Geological Society of America

Membership

At GSA, build the skills, confidence, and connections you need to take your geoscience career further.

As a GSA Member, you can:

  • Join a community driving geoscience discovery, rigor, and integrity
  • Connect with a global network of colleagues and resources
  • Save on meetings, publications, and educational opportunities
  • Advocate for the role of geoscience in society
  • Lead, contribute, and help shape the future of the profession
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Discover your GSA Membership Type

Find the option that fits your career path, interests, and connection to the geoscience community.

* Dues are in U.S. dollars and may be reduced based on country economic classifications according to the World Bank. View membership benefits and dues information.

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Student

Undergraduate or graduate students majoring in geology or a related field.

Membership dues: $25/year*

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Early Career Professional

Received a geology or related science degree within the past eight years.

Membership dues: $55/year*

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Professional

Bachelor's degree in geology, a related field, or equivalent work experience.

Membership dues: $110/year*

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K-12 Teacher

Currently employed as a teacher at an elementary or secondary-level institution.

Membership dues: $45/year*

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Affiliate

Interested in geology but are neither studying nor working in the geosciences or a related field.

Membership dues: $45/year*

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SPOTLIGHT

Featured GSA Members

Meet the members helping shape the future of geoscience.

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Abdulfatah

  • Geophysics Student at University of Lagos, Nigeria
  • GSA Member for less than 1 year
  • Passionate about petroleum geology
Lab experiment photo: Conducting alkalinity analysis in the laboratory to determine bicarbonate concentrations in groundwater samples.

Aminat

  • Graduate Student at Penn State
  • GSA Member for 3 years
  • Passionate about environmental and water resources science and policy
Clare at a waterfall in the Grand Canyon as part of Tulane University's Colloquium course

Clare

  • Environmental Lawyer at Wladis Law Firm
  • GSA Member for 2 years
  • Passionate about hydrology and how it intersects with CERCLA cleanup efforts
Elysia with Dr. Darrel Cowan and some other field group members in the background near Golden Canyon and Gower Gulch in Death Valley.

Elysia

  • Geoscientist, Crew Earth Observations operator and lead, & ISS crew trainer at NASA
  • GSA Member for 6 years
  • Passionate about planetary exploration
Enjoying the sunrise in the Alabama Hills, with Mount Whitney rising in the background, before a day of detrital-sediment sampling in the central Sierra Nevada.

Jacqueline

  • Student at Arizona State University
  • GSA Member for 10 years
  • Passionate about geochronology and thermochronology
Photo of Jarrod Burges at Rock Creek, Little Lakes Valley, John Muir Wilderness, Bishop, California, during his Summer 2024 field course.

Jarrod

  • Ph.D. Student at Rutgers University
  • GSA Member for 3 years
  • Passionate about geochemistry and data science/machine learning
Fieldwork in Northern Washington, sampling the chemocline of sulfidic lakes.

Laura

  • Ph.D. Student at the University of Pittsburgh
  • GSA Member for 4 years
  • Passionate about paleoclimate and paleolimnology
Hot swapping batteries for the Phoenix MiniRanger LiDAR System. This project included collecting drone-based LiDAR of the Eastern Matagorda Peninsula, TX for the second chapter of my dissertation. Field work was supported by NSF grant (#2130997) Manica received as a NHERI Grad Scholar. (May 2026)

Manica

  • Ph.D. Candidate at Boston College
  • GSA Member for 5 years
  • Passionate about coastal geomorphology
Ramadan conducting a Time-Domain Electromagnetic (TDEM) geophysical survey on Padre Island, Texas, as part of Ph.D. research — collecting subsurface data to map the island's freshwater lens and understand the delicate balance between fresh and saline groundwater that sustains this barrier island ecosystem.

Ramadan

  • Geophysicist
  • GSA Member for 4 years
  • Passionate about near-surface geophysics
Geophysical data acquisition at the North Inlet, Georgetown, SC using the electrical resistivity method

Riliwan

  • Graduate Student at the University of South Carolina, Columbia
  • GSA Member for 3 years
  • Passionate about coastal hydrogeology
R. Valli analyzing mineral powders using X-ray diffraction (XRD).

R. Valli

  • Ph.D. Student at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
  • GSA Member for 6 years
  • Passionate about mineralogy
What’s Included

GSA Member Benefits

GSA offers real, tangible member benefits to enhance your geoscience career journey.

Student Membership

Join GSA as a Student

Membership dues: $25/year*

* Dues are in U.S. dollars and may be reduced based on country economic classifications according to the World Bank. View the membership dues table.

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See where your dues go

Questions? Contact: GSA Sales and Service
Phone: +1 800 472 1988
Email: gsaservice@geosociety.org

Student Membership FAQs:
What is the difference between Professional Membership and Student Membership?
Students in geoscience receive a highly discounted membership rate. You can see the breakdown of each membership type here.

What are the GSA Science Divisions?
GSA has 22 scientific Divisions that any member may join. Divisions generally meet at GSA’s annual meeting, and most have their own newsletters, which are published at various times throughout the year. Learn more here.

Early Career Professional Membership

Join GSA as an Early Career Professional

Received a geology or related science degree within the past eight years and are not re-entering an academic program.

Membership dues: $55/year*

* Dues are in U.S. dollars and may be reduced based on country economic classifications according to the World Bank. View the membership dues table.

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See where your dues go

Questions? Contact: GSA Sales and Service
Phone: +1 800 472 1988
Email: gsaservice@geosociety.org

Professional Membership

Join GSA as a Professional

Membership dues: $110/year*

* Dues are in U.S. dollars and may be reduced based on country economic classifications according to the World Bank. View the membership dues table.

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See where your dues go

Questions? Contact: GSA Sales and Service
Phone: +1 800 472 1988
Email: gsaservice@geosociety.org

K-12 Teacher Membership

Join GSA as a K-12 Teacher

Membership dues: $45/year*

* Dues are in U.S. dollars and may be reduced based on country economic classifications according to the World Bank. View the membership dues table.

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See where your dues go

Questions? Contact: GSA Sales and Service
Phone: +1 800 472 1988
Email: gsaservice@geosociety.org

Affiliate Membership

Join GSA as an Affiliate

Membership dues: $45/year*

* Dues are in U.S. dollars and may be reduced based on country economic classifications according to the World Bank. View the membership dues table.

Download Application
See where your dues go

Questions? Contact: GSA Sales and Service
Phone: +1 800 472 1988
Email: gsaservice@geosociety.org