Students who purchase a regular membership are not eligible for the above benefits. Students who join as a regular member cannot change to the student membership category until the duration of the regular membership has expired.

• Student memberships must be renewed annually (two- or three-year options are not available) 
• Students are to be engaged in studies that will result in a university degree. Individuals who already have earned a doctorate degree may not join at the student category. The student category is designated for full-time students with genuinely low incomes.
• Two forms of student status verification are required before membership can be activated. Please submit two of the following:
  1. Enrollment Verification Letter from the official registrar with current date
  2. Copy of Transcript – must include current semester
  3. Copy of Current Course Schedule – must include date of current semester courses and your name
  4. Copy of student ID – must include the current school year
• Please scan and send images of both forms of verification via the online membership form.
• A student card that is valid for several years does not indicate current student status – additional proof of current enrollment is required.

AAS significantly subsidizes this level of membership and allows members to remain at this level for a maximum of seven (7) years.

Gross Income Not Limited to Salary

Associate membership is available to a spouse of a regular AAS member whose membership is current during the same time frame. The fee paid by the regular member is to be based on the higher income of the two. Associate members have the same benefits as regular members but are not mailed the printed Journal of Asian Studies. The Associate membership is activated via the regular member’s profile.