Professional Association Memberships
What is a professional organization?
A professional organization is formed to disseminate information and unite people who share the same occupation or interests. Many associations also have student chapters which is a great place to start networking for internships, co-ops and jobs.
Why join a professional organization?
Joining an organization may offer you an opportunity to be a student leader and make invaluable networking connections for future employment.
Many organizations have publications devoted to new developments and research in your area of study to keep you informed of advancements and changes.
Membership also offers information on upcoming conferences and conventions which affords you an opportunity to attend lectures by the leading edge experts in your field and to communicate with others with the same interests.
Is membership worth the cost?
Yes. Membership dues can be used to allow the organization to continue to conduct research, policy making, and to hold education conferences to further your education.
Below is a list of professional organizations associated with majors offered at Merrimack:
Biology
Chemistry
- ACS- American Chemical Society
- Kaleidoscope Project for grades 1-College (for educators)
- Sigma Xi
- American Institute of Industrial Chemists
- New England Institute of Industrial Chemists
Civil Engineering
Communication Studies
- National Communication Association
- International Association for Relationship Research
- International Communication Association
- Eastern Communication Association
Computer Sciences
Economics
- American Economics Association
- Omicron Delta Epsilon
- Association for Economic and Social Analysis
- Committee for the Status of Women in the Economics Profession
Education
- American Educational Research Association
- Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
- International Reading Association
- Massachusetts Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
Electrical Engineering
English
- Association of Departments of English
- Modern Language Association
- National Council of Teachers of English
- Conference on College Composition and Communication
Fine Arts
- College Art Association
- Boston Museum of Fine Arts
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
- Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
- Theatre Communications Group
History
- Phi Alpha Theta
- American Historical Association
- New England Historical Association
- Society for Historians of the Early American Republic
- American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Students
- Social Science History Association
Management
Marketing
Mathematics
- MAA- Mathematical Association of America
- AMS- American Mathematical Society
- SIAM- Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
- AWM- Association for Women in Mathematics
Modern Languages
- Association of Departments of Foreign Languages
- American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
- Modern Language Association
- American Association of Teachers of French
- American Association of Teachers of Italian
- American Association for Italian Studies
Philosophy
- American Academy of Religion
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- American Association of University Professors
- American Counseling Association
- American Philological Association
- Cognitive Science Society
- History of Science Society
- International Society for the History of the Philosophy of Science
- Philosophy of Science Association
- Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy
- Society for Buddhist-Christian Dialogue
- Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology
Political Science
- American Political Science Association
- Association of Chinese Political Studies
- International Studies Association
- American Association of Public Opinion Research
Religious Studies
- American Academy of Religion
- College Theology Society
- Catholic Theological Society of America
- Society of Christian Ethics
- Society of Christian Philosophers
- Theta Alpha Kappa
Sociology
- American Sociological Association
- Eastern Sociological Society
- New England Sociological Association
- Society for the Study of Social Patterns
- Association for Humanist Sociology
Women’s Studies