Our History​

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The Alpha Chapter of Delta Kappa was installed on December 4, 1998, at The University of Louisiana at Monroe. This installation was the first time in the history of the marriage and family therapy field that a scholarly honor society has been established. The faculty sponsor of the Alpha Chapter was Dr. Charles Cole, the Spyker Endowed Chair in Marriage and Family Therapy at The University of Louisiana at Monroe from 1997 to 2003, and the person who provided the primary vision and organizing force for the formation of such an honor society. The traditions developed by the Alpha Chapter set the stage for the institutionalization of customs and rituals to be used by successful Delta Kappa chapters.

Your Current Delta Kappa Zeta Officers 

"Through the innovative and ongoing work of its local chapters, activity in this Honor Society has three primary aims:

• Emerging leaders in the field of marriage and family therapy are to be mentored in assuming the mantle of leadership in the marriage and family therapy profession.

• Ongoing scholarly forums are to be organized that present opportunities to engage and apply cutting edge research and theory on marriage and family therapy clinical practice.

• Achievements of marriage and family therapy clinicians and scholars are to be recognized in ways that promote the visibility and dissemination of the profession’s contributions within the broader service provider sector.

Through these aims, the stature of the marriage and family therapy profession is to be enhanced each time that the torch of leadership is carried high by the current generation of marriage and family therapy scholars and practitioners in Delta Kappa, the International Marriage and Family Therapy Honor Society."