Published Wednesday, May 14, 2008 3:56 PM
Updated Wednesday, May 14, 2008 3:57 PM
The purpose of the honor society is to promote human welfare through the association of a fellowship group interested in developing scientific knowledge that may be applied to the solution of social problems.
AKD was founded in 1920 at the University of Southern California by Dr.
Emory Bogardus, other sociology faculty, and 14 graduate students.
The Charleston Southern chapter, Zeta Chapter of South Carolina, was
founded in March of 1990.