The Department Affiliates Program provides a department-level link between academic institutions and the American Sociological Association.
Joining as a Department Affiliate benefits your whole department/program, including chair, faculty and students. See below for the list of benefits available to Department Affiliates as well as details on how to join or renew. If you have questions about Department Affiliates benefits and programming, contact [email protected].
Program Benefits
Webinars
Faculty and students in Department Affiliates have access to exclusive webinars covering topics related to department leadership and management, curriculum development, and teaching and learning in sociology. Via the Member Portal, every member of your department (including non-ASA members) can access the archive of past webinars. They need to indicate in their account profile that they are linked to your department as a student or employee. Log in, navigate back to the ASA homepage, and hover over the Academic & Professional Resources tab. Click on Professional Development Videos and Webinars Archive and scroll down to find the exclusive catalogue of Department Affiliate webinars.
Undergraduate Department Benefits
Access recorded live and recorded webinars directed to help undergraduates with decisions about careers and graduate school. Students will benefit from topics such as learning to articulate the skills of a sociology major on the job market, to understanding career path options, to a workshop on resume design. These can be used in class or at department events.
ChairLink Live: Forums on the Fifth
Chairs in Department Affiliate departments will have the opportunity to regularly connect with other department chairs and ASA staff via live virtual gatherings on the fifth of every month, weekends and holidays excepted. These events are designed to help department chairs connect with one another to discuss issues in higher education and anticipate and effectively respond to the challenges of department leadership.
Department chairs are also invited to stay for a brief, private discussion after some all-member webinars to discuss implications of particular issues for departmental leadership.
Graduate Department Benefits
First year graduate students in Affiliate departments receive a free one-year ASA student membership. The primary contact for your department can gift student memberships to your first-year graduate students. In addition, Department Affiliates receive a 30% discount on listings in the ASA Guide to Graduate Departments.
TRAILS Discounts
The ASA Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology, TRAILS, is a searchable online interactive repository of thousands of sociological teaching materials that can be downloaded and adapted for immediate class use. TRAILS also provides an opportunity for faculty to submit their own innovative teaching resources for peer review and possible publication. All members of ASA receive free access to TRAILS. Faculty in Department Affiliates who are not ASA members receive 50% discounts on subscriptions to TRAILS.
ASA Store Discounts
Current Department Affiliates receive the same significant discounts as individual ASA members on reference volumes (such as the Guide to Graduate Departments and multi-packs of career booklets and brochures). These discounts range from 10% to 50%. Log in to My ASA using your department’s primary contact record and then use DASTORE in the promotion code field at checkout in the ASA store.
ASA Career Center Job Listing Discounts
The ASA Career Center is the first place sociologists turn to for their next career opportunity. Reach more than 10,000 sociologists globally and find the right candidate for your department. Current Department Affiliates receive a 20% discount on any job postings. Use the discount code here (log in required) when submitting your listing.
Guide to Graduate Departments
All Department Affiliates receive the newest edition of the Guide to Graduate Departments of Sociology.
And There’s More…
Department Affiliates also receive discounts on the annual Department Leaders Preconference.
Department Access to ASA Member Portal
Whether or not your department is a current Department Affiliate (DA), as of May 9, 2024, with the launch of the new member portal, access to department accounts is no longer through your previous department login credentials. Instead department accounts are accessed and managed via the individual account associated with the primary email address on file for your department. If you do not know the primary email address for your department contact [email protected].
The first time you access the new ASA Member Portal, complete the following steps:
(1) Click Forgot your Password? under the Email/Username field.
(2) Enter the primary email address for your department in the Email field and click Send Login Information.
(3) Follow the instructions in the password reset email. Make sure your new password is at least 8 characters long and contains one number, one uppercase and lowercase character, and one special character.
Once you have signed in, navigate to the left-hand menu and click on Your Organization. There, you will be able to update your department’s information and renew your DA membership. DA member benefits such as gift membership and TRAILS, can be accessed via the tabs on the left-hand menu.
Contacts linked to your department can access archives of webinars, materials from previous years’ Chairs and DGS Conferences, as well as the Directory of Members, helpful information to assist departments embarking on self-studies, program review, and more. New benefits will be added to this centralized information portal as they become available.
Join/Renew
Join or renew your membership online, or download the this form and mail, fax, or email it to [email protected].
Can’t remember your department’s primary contact? Email [email protected] or call (202)383-9005, option 1.
Is Your Department’s ASA Record Accurate?
Have your department’s primary contact sign into the ASA Member Portal, and then navigate to the left-hand menu and click on Your Organization. Department information can be reviewed and updated.
Program Cost
Price structures for the Department Affiliate Program are based on department type and department size. With the launch of the member portal on May 9, 2024, Department Affiliate membership is now available year round. Previously you could only become a DA between August 1 and July 31. Now you may renew at any time and receive a full 365 days of membership. If you renew prior to your DA expiration date, we will add 365 days of DA membership.
Graduate Departments
- Over 20 full-time faculty – $375
- Up to 20 full-time faculty – $300
Undergraduate Departments
- Over 8 full-time faculty- $250
- Up to 8 full-time faculty- $200
- Two-year departments – $150
Public/Private Research Units
- Academic or non-academic – $150
