Botany Student Handbook
Professional Organizations
Membership in one or more professional societies is helpful to people with careers in the sciences. These various organizations sponsor conferences, opportunities for research presentations, journals, employment/graduate school listings, etc. Student memberships are usually inexpensive, and you should investigate the societies that sound of interest to you.
American Association for the Advancement of Science*
American Institute of Biological Sciences
American Society for Horticultural Science*
American Society of Plant Biologists (formerly the American Society of Plant Physiologists)*
American Society of Plant Taxonomists
Botanical Society of South Africa
Canadian Botanical Association*
Council on Undergraduate Research*
Mycological Society of America*
National Association of Biology Teachers*
National Science Teachers Association*
Phycological Society of America*
Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters
Utah Science Teachers Association*
(* one or more of the WSU Botany faculty belong to this organization)
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Last updated: 24 November 2003. Contact: sharley@weber.edu