Sociology: Contemporary American Society: Organizations

The American Academy of Political and Social Science, one of the nation’s oldest learned societies, is dedicated to the use of social science to address important social problems.

The American Psychological Association (APA) is a scientific and professional organization that represents psychology in the United States. With more than 154,000 members, APA is the largest association of psychologists worldwide.

The American Society of Criminology is an international organization whose members pursue scholarly, scientific, and professional knowledge concerning the measurement, etiology, consequences, prevention, control, and treatment of crime and delinquency.

The American Sociological Association (ASA), founded in 1905, is a non-profit membership association dedicated to advancing sociology as a scientific discipline and profession serving the public good.

The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) is the nation's oldest and largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to research, education, and practice in the field of aging.

The International Sociological Association (ISA) is a non-profit association for scientific purposes. Its function is to represent sociologists everywhere, regardless of their school of thought, scientific approaches or ideological opinion.

PAA is a non-profit, scientific, professional organization that promotes research on population issues.

Founded in 1957 to encourage the rigorous systematic study of sexuality.

SWS is a non-profit scientific and educational organization of sociologists and others dedicated to:
maximizing the effectiveness of and professional opportunities for women in sociology exploring the contributions which sociology can, does and should make to the investigation of and humanization of current gender arrangements improving women's lives and creating feminist social change

Our mission: the Urban Institute gathers data, conducts research, evaluates programs, offers technical assistance overseas, and educates Americans on social and economic issues — to foster sound public policy and effective government.

The purpose of the Wisconsin Sociological Association is to stimulate discussion of sociological issues, to improve the instruction of sociology at all levels of the educational system, to encourage the development and funding of sociological research, and to encourage cooperative relations among those engaged in the scientific study of society.