The List of Professional Associations for Geeks

Acting

• Association of Talent Agents - http://www.agentassociation.com/
• Casting Society of America - http://www.castingsociety.com
• Screen Actor's Guild - http://www.sag.org/

Art

• AIGA - http://www.aiga.org/
• American Institute of Graphic Arts - http://www.aiga.org/
• Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists - http://www.asfa-art.org/
• National Association of Independent Artists - http://www.naia-artists.org/
• National Cartoonist's Society - http://www.reuben.org/
• Society of Illustrators - http://societyillustrators.org/

Comics

• National Association of Comics Art Teachers - http://www.teachingcomics.org/

Computing

• Association For Computing Machinery - http://www.acm.org/
• Computer Research Association - http://www.cra.org/
• Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers - http://www.computer.org/

Graphics

• ACM SIGGRAPH - http://www.siggraph.org/
• International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences - http://www.iadas.net/
• National Association of Photoshop Professionals - http://www.photoshopuser.com/
• Pixel Corps - http://www.pixelcorps.com/

Information/Knowledge

• International Society for Knowledge Organization - http://www.isko.org/
• Knowledge Management Professional Society - http://www.kmpro.org/
• Museum Computer Network - http://www.mcn.edu/

Media

• American Federation of Television and Radio Artists - http://www.aftra.org
• American Women in Radio and Television - http://www.awrt.org/
• International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees - http://www.iatse-intl.org/
• Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators - http://www.scbwi.org/
• The Actor's Fund - http://www.actorsfund.org/
• Visual Resource Associates - http://www.vraweb.org/

Movies

• The American Society of Cinematographers - http://www.theasc.com/

Photography

• Professional Photographers of America - http://www.ppa.com/
• Stock Artists Alliance - http://www.stockartistsalliance.org/

Publishing

• Association of American Publishers - http://www.publishers.org/
• Audio Publisher's Association - http://www.audiopub.org/
• Small Publisher's Association of North America - http://www.spannet.org/

Science

• American Association For The Advancement Of Science - http://www.aaas.org/
• National Academy of Sciences - http://www.nasonline.org/
• New York Academy Of Sciences - http://www.nyas.org/

Science-Biology

• American Institute of Biological Sciences - http://www.aibs.org/
• Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology - http://www.faseb.org/
• Society For Experimental Biology - http://www.sebiology.org/

Science-Biology-Specialized

• American Society For Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - http://www.asbmb.org/
• American Society For Cell Biology - http://www.ascb.org/
• American Society For Microbiology - http://www.asm.org/
• American Society of Human Genetics - http://www.ashg.org/
• Association of Genetic Technologists - http://www.agt-info.org/
• Genetics Society of America - http://genetics-gsa.org/
• International Federation for Cell Biology - http://www.ifcbiol.org/
• International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - http://www.iubmb.org/
• Society For Developmental Biology - http://www.sdbonline.org/
• Society For General Microbiology - http://www.sgm.ac.uk/

Science-Chemistry

• American Chemical Society - http://www.acs.org/
• International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry - http://www.iupac.org/
• Royal Society of Chemistry - http://www.rsc.org/
• Society of Chemical Industry - http://www.soci.org/

Science-Ecology

• International Society of Chemical Ecology - http://www.chemecol.org/
• National Environmental Health Association - http://www.neha.org/index.shtml

Technology

• Association for Information and Image Management - http://www.aiim.org/
• Association of Information Technology Professionals - http://www.aitp.org/
• Association of Internet Research - http://aoir.org/
• Computer Security Institute - http://gocsi.com/
• IEEE Communications Society - http://ww2.comsoc.org/
• Information Architecture Institute - http://iainstitute.org/
• League of Professional System Administrators - http://www.lopsa.org/
• Network Professionals' Association - http://www.npanet.org/
• North American Network Operators Group - http://www.nanog.org/
• Society for Information Management - http://www.simnet.org/

Technology (Open Source)

• Free Software Foundation - http://www.fsf.org/
• Linux Professionals Institute - http://www.lpi.org/
• The Linux Foundation - http://www.linuxfoundation.org/

Theater

• Actors Equity - http://www.actorsequity.org/
• American Alliance of Theater and Education - http://www.aate.com/
• Dramatists Guild of America - http://www.dramatistsguild.com/

Video Games

• Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences - http://www.interactive.org/
• Entertainment Software Association - http://www.theesa.com/
• Game Audio Network Guild - http://www.audiogang.org/
• International Game Designers Association - http://www.igda.org/

Writing

• Author's Guild - http://www.authorsguild.org/
• EPIC-Electronically Published Internet Connection - http://www.epicauthors.com/
• National Association of Independent Writer's And Editors - http://naiwe.com/
• National Writer's Union - http://nwu.org/
• Novelists Inc. - http://www.ninc.com/
• Small Publishers, Artists and Writers' Network - http://www.spawn.org/

Writing - Specialized

• Children's Literature Association - http://www.childlitassn.org/
• Historical Novel Society - http://www.historicalnovelsociety.org/
• Horror Writers Association - http://www.horror.org/
• International Thriller Writers - http://www.thrillerwriters.org/
• Mystery Writer's Of America - http://www.mysterywriters.org/
• Romance Writer's Of America - http://www.rwanational.org/
• Science Fiction And Fantasy Writers Of America - http://www.sfwa.org/

Writing-Journalism

• American Society of Journalists and Authors - http://www.asja.org/
• Online News Association - http://journalists.org/

Writing-Science

• Council of Science Editors - http://www.councilscienceeditors.org/

Writing-Technical

• Society for Technical Communication - http://www.stc.org/

Writing-Screenwriting

• CineStory - http://cinestory.org