InfoGuides: Communication: Find Organizations

Professional Associations

International Communication Association
An academic association for scholars interested in the study, teaching, and application of all aspects of human and mediated communication.
National Communication Association
NCA serves the scholars, teachers, and practitioners who are its members by enabling and supporting their professional interests in research and teaching.
Public Relations Society of America (PRSA)
The nation’s largest professional organization serving the communications community with a mission to “make communications professionals smarter, better prepared and more connected through all stages of their career.”
Society of Professional Journalists
The nation’s most broad-based journalism organization, dedicated to encouraging the free practice of journalism and stimulating high standards of ethical behavior.

Looking for a more sub-discipline specific or regional organization?

Both the NCA and ICA (see above) have sections and divisions that are more focused on specific sub-disciplines such as Health Communication.
Look at Communication faculty web sites or curriculum vitaes (many have links to them via their faculty profile pages, which you can get to from the Communication Department's web site at http://communication.gmu.edu/people/full_time_faculty).
Look at the larger Communication Department web site (http://communication.gmu.edu/) for other references to regional and professional organizations - for instance, under the "Activities" tab, there's a link for the Mason chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America, which in turn is connected with the Public Relations Society of America (incidentally, joining student chapters of these organizations can be a great way to get a jump on your career in Communication).