Membership

We always welcome volunteers for multiple committees. These opportunities offer a chance to connect with other scholars in the field and begin to establish supportive academic and professional networks. These opportunities will be advertised through LSA emails. Volunteer activities may include participating in the organization of conferences, building our web presence,  maintaining our social media platforms, representing graduate student interests and needs, recommending mentoring strategies and programming, and organizing biannual prizes and awards..

Executive Committee Officers are elected by LSA members for a two year period. Every other Spring and immediately before the biennial conference, a call for nominations is sent to the membership. Individuals are free to nominate themselves.

Please forward an announcements to LSAssocinfo@gmail.com.

If your university or college subsidizes your membership fee, please proceed as usual with the regular financial protocol in your institution. Please contact Julie Avril Minich minichja@utexas.edu for assistance.

Note: Members must create their own account with their own unique email address. Even if your department pays for several colleagues, each member must create their account by using the member’s own email address. We do NOT allow shared membership accounts.

1. Visit our membership plans page to find out what subscription plan you are interested in
2. Choose one of the subscription plans and select “Purchase”
3. Enter the registration information. We recommend you use a none .edu email address as some University servers block external emails. Please save the information you enter especially the username, email address and password.
   • Avatar picture is optional, but we encourage to upload in order to participate in our membership community and directory. You can upload your Avatar during your registration or later from your account dashboard.
   • Make sure to read our terms and condition’s and check the box.
   • We encourage you to opt-in to our newsletter by checking the box in order to receive member content like job postings
   • We encourage you to opt-in to participate in our members directory by checking the box. The directory is private and only visible to our members.
4. Enter your payment information. Payment is securely processed by Stripe.
5. Check to make sure your information is correct, you saved your email address and password, you credit card information is correct, and your plan is correct, then click “Register”
6. Make sure you get an immediate “Thank you” confirmation after clicking on purchase button
7. If you do not see the “Thank you” notification, check to see if you are missing or forgot to enter a field. Check for correct credit card number or credit card 3 digit code
8. If you see the “Thank you” notification, check your email for further instructions.
9. If you do not see an email from us, wait a few minutes, refresh your email client, check your spam folder, or search your email inbox from “contact@latinxstudiesassociation.org”.

There are two ways to login to your account.

1) You should have received an email welcoming you to Latina/o Studies Association and a link to login. Check your spam folder if you do not see it in your inbox. Click on the login link and use the credentials (email address and password) you created when you registered for the new membership.  Once you entered your credentials, you will be taken to your Account Dashboard.

2) You can click on Member Login link at the top of the top right corner of our website. Use the credentials (email address and password) you created when you registered for the new membership.  Once you entered your credentials, you will be taken to your Account Dashboard.

Accessing my Account

Once you login, you are automatically taken to “My Account”. Your account has a dashboard with tabs that you can select.

Setting up your Profile

Select “Profile Details” tab from the account dashboard and edit the fields that are not filled in like your title, bio, area of research, etc. You can upload your avatar from this section.  We encourage you to opt-in to include your profile in our members directory, by enabling on “Show my profile on public Members Directory”.  You can also change your password for your account here.

Once you purchase your membership, process the payment within our website (receive an email notifying you that your order is complete), you need to login to your account . If you have a new account and never logged in, you must first setup up your account. You should have received an email that you have a new account with instructions to set your password.  Please make sure to check your spam folder if you do not see in your inbox.  If you are having issues with login in to your new account, see the other FAQ “How to set up my new account and profile” for  help.

Once you have access to your account, every time you log in you are taken to your account dashboard. From the dashboard, select the Order tab to view your order. Select the Paper/bill icon under invoice column to view, print, or download your orders.

If you have issues accessing your order, please contact
Julie Avril Minich at minichja@utexas.edu.

Click on the “Membership Login” in the upper top right corner of the website or below this paragraph. On the member login page, click the link “Lost your password?” and follow the instructions sent to your email. Check your spam folder or any filtered folders. Search for incoming email “from” contact@latinxstudiesassociation.org.  If you are resetting your password, make sure that the new password is at least 10 characters long and contains 1 uppercase letter, 1 lowercase letter, 1 number and 1 special character.

Login to your membership dashboard.

Select  the “Profile Details” tab from the account dashboard and edit the fields that need to be updated like your title, bio, area of research, etc. You can upload a new profile picture from this section.

You can also change your email address in your profile details, towards the bottom. If you are transitioning to another institution and you are using an institution email address, please update your email address to the new one while you have access to both (old and new) email address accounts.  Alternatively, you can use a non-institutional email address like a gmail address.

You will also need to update your e-newsletter subscription if you are receiving them. Go to any old e-newsletter email, go to the bottom where it says “Want to change how you receive these emails?” and click on ” update your preferences” to update your email address.

We do not ask for mailing address information.

If you have paid and registered to be a LSA Lifetime  member on the OpenWater platform (previous to October 1, 2022) your registration is valid on our new platform. Members with valid membership will/would have received an email from us notifying you that you have been migrated to a new membership platform on our website. The email provided directions on how to login and reset your password as well as basic instructions to set up your account.

If you need additional assistance, please make sure to check the FAQ “How do I login, access my new account and set-up my profile?”

If you have other issues related to your membership, please contact us by sending an email to mngosin@ucsd.edu. Please note that we may take a few days to respond to your questions.

Yes, 28 days after the end of your subscription.

Our website utilizes security policies and plugins to keep the website and transactions secure.

All transactions are done by Stripe Connect (payment processor). All credit card  information and processing is handled on Stripe secure servers.

We use SSL certificate on our website to ensure encryption. Whenever you make a transaction, check the URL at the top of the browser. Make sure it starts with HTTPS and not HTTP. Be sure the URL address is familiar (https://latinxstudiesassociation.org) and there is a “padlock closed icon”signifying the page your are viewing is secure. An “open padlock” signifies an unsafe page. Close the page and report an issue to us.

MEMBERSHIP LEGACY PLANS
If you purchased an LSA membership between October 13, 2023 and December 31, 2024 you are part of the Membership Legacy Plan. You can check to see if you have a Legacy Plan, by login into your account and clicking on your account subscription tab. Legacy Plan members will have an “LP” at the end of their  membership type (e.g. Student LP or Faculty A LP). Membership subscriptions (except Lifetime membership) are for two years. Legacy plan members pay for the first year initially and are automatically renewed at the same price for an additional year. The term of the membership for all members (except Lifetime memberships) will be rolling. That is, if someone joins (purchases a membership) on January 10, 2023, the membership will renew and be billed on January 10, 2024 to pay for the second year of membership. In this scenario, membership will expire on January 10, 2025 and will not be renewed. All plans have a 28 day Grace Period in which your membership will remain active after your expiration date. After your membership expires, you may sign up for a New 2025 Membership Plan as described below.

NEW 2025 MEMBERSHIP PLANS
If you purchased a new LSA membership on or after January 1, 2025 you are part of the New 2025 Membership plan. Membership subscriptions (except Lifetime membership) are for 2 years. This is a single payment that covers 2 years of membership and has no auto-renew. For example if you purchase a new membership on January 30, 2025, your membership will be active until January 30, 2027. All plans have a 28 day Grace Period in which your membership will remain active after your expiration date.

Members must create their own account with their own unique email address. Even if your department pays for several colleagues, each member must create their account by using the member’s own email address. We do NOT allow shared membership accounts.

Membership dues are not refundable and are non-transferable. No application for membership shall be denied on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.

All members have the right to exercise their right to vote on the bi-annual elections of the Executive Council and on any other emerging issue that may require a vote.

Membership shall terminate and the member shall be entitled to no rebate of dues previously paid in any of the following events:

• If the member resigns.
• If the member does not pay the amount owed to the Association prior to their date of expiration.

By accessing or using LSA’s online payment service, Members agree to be bound by all applicable terms and conditions. LSA may modify the terms and conditions at any time, with or without notice.

The LSA online payment service is provided to Members to facilitate payment of dues, sponsorships and other products and services. If you have questions about membership payments, please click on the Questions/Contact tab and connect to the right person for assistance.

Members will receive a confirmation once payment has been received and receipts are available via your member dashboard. LSA will not be liable for any breach of Member’s personal or credit card information resulting from the interception of such information during its transmission to LSA. Member expressly agrees that its use of this service is at Member’s sole risk. Members agree that it will not intentionally provide false information when accessing or using the LSA’s online payment service and the members profile account.

Updated: 2-14-2025

Do you have questions related to membership payment by check or via members’ academic institutions? Contact Sujey Vega at minichja@utexas.edu for assistance. If you have general questions related to membership, please contact Natalie Lira at LSAssocInfo@gmail.com for assistance.