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Field organizations.

A starting list of professional organizations, societies, conferences, and networks RCID students may want to know about.

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49 organizations

Language, Writing, and Literacy

American Association for Applied Linguistics

AAAL Communication and Performance

American Forensic Association

AFA Theory, Philosophy, and Humanities

American Philosophical Association

APA Theory, Philosophy, and Humanities

American Society for Aesthetics

ASA Rhetoric and Argumentation

American Society for the History of Rhetoric

ASHR Communication and Social Research

American Sociological Association

ASA Digital Humanities and Media

Association for Computers and the Humanities

ACH Technical Communication and Information Design

Association for Computing Machinery SIGDOC

ACM SIGDOC Rhetoric and Argumentation

Association for the Rhetoric of Science, Technology, and Medicine

ARSTM Technical Communication and Information Design

Association of Teachers of Technical Writing

ATTW Academic Labor and Higher Education

Academic Workforce

Theory, Philosophy, and Humanities

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research

BISR Rhetoric and Argumentation

Carolina Environmental Rhetoric Working Group

CERWG Rhetoric and Argumentation

CAER Group

CAER Writing Studies and Composition

Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition

CFSHRC Design, Visual Culture, and Arts

College Art Association

CAA Writing Studies and Composition

Community Literacy Journal

CLJ Writing Studies and Composition

Council of Writing Program Administrators

CWPA Writing Studies and Composition

Digital Black Lit and Composition

DBLAC Digital Humanities and Media

Digital Games Research Association

DiGRA Digital Humanities and Media

Game Studies

Writing Studies and Composition

Global Society of Online Literacy Education

GSOLE Digital Humanities and Media

HASTAC

HASTAC Technical Communication and Information Design

IEEE Professional Communication Society

IEEE PCS Theory, Philosophy, and Humanities

American Council of Learned Societies

ACLS Communication and Media Studies

International Association for Media and Communication Research

IAMCR Communication and Media Studies

International Communication Association

ICA Rhetoric and Argumentation

International Rhetoric

Rhetoric and Argumentation

International Society for the History of Rhetoric

ISHR Rhetoric and Argumentation

Kenneth Burke Society

KBS Language, Writing, and Literacy

Modern Language Association

MLA Theory, Philosophy, and Humanities

Metaphysical Society of America

MSA Communication and Media Studies

National Communication Association

NCA Writing Studies and Composition

National Council of Teachers of English

NCTE Communication and Social Research

National Women's Studies Association

NWSA Digital Humanities and Media

Popular Culture Association

PCA Rhetoric and Argumentation

Rhetoric Society of America

RSA Rhetoric and Argumentation

Rhetoric Society of Europe

RSE Communication and Media Studies

Society for Cinema and Media Studies

SCMS Theory, Philosophy, and Humanities

Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts

SLSA Theory, Philosophy, and Humanities

Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy

SAAP Technology, Science, and Society

Society for the History of Technology

SHOT Technology, Science, and Society

Society for Social Studies of Science

4S Technical Communication and Information Design

Society for Technical Communication

STC Design, Visual Culture, and Arts

Society for Visual Anthropology

SVA Communication and Social Research

Society for Health Communication

SHC Theory, Philosophy, and Humanities

The New Centre for Research and Practice

New Centre Technical Communication and Information Design

User Experience Professionals Association

UXPA Writing Studies and Composition

Writing Program Administrators Graduate Organization