Membership - 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 an essential resource 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.
  • An energetic and information-rich Annual Meeting that provides the opportunity to meet with assessment psychologists from other states and countries, network with fellow researchers and colleagues, share ideas, present and/or learn about the latest new research findings, contribute to and/or hear about applied clinical assessment 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, Chicago, Boston, or the Washington, DC area.
  • 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.
  • 25% reduction in APA membership dues through SPA's participation with the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences.
  • Steeply reduced dues for students.
  • Waiver of membership dues for Life Members and Life Fellows.
  • Voting privileges for members.
  • Potential eligibility for the SPA Board of Trustees.
  • Reduced rates for convention and workshop registration.
  • A way to demonstrate professional credibility, especially for teachers of assessment and researchers looking for funding.
  • For an extra fee, membership in the International Society of the Rorschach and Projective Methods, which includes a subscription to Rorschachiana and potential participation in its triennial international congress.

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