SAS Student Committee
Compared to faculty, students have unique needs as they develop academic expertise and learn to navigate their profession. We support affective science students—from undergraduate through postdoctoral levels—by coordinating both social and professional initiatives for student members of SAS. For example:
- Social events help students interact with other student members, both during the annual conference and more locally throughout the academic year. For example, the SAS Student Social happens on the Thursday evening of the annual society meeting each year, to help kick off the conference and connect students with one another.
- Professional opportunities such as assisting with the Society’s social media and diversity outreach, annual programming, and expert interviews allow student members to be recognized by and interact with faculty.
- We are also committed to helping the Society better support trainees from a diversity of backgrounds, such as minority students, international students, and students from disciplines beyond psychology and neuroscience.
Participate
If you are a student member of SAS, please join our listserv and Facebook group to participate in student discussions and receive updates on student-specific events, initiatives, and opportunities.
Volunteer
If you are interested in volunteering with the student committee, please click to contact a member of the team below.
Third Annual Graduate School Application Workshop
Join the Society for Affective Sciences’ annual grad app workshop on Saturday 9/20/25 @ 12PM ET!
Are you applying to psychology doctoral programs in Fall 2025?!
If so, you do not want to miss the third annual Graduate School Application Workshop, hosted by the Society of Affective Science Student Committee!
In this workshop, come and learn from current trainees and students across all psychology disciplines how to best approach the process from start to finish, including a session specific to different fields of psychology (e.g., clinical psych).
While our workshop will cover the basics (CV, asking for letters of rec, preparing your program list etc.), we feel that our event will be special in the ways it will approach lesser discussed/more abstract components of the application process (e.g., topics to avoid, how to game the interviews, tips to stay sane!, etc). SASSC prides itself on our sense of honesty and inclusion, and we hope to share these values and more during our workshop!
Navigate the form to learn more details and register
See you Saturday, 9/20, at 12PM (ET) – you’ll be glad you joined!
Student Committee
Much of the behind-the-scenes work in the SAS Student Committee is achieved through the coordinated efforts of students serving on the Executive Team or as Members-at-large.
Victoria Hart-Derrick
Chair
Yale University
Eva Liu
Past Chair
Yale University
Members at Large
Members-at-large provide additional input and support to the Executive Team while developing year-round student-centric programming.
Archita Tharanipathy
University of Southern California
Desiree “Desi” Webb
University of Southern California
Ellen Zheng, Secretary
Arizona State University
Felix Yu
Northwestern University
Kate Petrova
Stanford University
Natasha Vogel
University of Guelph
Riya Mishra
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Past Chairs
Eva Liu, 2024-2025 Chair
Kyle Barrentine, 2023-2024 Chair
Angela Smith, 2021-2022 Chair
Olivia Zhao, 2020-2021 Chair
Catie Brown, 2019-2020 Chair
Katie Hoemann, 2018-2019 Chair
Jennifer MacCormack, 2017-2018 Chair
Erik Nook, 2016-2017 Chair
Jasmine Mote, 2015-2016 Chair
Conference Awards
The SAS offers two types of awards for student members. Click to learn about our Conference Awards and the SAS Trainee Diversity Award.