ACADEMY OF APHASIA

APPLICATION FOR 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 (one for associate membership). 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. Please 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.