Your ASA membership enhances your professional life and ensures the ongoing strength of your professional association. ASA exists to support you throughout your career, to advance sociology as a science and profession, and to promote the contributions and use of sociology to society.
Join or Renew During the Drive – You Could Win a $100 VISA Gift Card
Join or renew your membership during the Winter 2025 Membership Drive (February 18 – 27, 2025), and you will be entered into a drawing* for a chance to win a $100 VISA gift card. Five gift cards will be awarded.
Please note: If you have not logged in to the ASA Member Portal since May 9, 2024, important changes have been made to the login process. If you have questions or need assistance with purchasing membership, please contact ASA membership staff at 202-247-9840, option 1 or [email protected].
Don’t Think You Can Afford Membership?
Thanks to the Pick Your Own Sponsorship (PYOS) program, you can reduce your membership dues by up to 30%. PYOS is built right into the online membership form, which means that any adjustment is recognized before checkout.
Benefits You Don’t Want to Miss
ASA membership provides you with 365 days of career-enhancing member benefits, including:
- E-newsletters such as Member News and Notes and This Month in ASA Journals that give you an efficient way to keep up to date on the discipline and all things ASA.
- Footnotes, ASA’s online magazine, delivered directly to your inbox.
- Opportunities to network with other sociologists through any of ASA’s 53 special interest Sections, eight ASA Communities, and other groups such as the ASA Student Forum, the ASA Retirement Network, and Sociologists in Practice Settings.
- Substantial discounts on registration for Annual Meetings
- Professional development resources to help you at every stage of your studies, job search process, and career. These resources include full access to the ASA Video and Webinars Archive and free registration for ASA’s professional developments events such as webinars, virtual panels, and virtual pro-seminars. View upcoming webinars here.
- Free access to the NEW ASA Career Center, the most comprehensive collection of job advertisements for sociologists. ASA members can create a Career Center profile to browse and compare current job postings in academia, administration, and practice; upload a CV or resume; and read career-focused resources on navigating the job market.
- Online access to ASA journals.
- Unlimited downloads from TRAILS, ASA’s library of peer-reviewed teaching resources.
- Access to fellowships and grants that support research, teaching, and Annual Meeting attendance.
Graduate Students
As an ASA member, you can attend virtual pro-seminars and receive support to set you up for a successful career.
Retired Sociologists
We have a low-cost Retired category of membership just for you, and the welcoming ASA Retirement Network (ASARN).
Recently Received your PhD?
Reach out to [email protected] about a free year of membership if you received your PhD within the past year.
Sociologists Working in a Practice Setting
Join the Sociologists Working Everywhere Community when you renew, for no additional cost. With membership, you also have access to live professional webinars and the ASA Video and Webinars archive. Converting Your CV to Resumes for Practice-setting Jobs and Thriving Outside Academia: Advice from Sociologists in Practice Settings are both included in the archive for viewing by members.
* Five people will be randomly selected to win a $100 VISA gift card from among those who renew their membership or join ASA between 12:01 am Eastern on February 18, 2025, and 11:59 pm Eastern on February 27, 2025.
