ACADEMY OF APHASIA

MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION

I. REGULAR MEMBERSHIP

Thank you for your interest in membership to the Academy of Aphasia. Attached is the application form, which should be returned by August 3, 2007, for consideration before the annual October meeting. Please complete the form and identify two Academy members who have agreed to sponsor your application. Include their contact information in the application. In addition, you will need to request from them a letter to be sent to me at the email address below. Please also send no more than three papers that best represent your interest and work in the field. Email the application to the Chair of the Membership Committee (Sheila Blumstein, Ph.D.: Sheila_Blumstein@brown.edu ).

The Membership Committee prefers that CV’s not be submitted. However, a short biosketch or list of pertinent publications and presentations may be substituted for page 2.

According to the by-laws of the Academy of Aphasia:

Membership shall be open to persons who are actively interested in language and language disorders resulting from brain disease. Applicants for membership shall show evidence of appropriate education and training and shall be involved in teaching, research, or clinical practice. Qualifications shall ordinarily include an academic degree at the doctoral level and at least three significant publications contributing to the understanding of aphasia.

Application for membership must be sponsored by two members of the Academy and must be submitted to the Committee on Membership no later than sixty days prior to the Annual Meeting of the Academy. The committee shall submit to the Governing Board annually a list of candidates qualified for membership. The Board shall elect by majority vote those individuals it considers eligible for membership and shall report their names at the Annual Business Meeting for ratification by majority of the membership present.

II. ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP

Thank you for your interest in associate membership to the Academy of Aphasia. Associate membership shall be open to graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and junior investigators who are actively interested in brain-language relations and language disorders resulting from brain disease but who have not yet met the eligibility requirements for regular membership. Associate membership does not require that the applicant has published any papers. Applicants for associate membership must be sponsored by one member of the Academy of Aphasia.

Applications for associate membership are available on the Academy website ( www.academyofaphasia.org ) Please complete the form and identify one Academy member who has agreed to sponsor your application. Include his/her contact information in the application. Email the application to the Chair of the Membership Committee (Sheila Blumstein, Ph.D.: Sheila_Blumstein@brown.edu ). These should be returned by August 3, 2007, for consideration before the annual October meeting.

Other information about Associate Membership:

a. Application and Dues. Membership will be by application which must be accompanied by a letter from one (1) member of the Academy in good standing attesting to the individual's interest in brain-language relations, aphasia and/or kindred disorders. Unlike full membership, Associate Membership does not require that the applicant have yet published any papers in the area.

Associate Members will pay annual dues set at 50% of regular membership dues.

The application deadline for Associate Membership will be set at the time dues statements are sent out to regular members. A check (or credit card charge) is to be submitted with the application.

Associate membership will be approved by the Board of Governors on recommendation of the Chair of the Membership Committee. The Chair of the Membership Committee will announce the new Associate Members at the annual business meeting but Associate Membership does not require the full vote of the membership.

b. Registration Fees for Annual Meeting. Registration Fees for the annual meetings will list two levels of payment: (1) Members and Non-student Associate Members - who will pay the full registration fee. (2) Students and Associate Members who are students - who will both pay the same reduced fee.* (* For this purpose Postdoctoral Fellows/Trainees are NOT considered students.)

c. Attendance to Business Meetings. Associate Members will not attend the Business Meetings of the Academy, nor will they be voting members. Associate Members will, however, receive all mailings and meeting announcements as do regular members.

d. Duration of Associate Membership. Associate Members may apply for regular membership whenever they feel they have met the requirements. At that time, they will apply following the procedures as outlined for application as a regular member. There is no set time for this application nor is there any upper limit on how long an individual may remain an Associate Member.