2020 SAS Annual Conference Virtual Program
Past Virtual Events
Thursday, May 28, 2020
2:00 p.m. ET / 1:00 p.m. CT / 11:00 a.m. PT
Salon: Effective Affective Science Communication
Joseph Fridman, Northeastern University
Indre Viskontas, University of San Francisco and San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Dave Nussbaum, University of Chicago
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
5:00 p.m. ET / 4:00 p.m. CT / 2:00 p.m. PT
Salon: Open Science
Simine Vazire, University of California, Davis
John Flournoy, Harvard University
Heather L. Urry, Tufts University
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
2:00 p.m. ET / 1:00 p.m. CT / 11:00 a.m. PT
Methods Event: Emotion Text Analysis Using Natural Language Processing
Samira Shaikh, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
5:00 p.m. ET / 4:00 p.m. CT / 2:00 p.m. PT
Methods Event: Experience Sampling Methods in Affective Science
Tamlin Conner, University of Otago, New Zealand
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
2:00 p.m. ET / 1:00 p.m. CT / 11:00 a.m. PT
Salon: Business School
Dana Carney, University of California, Berkeley
Hillary Anger Elfenbein, Washington University, St. Louis
Thursday, May 7, 2020
12:00 p.m. ET / 11:00 a.m. CT / 9:00 a.m. PT
Salon: Careers in Industry
Jason Buhle, AnswerLab
Emily Hittner, Hinge
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
1:00 p.m. ET / 12:00 p.m. CT / 10:00 a.m. PT
Salon: Ask a Program Officer
Rebecca Ferrer, National Institutes of Health
Friday, April 24, 2020
1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. EDT
Presidential Symposium
Moderator: Paula Niedenthal, SAS President
- 1:00-1:05 pm – Paula Niedenthal, Introduction
- 1:05-1:15 pm – Paula Niedenthal, “A Test of the Rural Resentment Hypothesis”
- 1:15-1:30 pm – Morteza Dehghani, “Bound in Hatred: The Role of Group-Based Morality in Acts of Hate”
- 1:30-1:45 pm – Nathan Kalmoe, “The Role of Emotion in Violent American Partisanship”
- 1:45-2:00 pm – Robb Willer, “From Gulf to Bridge: Moral Reframing of Issues and Candidates Facilitates Political Persuasion”
- 2:00-2:30 pm – Moderated Live Discussion (attendee questions welcome and encouraged)

Paula Niedenthal

Morteza Dehghani

Nathan Kalmoe

Robb Willer
2:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m. EDT
Important Announcements from the SAS President, Paula Niedenthal
- This year and next year’s conference
- Society’s new journal, Affective Science [link]
- Passing of the gavel to incoming SAS President, Barbara Fredrickson

Barbara Fredrickson
3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. EDT
Salon: Ask-an-Editor
- Featuring the Editors-in-Chief of Affective Science [link]

James Gross

Robert W. Levenson

Wendy Berry Mendes
More information about Posters, Spotlights, Salons, and Methods Events will be updated on this page.