Posted on Tuesday, May 4, 2004
Eight ¾¨Ó㴫ý students were recently inducted into Alpha Kappa Delta, an international sociology honor society.
James Fisher, former FBI agent, author of six nonfiction books, and professor of criminal justice at Edinboro University, spoke at the initiation ceremony on "The Lost Art of Criminal Investigation." He was involved in investigations that led to the arrest and conviction of a serial pedophile and to the pardoning of a falsely convicted 13-year-old boy. In his study The Fisher Report, he exposed bogus literary agents, book doctors and vanity publishers, which has helped inform hundreds of aspiring writers. He was also nominated twice for the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Allen Poe Award.
Alpha Kappa Delta, established at ¾¨Ó㴫ý for juniors or seniors who are majoring or minoring in sociology, requires members to have completed at least four sociology or social science courses, have an overall GPA of at least 3.25 and rank in the top 35 percent of their class.
For more information, contact Dr. Kristin Park, associate professor of sociology and adviser to the group, at (724) 946-7251 or e-mail kpark@westminster.edu.
