New & Recent Graduate Program

New & Recent Graduate Program

The Department Services Program (DSP) partners have the exclusive opportunity to gift their new and recent MA/MS or PhD graduates one-year free AAA membership.
This initiative began in 2017 as an effort to ensure that recent graduates had access to professional development resources. Since then, ~40 graduates per year have been nominated by their departments.

Participating Sections

American Ethnological Society >> Archaeology Division >> Association of Black Anthropologists >> Association for Feminist Anthropology >> Association for Africanist Anthropology >> Association for Queer Anthropology >> Association for the Anthropology of Policy >> Biological Anthropology Section >> Culture and Agriculture >> Council on Anthropology and Education >> Council for Museum Anthropology >> Central States Anthropological Society >> Evolutionary Anthropology Society >> General Anthropology Division >> Middle East Section >> National Association for the Practice of Anthropology >> Society for the Anthropology of Europe >> Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition >> Society for the Anthropology of North America >> Society for Cultural Anthropology >> Society for Humanistic Anthropology >> Society for Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology >> Society for Linguistic Anthropology >> Society for Medical Anthropology >> Society for Psychological Anthropology >> Society for the Anthropology of Religion >> Society for the Anthropology of Work >> Society for Visual Anthropology >>

Eligibility

Graduates must meet all of the requirements below:

• Graduated with a MA/MS or PhD
• Received their degree within the past 12 months
• Received their degree in Anthropology (one of the four fields or joint areas)
• Received their degree from a program where the highest degree offered is a Master's
• Received their degree from an active DSP partner*
• Been nominated by the chair/department head of the program where they received their degree
• Have not previously received a complimentary AAA membership

Who can I nominate?

• Current Non Members
• Current AAA Student Members
  
  

Who is eligible to nominate a candidate?

• The chair/department head of an active DSP partners program

What are the benefits?

• 1-year free national membership
• 1-year free section membership (includes only one of the participating sections. Participating sections are listed on the chart to the right -->)
• All AAA Professional Member Benefits

*This complimentary membership is a benefit of the DSP partnership program. Only graduates from an active member department are eligible for consideration. DSP partners must be active at the time of nomination. This is a one-time gift (per recipient). Membership activation may not be delayed or postponed to a future date.  Membership renewal must be at the professional membership category. 

How to Nominate a Graduate
The chair/department head of an active DSP partner may nominate candidates for this program by completing and submitting a nomination form to members@americananthro.org

 FAQ

• What happens after the complimentary year ends? The membership will automatically transfer to the "professional" category
  
  
• Who isn't eligible for this program? Individuals recently received their bachelors degrees, individuals who received the MA/MS from institutions who grant a PhD in anthropology, graduates of non DSP partner institutions, and individuals who've previously received a complimentary AAA membership
  
  
• What institutions offer Masters's as the highest degree in anthropology? According to IPEDS data, these institutions offer a masters degree as their highest offered in anthropology
  
  
• Who pays the membership dues for the new graduate? The membership is complimentary and the dues are waived for both the AAA and section dues.
  
  
• Are sections sponsoring the new graduate? AAA sections are not sponsoring the new graduate.