Membership Information

Please note: New Memberships and Renewals are temporarily unavailable. Please check back on November 6, 2023. Thank you!

To join or renew your membership, click here. If you have questions about joining RSA, or about the status of your membership, visit the Members Only section of this website and/or contact RSA Membership Officer Leslie Harris (rsamembership@gmail.com).

Please note all memberships are based on a calendar year, January to December.

RSA's membership database is managed by Management Excellence, INC.

RSA membership dues are non-refundable.

Membership Categories & Dues

ENHANCED LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP $3,000.00
This option, which includes RSA conference registration, RSA membership, and RSQ subscription for life, is payable in full, $3,000.00, at the time of renewal or in five annual installments of $600.00.

LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP $2,000.00
This option, which includes RSA membership and RSQ subscription for life, is payable in full, $2,000.00, at the time of renewal or in five annual installments of $400.00.

REGULAR LEVEL V MEMBERSHIP
Annual income over $115,000
Two-Years $315; One-Year $230
Includes annual subscription to RSQ

REGULAR LEVEL IV MEMBERSHIP
Annual income $95,000 - $114,900
Two-Years $275; One-Year $190
Includes annual subscription to RSQ

REGULAR LEVEL III MEMBERSHIP
Annual income $65,000 - $94,900
Two-Years $230; One-Year $180
Includes annual subscription to RSQ

REGULAR LEVEL II MEMBERSHIP
Annual income is between $40,000 - $64,9000
Two-years $220; One-Year $170
Includes annual subscription to RSQ

REGULAR LEVEL I MEMBERSHIP
Annual income is under $40,000
Two-years $185; One-Year $135
Includes annual subscription to RSQ

STUDENT MEMBERSHIP
Two-years $120; One-Year $90
Includes annual subscription to RSQ

RETIRED FACULTY MEMBERSHIP
Two-years $125; One-Year $80
Includes annual subscription to RSQ

Click here to complete the Membership Application/Renewal Form

INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERSHIP 
One-Year $300
One complimentary student membership
25% discount on additional bulk student and/or non-tenure track memberships*
10% discount on bulk student conference registrations.  

Click here to complete the Institutional Membership Application

*Should you need to add additional Student(s) please email Meghan Fiely, RSA Membership Coordinator, with the first name, last name, and email address of the Student(s).

Affiliate Status with the Rhetoric Society of America

Organizations that share the Society's interest in furthering the study of all aspects of rhetoric are invited to apply for affiliate status. Affiliate status confers two guaranteed panel slots at the Society's biennial conference, and a link on the Society's website to the affiliate organization's website, if desired.

To apply for affiliate status, an organization should send to the Society's Executive Director: a letter of application, which should include the organization's web address [if any]; a copy of the organization's constitution and bylaws; a copy of the most recent issue of the organization's journal [if any]; and a copy of the most recent program for the organization's conference [if any].

The Executive Director will present the organization's application to the Board of the Society at its next meeting after the application has been received. Upon the Board's approval of the application, the Executive Director will send a letter of agreement to the organization spelling out the nature of the relationship and the specific benefits as described above.

All RSA affiliate agreements will be reviewed at five-year intervals by the RSA Board of Directors, to determine whether the relationship remains beneficial to both RSA and the affiliate organization.

Please contact Leslie Dinauer, RSA Executive Director, for consideration.