Faculty and students are involved in many professional organizations that promote additional training and professional growth opportunities, including but not limited to the following:
Accrediting Bodies
Appalachian State University is an Accredited institutional member of :
Dance Organizations
- American College Dance Association (ACDA)
- Body-Mind Centering Association (BMCA)
- Dance Studies Association
- National Dance Education Organization (NDEO)
- Society for Dance History Scholars (SDHS)
- Yoga Alliance
Theatre Organizations
- Actors Equity Association (AEA)
- American Alliance for Theatre and Education (AATE)
- American Association of Community Theatre (AACT)
- American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR)
- Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE)
- Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival - Region IV (KCACTF)
- Metrolina Theatre Association (MTA)
- North Carolina Theatre Conference (NCTC)
- Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA)
- Society of American Fight Directors (SAFD)
- Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC)
- Theatre Communications Group (TCG)
- The United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT)
- The United States Institute for Theatre Technology-Southeast Section (USITT-SE)
Interdisciplinary Organizations
- A+ Schools Program of the North Carolina Arts Council
- Alexander Technique International (ATI)
- Americans for the Arts
- ARTS North Carolina (ArtsNC)
- Association of Arts Administration Educators (AAAE)
- International Expressive Arts Therapy Association (IEATA)
- International Thriller Writers
- National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT)
- National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
- Writers Guild of America, West