The study investigated the relationship between membership of professional association and work engagement of female lecturers in public universities in Rivers State. Three research questions were formulated in line with the objectives of the study. The study adopted the correlation research design. The targeted population of the study was 978 female academics in the three public universities in Rivers State from which 284 female lecturers were selected as sampled for the study using the simple random sampling technique. The instrument used for data gathering was a structured questionnaire which was validated by three experts in measurement and evaluation. The reliability of the instrument was estimated using Cronbach alpha statistics and a 0.81 reliability coefficient was obtained. Out of the 284 copies of questionnaire administered, 280 copies representing 98.6% were retrieved and used for data analysis. The data collected were analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings of the study indicated that membership of professional association and rank of female lecturers were significant determinants of female lecturers’ work engagement. however, marital status, discipline and employment type were not significant determinant of work engagement of female lecturers. It was also revealed that the major barriers to the lecturers’ membership of professional association were high cost of participation and time constraint among others. It was recommended among others, that female lecturers should be provided with some form of institutional support to subsidize the cost of membership which will no doubt improve their work engagement and overall performance in the university.