels are welcome to present papers. The organization also sponsors special programs at the annual meetings of a number of the larger historical organization conferences such as the American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians, and the American Historical Association's Pacific Coast Branch. The national organization publishes The Historian, a distinguished historical quarterly in which all members are invited to publish scholarly works, and The News Letter which covers the activities of and provides information about organization. The national organization also sponsors six annual paper prize awards. The Lynn W. Turner Award and the Founder’s Award are open to undergraduate members. There are also various scholarship awards, almost all of them for students entering into or already engaged in graduate study in history. Students interested in either the paper prizes or scholarship awards should contact the National Society at 50 College Dr. Allentown, PA 18104-6100, 610/433-4140 or 1-800-394-8195, or phialpha@ptd.net. You might want to ask for a copy of the booklet This is Phi Alpha Theta, which details benefits available to members. 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.