Departmental Membership in the APA
The American Philological Association (APA) invites college and university departments offering programs in classical studies to become departmental members. The APA instituted this category of membership as a way of giving recognition to those departments that are willing to support the entire field while they do the essential work of passing on an understanding of classical antiquity to each new generation of students. Departmental members will be listed on the Association's web site, in an issue of the Association's Newsletter, and on a page in the Annual Meeting Program. The APA will issue outstanding achievement awards to students designated by the department. Departmental members will also be able to obtain certain APA publications and other benefits at no charge, and they will support two important international classics projects in which the APA participates: the American Office of l'Année philologique and its fellowship to the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL). Departmental dues revenue that exceeds the value of benefits received will be used to support these two projects and, in the case of the TLL Fellowship, will make the APA eligible to receive matching funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) which is currently the major supporter of this project.
A form for enrolling a department as a member is available on the APA web site. Departments may select a membership category that corresponds to the highest academic degree that each one offers. However, departments selecting the higher Supporting or Sustaining categories will enable the Association to claim additional matching funds from the NEH so that the Association can focus its fund-raising efforts on the capital campaign and on unrestricted annual giving. The listings of member departments give appropriate recognition to those selecting the higher levels. Organizations other than academic departments that support the study of classical antiquity may become departmental members upon approval by the APA Board of Directors.
As of December 1, 2012, the following departments were participating in the program for this year.
Sustaining
Brown University
University of Washington
Yale University
Supporting
University of Michigan
Ph.D.-granting Departments
Indiana University
Johns Hopkins University
University of British Columbia
University of Chicago
University of Florida
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Iowa
University of Missouri-Columbia
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh
University of Toronto
M.A.-granting Departments
Brandeis University
University of Arizona
University of Georgia
University of Kentucky
University of Maryland, College Park
University of Notre Dame
University of Oregon
University of Victoria
Washington University in St. Louis
Wayne State University
B.A.-granting Departments
Arizona State University
Carthage College
Colgate University
College of William and Mary
Colorado College
Emory University
Eta Sigma Phi
Gonzaga University
Grand Valley State University
Indiana State University
Loyola Marymount University
Loyola University of Chicago
Miami University
Monmouth College
Ohio University
Rice University
Rockford College
St. Olaf College
Temple University
Towson University
Trinity University
University of Akron
University of Mary Washington
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
University of Rochester
Vassar College
Last updated December 17, 2012.
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