Professional Organizations by Discipline
– MAPSS, MACSS, and CIR
Social Sciences (MAPSS)
General Social Sciences
Anthropology
- American Anthropological Association (AAA)
- American Association of Biological Anthropologists
- National Association of Student Anthropologists (NASA)
- American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS)
- American Ethnological Society (AES)
- Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA)
- Society for Linguistic Anthropology
- Society for Medical Anthropology
- Wenner-Gren Foundation
- National Association for the Practice of Anthropology
- Association of Latina/o and Latinx Anthropologists
- American Association of Anthropological Genetics
- Association of Black Anthropologists
- International Society for Ethnology and Folklore
- Network of Concerned Anthropologists – Ethical Anthropology
- Society for Anthropological Sciences
- Society for Cultural Anthropology
- Southern Anthropological Society
- Association for Feminist Anthropology
- International Society of Appraisers (ISA)
Archaeology
- Society for American Archaeology (SAA)
- Society for Historical Archaeology (SHA)
- Paleoanthropology Society
- Archaeological Institute of America
- Archaeological Institute of Chicago
- Southeastern Archaeological Conference
- The Society for Archaeological Sciences
Economics
- American Economic Association
- American Society of Health Economics
- Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management
- Association for Social Economics
- International Economic Development Council (IEDC)
- National Association for Business Economics (NABE)
- National Economists Club
- American Institute for Economic Research (AIER)
- The Econometric Society
- World Economics Association
- World Economic Forum
- Midwest Economics Association
- International Economic Association (iEA)
- Southern Economic Association (SEA)
- Western Economic Association International (WEAI)
- Economic History Association
- Economic History Association
History
- American Association for State and Local History (AASLH)
- American Alliance of Museums
- American Historical Association
- World History Association
- National Council for History Education
- Organization of American Historians (OAH)
- History of Science Society
- Berkshire Conference of Women Historians
- American Journalism Historians Association
- American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
- Midwestern Historical Association
- National Council on History Education (NCHE)
- Society for History Education
- National Council on Public History
- Oral History Association
- Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society
- Social Science History Association (SSHA)
- Urban History Association (UHA)
- Victorian Society in America (VSA)
American History (not American Historians/Associations, just study of American History)
- Society for Historians of the Early American Republic
- Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR)
- Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
- Society of American Historians (SAH)
- Southern Historical Association (SHA)
- Western History Association (WHA)
Political Science / Government
- American Political Science Association (APSA)
- International Association for Political Science Students (IAPSS)
- International Political Science Association
- Association for Political Theory (APT)
- American Political Science Review
- Link to all U.S. State Political Science Associations
- Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA)
- Southern Political Science Association
- Southwestern Political Science Association
- Western Political Science Association
- American Academy of Political and Social Science
- Northeastern Political Science Association (NPSA)
- National Conference of Black Political Scientists
- American Association for Political Consultants
- Association for Politics and the Life Sciences
Public Policy
- Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management
- Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy Studies
- Policy Studies Organization
Psychology / Neuroscience / Counseling / Therapy
- American Psychological Association (APA)
- American Board of Forensic Psychologists
- American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
Sociology
- American Sociological Association
- American Society of Criminology
- Global Studies Association of North America
- International Sociological Association
- Justice Studies Association
- Society for the Study of Social Problems
- Association of Black Sociologists
Computational Social Sciences (MACSS)
Data/Statistics
- Association of Data Scientists (ADaSci)
- The American Statistical Association
- The Data Science Council of America (DASCA)
- SIGKDD, ACM Special Interest Group on Knowledge Discovery in Data and Data Mining
- ACM Special Interest Group on Management of Data
- American Statistical Association
- Data Mining Section of INFORMS
- Data Science Association
- International Data Engineering and Science Association
Analytics
- International Institute for Analytics
- Digital Analytics Association
- International Institute of Business Analysis
- Institute of Analytics
- Analytics Software & Solutions (SAS)
- Web Analytics Association (WAA)
Computers/Computing
- Computing Research Association
- Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Computer Society
- IEEE – Computer Society
- Society for Computational Economics (SCE)
- Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA)
- Computing Research Association (CRA)
- Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA)
- Association for Women in Computing (AWC)
- Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)
- Computing Community Consortium (CCC)
- Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
- Association of Information Technology Professionals
- International Webmasters Association
Software/AI
- Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
- Software and Information Industry Association
- American Association of Artificial Intelligence
- The Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI)
General/Other
- The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
- Association of Information Technology Professionals
- International Webmasters Association
- Internet Society
- American Mathematical Society
- Association for Information Systems
- Internet Society
- Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences
- Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
- Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T)
- International Association for Social Science Information Service and Technology (IASSIST)
- Information Resources Management Association
- Information Technology Industry Council (ITI)
- International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology (IACSIT)
International Relations (CIR)
International Relations/Global Studies
- Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA)
- Global Studies Consortium
- International Government Affairs Professionals Association
- International Relations (IR) and Affairs LinkedIn Group
- Sigma Iota Rho Honor Society of International Affairs
- International Studies Association
Regional Studies
- African Studies Association
- National Council for Black Studies
- Society of Research on African Cultures
- Association for the Study of African American Life and History
- American Studies Association
- International Society of Appraisers
- Association for Asian Studies
- Latin American Political Science Association
- Society for Latin American Studies
- Business Association of Latin American Studies
- Latin American Studies Association
- Middle Eastern Studies Association
- Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa
Other Interdisciplinary Areas of Interest
Art History
- American Alliance of Museums
- American Craft Council
- American Historical Association
- Americans for the Arts
- Appraisers Association of America
- Art Libraries Society of North America
- Association of Art Editors
- Association of Art History
- Association of Art Museum Curators
- Association of Historians of American Art
- College Art Association
- International Association of Art Critics
- National Antique and Art Dealers Association of America
- National Art Education Association
- Society of American Archivists
- Visual Resources Association
Child and Family Studies
- American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
- American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
- American Counseling Association
- American Psychological Association
- American School Counselors Association
- Association of Child Life Professionals
- Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development
- International Congress of Infant Studies
- National Association for the Education of Young Children
- National Council on Family Relations
- National Human Services Assembly
Education
- History of Education Society
- National Council on History Education (NCHE)
- National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)
Higher Education
- Association of American Colleges and Universities
- Council for Advancement and Support of Education
- Council of Graduate Schools
- EDUCAUSE
- Institute for Higher Education Policy
- National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
- American Association of Community Colleges
- American Council on Education
Foreign Language
- American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
- American Translators Association
- Association of International Educators
- Council on International Educational Exchange
- Foreign Policy Association
- International Association of Conference Interpreters
- International Federation of Translators
- International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language
- National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators
- National Council on Interpreting Health Care
Law
- American Society for Legal History
- National Association for Legal Professionals
- American Bar Association
- National Lawyers Guild
- Federal Communications Bar Association
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
- Hispanic National Bar Association
Linguistics
- American Association of Applied Linguistics
- American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
- Association for Computation Languages
- Linguistic Society of America
Religious Studies
- American Society of Church History
- American Academy of Religion
- Society of Biblical Literature
- The Association of Religion Data Archives
- International Association for the History of Religions
- North American Association for the Study of Religion
- Religious Education Association
- American Jewish Historical Society
- Jewish Community Center Association of North America
- JPRO Network
Social Work
- National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
- Association of Social Work Boards
- Council on Social Work Education
- International Federation of Social Workers
- School Social Work Association of America
Urban Studies
- American Planning Association
- American Society for Public Administrators
- Global Planners Network
- International Economic Development Council
- Urban Land Institute
Women’s Studies / Gender & Sexuality Studies
- National Women’s Studies Association
- American Association of University Women
- Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender History (CLGBTH)