PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ORGANIZATIONS.

This article presents information on several professional organizations that may be of interest to sociologists. A professional research life is an ongoing process of research investigation, reading research journals, preparing scientific papers, reading papers before professional audiences of various learned societies, and finally publishing articles and monographs. For them to command attention, it is necessary for researchers to make themselves and their work known to colleagues in local, state, regional, national and international circles. The North American sociologist who wishes to be known in national and international circles may join the American Sociological Association and may affiliate with one or both of the leading international sociological associations: the International Sociological Association and Institut International Sociologie. The American Sociological Association (ASA) is a voluntary association of individual members with many categories of membership. Full membership in the ASA requires the holding of a PhD degree in sociology or in some related field, or the completion of 3 years of graduate study in such field. Students are encouraged to join as associates at low fees. The scientific activities of the International Sociological Association are organized in research committees, where scholars who wish to pursue comparative research become part of a network of scientific research, intellectual debate and professional exchange.