Membership (Revised 11/08/06) 

Membership and Fellowship application forms and a document describing the membership classes can be downloaded as Microsoft Word documents. You can download a file to save to disk by clicking the left mouse button on your choice of documents. If your browser attempts to open the document on the screen instead of saving it to disk, you may need to "shift + click" on your choice to download the file. To apply for a change in your membership status, complete the document available here.

Click here to download a copy of the SPA Membership brochure. This version does not contain the a membership application. A downloadable copy of the membership application is available below.

Membership Application

Fellow Application

Membership Classes

Why join SPA?

Membership in SPA offers a great many benefits and is regarded as one of the best bargains around. It includes:

• a subscription to the Journal of Personality Assessment. Edited by Greg Meyer, Ph.D., this highly regarded journal is essential for assessment professionals who wish to learn from colleagues and leaders in the field, expand professionally, and update their knowledge of assessment methods.
  
  
• a subscription to The Exchange, our twice yearly newsletter containing features such as editorials, timely discussions of relevant issues in assessment, Presidential messages, instructional suggestions for academicians, book abstracts, professional news from members, and photographs
  
  
• for an extra $30.00, membership in the International Rorschach Society, which includes a subscription to Rorschachiana and potential participation in the triennial International Congress on Rorschach and Projective Techniques.
  
  
• an opportunity at the Annual Meeting to meet with other assessment psychologists from other states and countries, network with fellow researchers and colleagues, share ideas, report on and learn about new findings and clinical experiences, and collaborate about professional concerns. Unique in these exciting and dynamic meetings are many formal and informal opportunities to personally meet and dialog with respected leaders in our field - not to mention the chance to travel to stimulating places such as San Francisco, New Orleans, and Philadelphia.
  
  
• an opportunity to support and influence SPA's professional advocacy efforts, including SPA's demonstration research project
  
  
• a way to join in awarding outstanding research efforts, recognize distinguished contributors to the field, and support student research
  
  
• steeply reduced dues for students
  
  
• waiver of membership dues for Life Members and Life Fellows
  
  
• voting privileges for members
  
  
• potential eligibility to hold office in SPA
  
  
• reduced rates for convention and workshop registration
  
  
• a way to demonstrate professional credibility, especially for teachers of assessment and researchers looking for funding