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Developing Regions Membership Program

The AAG has established a new membership category for geographers residing in developing regions. Geographers from and living in developing regions are now eligible to join the AAG for the deeply discounted membership rate of $20 per year. See a list of eligible countries»

Membership in the Developing Regions category includes all regular AAG membership benefits, except that the journals and newsletters are provided in digital online formats. See the list of benefits below for more details.

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For more background information, read From Idea to Reality: The AAG's Developing Regions Membership Program in the February 2008 AAG Newsletter.

Benefits

The membership benefits include, among others, the following:

• Online access to AAG publications, including:
• Annals of the Association of American Geographers
• The Professional Geographer
• AAG Newsletter
• Eligibility to participate in AAG research grants and awards programs
  
• Reduced registration fees (member rates) at the AAG Annual Meeting and other AAG-sponsored meetings
  
• Reduced rate on other third party geography journals offered by the AAG
  
• Reduced prices on AAG publications (according to normal individual membership benefits)
  
• Optional hard copy journals or newsletters, for small incremental fee to cover cost of shipping only
  
• Participation in AAG Specialty Groups and Listservs

About the AAG

The AAG is a professional and scholarly association representing leading educators, researchers, and practitioners in geography. Founded in 1904 as a scientific and educational society, its 10,000+ members share interests in the theory, methods, and practice of geography and geographic education.

The association hosts 7,000 attendees at its annual meetings, sponsors international workshops and specialty conferences, and conducts research programs on a wide range of geographical topics. The AAG publishes some of the world’s most distinguished and influential scholarly journals, newsletters, books, and research reports. The AAG also supports and recognizes geographers around the globe through its many professional development programs and prestigious grants and awards programs.

For assistance, please contact gaia@aag.org or call 202-234-1450