New & Recent Graduate Program
The AAA provides exclusive opportunities for new and recent graduates of Department Services Program (DSP) Partnerships to be nominated by their department chair, or to self-nominate, to receive a complimentary one-year membership. This complimentary membership is a benefit of DSP Partnerships. 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.
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Participating Sections
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- 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 >>
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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 an active DSP partner*
- Have not previously received a complimentary AAA membership
Who is eligible to nominate a candidate?
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
How to Nominate a Graduate
FAQ
- What happens after the complimentary year ends? The membership will automatically transfer to the "professional" category.
- 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.
- If I receive this complimentary membership after I obtain an MA/MS, can I receive it again if I obtain a PhD? You may only be awarded the New and Recent Graduate Program complimentary membership once.
- Can I postpone the complimentary membership to a future date? Membership activation may not be delayed or postponed to a future date, and is in effect immediately upon approval.
- What if the recent graduate's degree isn't specifically in Anthropology? If the degree was obtained under an active DSP Partnership, their degree doesn't have to specifically be in Anthropology, but can be one of the four subfields or joint areas.