About Us

What is Affective Science?

Affective science is the scientific study of emotion and related phenomena (e.g., moods, stress, attitudes, valuation, motivation). Research in affective science focuses on a broad set of topics, including the role of emotions and related phenomena in social perceptions, group processes, interpersonal relationships, communication, personality, memory and learning, decision making, artificial intelligence, pain, and mental and physical health. Affective science also concerns how these phenomena impact and are impacted by lifespan development, culture, and language. Affective science is of critical importance for addressing some of the most pressing issues in human society, including interventions for health and well-being, development of government policy, fostering political tolerance, social justice, educational achievement, developments in computing, and advancements in medical practice and treatment.

Our Vision

A world where humankind acknowledges the origins, functions, and consequences of affect on all aspects of behavior, experience, and physiology.

Our Mission

We advance, innovate, and disseminate affective science, serving as the natural home for scientists in basic and applied areas, who engage in affective science, broadly defined.

How do we do this?

Through a strong governance structure and culture of innovation, we advance and promote the science of our members, train the next generation of scientists, and disseminate our science to the world for the benefit of humankind.

Our Values

With an open, welcome, and collaborative mindset, we value:

  • Diversity – members, across many different disciplines, identities, personal backgrounds, career stages, and scientific perspectives, are actively engaged in our mission
  • Support – members are provided with opportunities for training, mentorship, and development at all stages of their career
  • Innovation – grounded in empirical evidence and the current state of the science, we lead innovation in theories & methods to produce impactful outcomes
  • Sharing – our members benefit from access to our collective resources, methodological advances, and community of scholars. We widely share our science as a means of broadening the understanding of how affect influences all that we do as humans.

Executive Leadership

Kristen A. Lindquist

Kristen A. Lindquist

President

Rachael Jack

Rachael Jack

President Elect

Maital Neta

Maital Neta

Past President

Amitai Shenhav

Amitai Shenhav

Treasurer

Nicole Giuliani

Nicole Giuliani

Member at Large

Ethan Kross

Ethan Kross

Member at Large

Hongbo Yu

Hongbo Yu

Member at Large

Renee Thompson

Renee Thompson

Secretary

Jonas Everaert

Jonas Everaert

2025 Program Co-Chair

Yael Millgram

Yael Millgram

2025 Program Co-Chair

Eva Liu

Eva Liu

Student Committee Representative

Awards Committee

Chair: Maya Tamir, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Past Chair: Elaine Fox, The University of Adelaide

Phoebe Ellsworth, University of Michigan

Dylan Gee, Yale University

Katie Hoemann, KU Leuven

Seth Pollack, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Anthony Ong, Cornell University

Jonathan Stange, University of Southern California

Fundraising Committee

Co-Chair: Luis Flores, Queen’s University [email]

Co-Chair: Virginia Sturm [email]

Darwin Guevarra, University of California, San Francisco
Monika Lohani, University of Utah
Joseph Mikels, DePaul University
Lorenzo Pasquini, University of California, San Francisco
Ozge Ugurlu, University of California, Berkeley

Past Co-Chair: Nicole Giuliani, University of Oregon

Membership/Outreach Committee

Co-Chair:  Stephanie M. Carpenter, Arizona State University (email)

Co-Chair:  Nicole A. Roberts, Arizona State University (email)

 

Newsletter Subcommittee

Lead:   Katie Hoemann, KU Leuven

Angelina Sung, Colorado State University
Jennifer Ouyang, University of Southern California
Marissa Ogren, Rutgers University

 

Listserv Subcommittee

Lead: Jolie Wormwood, University of New Hampshire

Daisuke Ueno, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
Jennifer Ouyang, University of Southern California

 

Year-Round Events Subcommittee

Lead: Darwin Guevarra, University of California, San Francisco

Anthony Atkinson, Durham University
Jolie Wormwood, University of New Hampshire

 

Website Review Subcommittee

Lead: Marissa Ogren, Rutgers University

Anthony Atkinson, Durham University
Daisuke Ueno, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
Angelina Sung, Colorado State University

 

Social Media Subcommittee

Lead: Tabea Springstein, University of California, Riverside

Jennifer MacCormack, University of Virginia 

2025 Program Committee

Co-Chair: Jonas Everaert Tillburg, University & KU Leuven [email]
Co-Chair: Yael Millgram, Tel Aviv University [email]

Past Co-Chairs: Erik Nook, Princeton University and Sa-kiera Hudson, Berkeley Haas

Innovation officer: Claudia Haase, Northwestern University

Abstracts Committee

Chair: Katie Hoemann, KU Leuven/University of Kansas

Lior Abramson, Columbia University
Justin Kim, Sungkyunkwan University
Daphne Liu, Universtiy of Denver
Ella Moeck, University of Adelaide
Vera Vine, Queens University
Hongbo Yu, UC Santa Barbara

Methods Co-chair: Yasemin Erbas, Tillburg University
Methods Co-chair: Joao Guassi Morreira, University of Wisconsin -Madison

Salons Co-chair: Maia Pujara, Sarah Lawrence College
Salons Co-chair: Adrienne Wood, University of Virginia

Networking

Shir Atzil Hebrew, University of Jerusalem
Jenna Wells, Cornell University

Preconference

Chair: Casey Brown, Georgetown University

Kuan-Hua Chen, University of Nebraska Medical Center

Student committee

Chair: Eva Lui, Yale University

Membership & Outreach

Stephanie Carpenter, Arizona State University
Nicole Roberts, Arizona State University
Jolie Wormwood, University of New Hampshire

Fundraising

Co-chair: Luis Flores, Queen’s University
Co-chair:Virginia Sturm, UCSF
Co-chair:Monika Lohani, University of Utah

Darwin Guevarra, University of California, San Francisco
Vera Vine, Queen’s University
Ozge Ugurlu, University of California, Berkeley

 

Social media

Jennifer MacCormack, University of Virginia
Tabea Springstein, University of California, Riverside

Publications Committee

Chair: Yulia Chentsova-Dutton, Georgetown University [email]

Jonathan Gratch, University of Southern California
Rachael Jack, University of Glasgow
Sandra Langeslag, University of Missouri – St. Louis

Past Chair: Carien van Reekum, University of Reading

Student Committee
Chair: Eva Liu Yale University
Co-Vice Chair: Livia Sacchi University of Lausanne
Co-Vice Chair: Victoria Hart-Derrick Yale University
Past Chair: Kyle Barrentine, University of Virginia

Natali Barragan, Arizona State University
Amy Gregory, McGill University
Pooja Kulkarni, University of Mumbai
Jennifer Ouyang, University of Southern California
Angelina Sung, Colorado State University
Dasha Yermol, The University of Kansas
Ellen Zheng, Arizona State University

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee

Chair: Hongbo Yu, University of California, Santa Barbara

Derek Isaacowitz, Northeastern University

 Joseph Mikels, DePaul University

Yuri Miyamoto, Hitotsubashi University

Jose Soto, Pennsylvania State University

Kyle Barrentine, University of Virginia

Livia Sacchi, University of Lausanne

Leadership Archive

Founders: Lisa Feldman Barrett and James Gross

Past Presidents:

2014: James Gross, Stanford University

2015: Lisa Feldman Barrett, Northeastern University

2016: Wendy Berry Mendes, University of California, San Francisco

2017: Kevin Ochsner, Columbia University

2018: Ann Kring, University of California, Berkeley

2019: Robert Levenson, University of California, Berkeley

2020: Paula Niedenthal, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2021: Barbara Fredrickson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2022: Elaine Fox, University of Oxford

2023: Maya Tamir, The Hebrew University

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