AKD stands for Alpha Kappa Delta, a non-secret, democratic,
international society of scholars dedicated to the ideal of Athropon
Katamannthanein Diakonesin or “to investigate humanity for the purpose
of service.”
Purpose
AKD seeks to acknowledge and promote excellence in scholarship in the
study of sociology, the research of social problems, and such other
social and intellectual activities as will lead to improvement in the human condition.
Foundation
AKD was founded at the University
of Southern California in 1920 by Dr. Emory S. Bogardus and became
affiliated with the Association of College Honor Societies in 1967.
