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Members of ABAI enjoy reduced convention and conference registration fees; subscriptions to the ABAI member publication, Inside
Behavior Analysis; free résumé posting on ABAI’s job board; access to apply for competitively priced professional liability insurance; and
access to online membership services through the ABAI portal. Additional benefits are described under each member type, below.
2020–2021 Individual Membership Application
For the term September 1, 2020–August 31, 2021
Demographic Data
Student Members
Student membership is for full-time undergraduate or
graduate students, residents, or interns.
Additional Benefit: Subscription to the journal
Perspectives on Behavior Science.
Requirement: Send proof of current full-time student,
intern, or resident status, or complete the “verification
of current full-time student status” section below.
Students who do not send proof with their applications
may be classified as Affiliate members until verification
is received.
Student Type (required)
❑ Highschool ❑ Undergraduate ❑ Master’s
❑ Doctoral ❑ Post Doctoral
VERIFICATION of current full-time student status:
I, _______________________ (university official),
certify the applicant is a current full-time student, intern,
or resident at:
_________________________________________
INSTITUTION NAME (UNIVERSITY)
_________________________________________
PROGRAM NAME / DEGREE NAME
_________________________________________
EXPECTED GRADUATION DATE
_________________________________________
OFFICIAL’S SIGNATURE
_________________________________________
APPLICANT’S NAME
_________________________________________
DATE
Upon Graduation I will have earned:
❑ Highschool ❑ Undergraduate ❑ Master’s ❑
Doctoral ❑ Post Doctoral
Date you be looking for a job:
_________________________________________
Date you be looking for an internship:
_________________________________________
Date you be Attending graduate school:
_________________________________________
Area of Primary interest:
❑ Applied Animal Behavior ❑ Autism ❑ Behavioral
Pharmacology and Neuroscience ❑ Clinical, Family,
Behavioral Medicine ❑ Community Interventions;
Social & Ethical Issues ❑ Developmental Disabilities
❑ Experimental Analysis of Behavior ❑ Education
❑ Lifespan Development ❑ OBM ❑ Teaching Behavior
Analysis ❑ Teaching Behavior Analysis ❑ Theoretical,
Philosophical, Conceptual Issues ❑ Verbal Behavior
❑ Other
Chapter/Adjunct Members
Chapter/Adjunct membership is for individuals who are
members of an ABAI-affiliated chapter.
Requirement: Send proof (e.g., membership fee
receipt, copy of member card, verification letter) from
the chapter confirming current membership, or
complete the “verification of ABAI-affiliated chapter
membership” section below. If purchasing a 3-year
membership, proof must be sent annually at the time of
ABAI membership renewal.
VERIFICATION of ABAI-affiliated chapter membership:
I, ________________________ (chapter official), have
proper knowledge and authority to verify that the
applicant is a member of the following chapter:
_________________________________________
ABAI-AFFILIATED CHAPTER
_________________________________________
DATE
_________________________________________
CHAPTER OFFICIAL’S SIGNATURE
_________________________________________
APPLICANT’S NAME
First-Time Members
For those who have never been members of ABAI,
First-Time membership is a limited membership status
offered for 2021. First-Time membership includes a
free electronic subscription to Behavior Analysis in
Practice and discounted pricing on other ABAI journals,
as well as additional discounted services. First-Time
membership does not include participation in ABAI
governance or discounted pricing on ABAI events.
Affiliate Members
Affiliate membership is for individuals who have an
interest in behavior analysis or have earned
undergraduate credit but do not meet the Full member
requirements. Dues help support the involvement of
undergraduate and graduate students in the science
and practice of behavior analysis.
Additional Benefit: Subscription to the journal
Perspectives on Behavior Science.
Supporting and Sustaining Affiliate
Members
Supporting and Sustaining Affiliate memberships
provide additional support to encourage the
involvement of undergraduate and graduate students in
the science and practice of behavior analysis through
increased membership dues.
Additional Benefits: Citation in Inside Behavior
Analysis and the convention program book.
Emeritus Affiliate Members
Emeritus Affiliate membership is for individuals who
have not been approved for Full membership status
and are 65 or older.
Requirement: Send verification of age when applying
for this status for the first time.
Full Members
Full membership dues help support the involvement of
undergraduate and graduate students in behavior
analysis.
Additional Benefits: Voting rights on ABAI business
matters, participation in the nomination and election of
officers, and a subscription to the journal Perspectives
on Behavior Science.
NOTE: Renewing Full members do not need to submit
the Full membership application as long as their
membership is not one year past due. If membership
has lapsed for one year (term), renewing Full members
will have to submit the Full membership application to
be reviewed by the Application Review Committee
(ARC).
Requirements: Demonstration of substantive
contributions to behavior analysis as outlined on the
following pages. Full membership applications are
reviewed for eligibility by the ARC. First-time Full
membership applicants and lapsed Full members will
be classified as Affiliate members until a decision has
been made by the ARC. Payment of dues is understood
as acceptance of Affiliate membership status for that
membership year. Full membership is at the discretion
of the ARC and is based upon materials submitted in
the Full member application as understood and
interpreted by the ARC. When applying for this status,
submit all information indicated on the following pages.
NOTE: Incomplete applications for Full member status
will result in assignation of Affiliate membership.
Please submit documentation as described in this
form, as relevant.
Applicants failing to submit required documentation
may not reapply for Full membership until the following
membership cycle.
Supporting and Sustaining Full
Members
Supporting and Sustaining Full memberships provide
additional support to encourage the involvement of
undergraduate and graduate students in the science
and practice of behavior analysis through increased
membership dues.
Additional Benefits: Citation in Inside Behavior
Analysis and the convention program book.
Emeritus Full Members
Emeritus Full membership is for individuals who have
been approved for Full membership status and are 65
or older.
Requirement: Send verification of age when applying
for this status for the first time.
NEW! Student Transition Members
Student Transition membership is for those who have
recently graduated from an undergraduate or graduate
program. Student Transition membership includes
voting rights for student representation on the
Executive Council and Student member pricing on ABAI
events and publications.
