The Semiotic Society of America is an interdisciplinary

Interdisciplinarity

Interdisciplinarity involves the combining of two or more academic fields into one single discipline. An interdisciplinary field crosses traditional boundaries between academic disciplines or schools of thought, as new needs and professions have emerged....

 professional association serving scholars from many disciplines with common interests in semiotics

Semiotics

Semiotics, also called semiotic studies or semiology, is the study of signs and sign processes , indication, designation, likeness, analogy, metaphor, symbolism, signification, and communication...

, the study of signs and sign-systems. It was founded in 1975 and includes members from the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 and Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. Its official journal is The American Journal of Semiotics

The American Journal of Semiotics

The American Journal of Semiotics is a peer-reviewed academic journal with a focus on the general subject of semiotics. It was established in 1981 and is the official journal of the Semiotic Society of America. The journal publishes articles, responses or comments, and critical reviews...

. The Society also publishes the proceedings of its annual conferences. Memberships in the society and publication of the journal are managed by the Philosophy Documentation Center

Philosophy Documentation Center

The Philosophy Documentation Center is a non-profit publisher and resource center dedicated to providing affordable access to a wide range of materials in applied ethics, classics, philosophy, religious studies, and related disciplines...

.

As its symbol, the Society uses caduceus

Caduceus

The caduceus is the staff carried by Hermes in Greek mythology. The same staff was also borne by heralds in general, for example by Iris, the messenger of Hera. It is a short staff entwined by two serpents, sometimes surmounted by wings...

, the staff of a messenger bearing a message

Message

A message in its most general meaning is an object of communication. It is a vessel which provides information. Yet, it can also be this information. Therefore, its meaning is dependent upon the context in which it is used; the term may apply to both the information and its form...

, as a sign

Sign

A sign is something that implies a connection between itself and its object. A natural sign bears a causal relation to its object—for instance, thunder is a sign of storm. A conventional sign signifies by agreement, as a full stop signifies the end of a sentence...

 of a sign.

• The American Journal of Semiotics
  The American Journal of Semiotics
  The American Journal of Semiotics is a peer-reviewed academic journal with a focus on the general subject of semiotics. It was established in 1981 and is the official journal of the Semiotic Society of America. The journal publishes articles, responses or comments, and critical reviews...
  
  , 1981-present
• Semiotics: Proceedings of the Annual Meetings of the Semiotic Society of America, 1980-present
• Semiotic Scene: Bulletin of the Semiotic Society of America, 1977-1981
• Bulletin of Literary Semiotics, 1975-1977

According to the society's official website, the past Presidents of the Society include:

• Henry Hiz (1976)
• Eugen Baer (1977)
• Thomas G. Winner
  Thomas G. Winner
  Thomas Gustav Winner was an eminent American slavist and semiotician.At Brown University, he established the first American semiotics center....
  
   (1978)
• Max H.