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Officers

Dickinson Phi Beta Kappa Chapter Officers and Associate Members

2025-2026

President:
Tara Vasold Fischer `02
Associate Provost for Student Success & Advising

Vice-President: Dana Somers
Associate Professor of Biology

Secretary: Chelsea Skalak
Assistant Professor of English

Treasurer: Theresa Arndt
Associate Director for Library Resources and Administration

Historian: Sarah Kersh
Associate Professor of English

Scholarship Committee
Sarah Niebler
Assistant Professor of Political Science

Mariana Past
Associate Professor of Spanish

Dana Somers
Assistant Professor of Biology


The Associate  Members of Alpha of Phi Beta Kappa are happy to speak with students about their intellectual work and future plans. Here's who we are and how to reach us.

Member Department Email

Theresa Arndt

Library and Information Services

arndtt@dickinson.edu

Elise Bartosik-Velez

Spanish 

bartosie@dickinson.edu

James Bowman 

Trout Gallery

bowman@dickinson.edu

David Commins

History

commins@dickinson.edu

Rebecca Connor

Chemistry

connorr@dickinson.edu

Caitlin Copus

Student Success & Advising

copusc@dickinson.edu

Katie DeGuzman 

Center for Global Study & Engagement (CGSE)

deguzmak@dickinson.edu

John E. Jones 

President 

jonesjohn@dickinson.edu

Lars English 

Physics & Astronomy

englishl@dickinson.edu

Amy Farrell 

American Studies

farrell@dickinson.edu

Tara Fischer `02

Student Success & Advising

fischert@dickinson.edu

Holley Friedlander

Mathematics & Computer Science 

friedlah@dickinson.edu

Kamaal Haque

German

haquek@dickinson.edu

Sarah Kersh

English

kershs@dickinson.edu

Marcus Key

Earth Science

key@dickinson.edu

Dave Kushner

Biology

kushnerd@dickinson.edu

Carol Loeffler

Biology

loeffler@dickinson.edu

Sarah McGaughey

German

mcgaughs@dickinson.edu

Lucy McInerney

Writing Program

mcinernl@dickinson.edu

James McMenamin

French & Italian

mcmenamj@dickinson.edu

Sheela Jane Menon

English

menons@dickinson.edu

Robert Nation

Security Studies

nationr@dickinson.edu

Barbara Neiberg

Music 

neibergb@dickinson.edu 

Sarah Niebler

Political Science

nieblers@dickinson.edu

Mariana Past

Spanish & Portuguese

pastm@dickinson.edu

Brett Pearson

Physics & Astronomy

pearsonb@dickinson.edu

Siobhan Phillips 

English

phillisi@dickinson.edu

Karl Qualls

History

quallsk@dickinson.edu

Tony Rauhut

Psychology

rauhuta@dickinson.edu

Tara Renault

Advancement

renaultt@dickinson.edu

David Richeson

Mathematics & Computer Science

richesod@dickinson.edu

Jennifer Schaefer

Mathematics & Computer Science 

schaefje@dickinson.edu

Claire Seiler

English

seilercl@dickinson.edu

Chelsea Skalak

English

skalakc@dickinson.edu

Dana Somers

Biology

somersd@dickinson.edu 

Greg Steirer

English

steirerg@dickinson.edu

Adrienne Su

English

sua@dickinson.edu

Regina Sweeney

History 

sweeneyr@dickinson.edu

Forrest Watson 

International Business & Management

watsonf@dickinson.edu   

Laura Weber 

Academic Affairs 

weberla@dickinson.edu

Neil Weissman

Educational Studies

weissmne@dickinson.edu

Olivia Wilkins

Chemistry

wilkins@dickinson.edu

Amy Wlodarski 

Music

wlodarsa@dickinson.edu

Paula Yust

Psychology

yustp@dickinson.edu