Become a member of AGESW or renew today!

The membership cycle for AGESW is January - December. To join AGE-SW or to renew your membership, print out, complete and send in the application form (click here for PDF version of form), along with payment. Dues are $65 for new and renewing members, $45 for new and renewing retired members, $35 for renewing student members, $25 for new student members and $180 for institutional memberships (provides membership for up to 4 individuals). If you have any questions about membership, please contact the AGESW membership Coordinator, Tracy Schroepfer, tschroepfer@wisc.edu.

If you have sent in your membership application form but have not yet received a confirmatory e-mail or if you have a question about the status of your membership application, please contact Joyce McDaniel (joyce@agesw.org).

Benefits of AGESW Membership

• Journal
  Yearly receipt of 8 issues of the Journal of Gerontological Social Work (JGSW). For over 30 years, the JGSW has published quality articles on social work practice, theory and administration in the field of aging.
   
• AGESW Website Members Only Section
  • Membership database for networking and fostering communication among those in the field of aging
  • Information on aging-related funding sources and opportunities
  • Job site where programs seeking or open to faculty with aging-related backgrounds can post job announcements and AGESW members on the job market can search announcements
   
• Web page (www.agesw.org)
  Provides links to gerontological resources for faculty and students, research prospects, federal and state agencies, "current news" and much more.
   
• Membership Meetings
  AGESW hosts sessions for members during the Council on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting (CSWE), the Gerontological Society of America Annual Conference (GSA), and other national conferences.
   
• National Awards
  Annual awards for Career Achievement, Leadership, and Faculty Achievement are selected by AGESW members.
   
• Collaboration
  State and national associations on research, advocacy and educational projects, e.g., CSWE, NASW, the John A. Hartford Foundation.
   
• Affiliation
  Mutual support from other social workers interested in gerontology through e-mail, links, an annual meeting, and a national network.
   
• Research Agenda
  Provides leadership in faculty and student scholarship and funding opportunities.
   
• Advocacy
  Leadership in gerontological social work issues and promotion of aging content in university curricula.