Preconference Abstract Guidelines and Submissions

SAS 2023 Preconfernces

This year, SAS is hosting 3 preconferences (Positive Emotions, Intergroup Emotions, and Emotion Regulation on March 30th, 2023. Both the Positive Emotions and Intergroup Emotions preconference are inviting Flash Talk and Poster submissions. The Emotion Regulation preconference will only include invited presentations.

Positive Emotions Preconference

Chairs:
Jia Wei Zhang, Ph.D., University of Memphis
Adrienne Wood, Ph.D., University of Virginia
Hooria Jazaieri, Ph.D., Santa Clara University

This in-person preconference will feature the latest interdisciplinary research on positive affect. The day will include 6 invited and 7 flash talks that explore a wide range of research related to positive emotions in educational, clinical, social, organizational, consumer, and cross-cultural contexts. Additionally, the preconference will include an interactive poster session and conclude with a final session on the future of positive emotion research.

Submission Information:
Attendees can submit abstracts to present a flash talk or a poster, with the chance to win a Best Poster or Best Flash Talk award. There will be opportunities to socialize and meet fellow positive affective scientists, including during the planned networking breaks and in-person poster session.

Intergroup Emotions Preconference:
Emotions in a Political World

Chair:
Sa-kiera Hudson, Ph.D., University of California Berkeley

In this preconference, we will focus on the role of emotions in political processes, including political polarization, voting, collective action, political violence, and upholding democracy. With the political turmoil that has risen in the last decade across the world, understanding the impact that emotions have on political processes is paramount.

Submission Information:

Attendees can submit abstracts to present a flash talk or a poster. One early career researcher (e.g., advanced graduate student, postdoc, or assistant professor) with a theme-consistent submission will win the inaugural SAS Intergroup Preconference Spotlight Award, receive complementary preconference registration, and be invited to present a full-length talk.

Emotion Regulation Preconference

Chairs:
Brett Ford, University of Toronto
James Gross, Stanford University
Gal Sheppes, Tel Aviv University

The Emotion Regulation Pre-Conference will feature emotion regulation research from various disciplines and topics, consider emotion regulation from different perspectives, and share exciting new findings and methods. It will feature a range of formats from short talks to panel discussions to breakout groups. Our goal is to have fun, build connections among those interested in emotion regulation (faculty, post-docs, students), and share ideas about new directions in emotion regulation research.

Submission Information:

All presentations will be invited.

Abstract Submissions

  • Attendees may submit up to two abstracts for which you will be the presenting author
    • these must be to the same preconference and
    • they must be for different submission types [i.e.., one poster and one flash talk].
    • Flash talks must fall into the “New Results” format (I.e., they must present research for which at least some data are collected), and results must be either unpublished or published no more than 1 year ago.
    • Posters may fall into the “New Results” or “New Ideas” format (I.e., include ongoing projects or theoretical projects for which no data have been collected yet).
    • You will have the option to upload a document with up to 1 figure and 1 table for consideration. This is not mandatory but optional.”
    • All single-presenter submissions (posters and flash talks) will require a 1600-character abstract for evaluation and a brief 400-character summary for the conference program.
    • Note: All character counts include spaces and indicate the maximum length. Detailed abstract submission instructions are posted below in Author Instructions.
    • No fee to submit an abstract. The fee structure for preconference and conference registration will be announced on the website by mid-December 2022

We encourage submissions from authors at all career stages.

Submission Deadline

Abstracts must be submitted by Monday, February 13th, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. Baker Island Time (BIT; UTC-12 — last time zone on earth) to be considered for inclusion in the program.

SAS uses an electronic process for the submission of abstracts. When preparing an abstract for submission, carefully follow the instructions below:

  1. Each presenting author can submit a maximum of TWO abstracts for which you will be the presenting author:
    1. They must be to the same preconference
    2. They must be for different submission types (ie…, one poster and one flash talk).
    3. Flash talks must fall into the “New Results” format (I.e., they must present research for which at least some data are collected), and results must be either unpublished or published no more than 1 year ago.
    4. Posters may fall into the “New Results” or “New Ideas” format (I.e., include ongoing projects or theoretical projects for which no data have been collected yet).
  2.  Submit THREE keywords relating to content.
  3. Proofread your submission! All accepted submission summaries will be posted, as-is, on the secure SAS website (accessible to conference registrants only). The SAS Program Committee reserves the right to make editorial corrections to the submitted abstract if necessary. SAS is not responsible for author errors.
  4. All correspondence about submissions will be sent to the presenting author ONLY. Please provide the email address that the presenting author will be contactable on post-submission and for the duration of the conference. If the contact details entered at submission change, please contact Podium Conference Services at
  5. Please consider submitting well in advance of the deadline!
  1. New Results (Posters or Flash Talks) MUST include
    • Title
    • Author names and affiliations (to be redacted at submission)
    • Introduction
    • Aims framing the question or problem
    • Methods
    • Results
    • Conclusions including how the work makes a novel theoretical, methodological, or empirical contribution to affective science
    • OPTIONAL: Acknowledgements (to be redacted at submission)
    • References
    • Empirical work must include the sample size of each study and at least one statistic supporting each main result. It is insufficient to state that “results will be discussed.”
  2. New Idea (empirical work)(Posters only) MUST include
    • Title
    • Author names and affiliations (to be redacted at submission)
    • Introduction
    • Aims framing the question or problem
    • Methods planned
    • Analyses planned
    • Conclusions including how the work will make a novel theoretical, methodological, or empirical contribution to affective science
    • OPTIONAL: Acknowledgements (to be redacted at submission)
    • References
    • Submissions must include the planned sample size of each study.
  3. New Idea (theoretical work)(Posters only) MUST include
    • Title
    • Author names and affiliations (to be redacted at submission)
    • Introduction
    • Description of the theoretical framework/model
    • Discussion.
    • OPTIONAL: Acknowledgements (to be redacted at submission)
    • References
    • Submissions must include the planned sample size of each study.

Submission Review Process

Abstracts will be evaluated based on scholarly merit by a double-blind peer review process with our Abstract Review Board. Notification of acceptance or rejection of abstracts will be e-mailed to the corresponding author by Mid-February 2023. Presenters must be the first author on the submitted abstract. All presenters must register and are expected to attend the meeting in person in Long Beach.

Submitting to both Preconference and Main Conference

If your abstract is not accepted to the main conference, you may submit to the Preconference abstract portal for review. YOU MUST enter your abstract into the Preconference portal in order to be reviewed. Preconference portal will open soon!

Preconference Awards

See above in each Preconference description area for details on award availability and eligibility

Name Affiliation
Abigail Webb University of Glasgow
Ajay Satpute Northeastern University
Amitai Shenhav Brown University
Andrew Peckham Harvard
Anita Deak University of Pécs
Anthony P. Atkinson Durham University
Arielle Baskin-Sommers Yale University
Ashley Ruba University of Wisconsin-Madison
Beaurenaut Morgan PSL Research University
Bethany Teachman University of Virginia
Bianca Monachesi University of Trento
Bridget Waller Nottingham Trent University
Candace Raio New York University
Carlos Crivelli De Montfort University
Carlos Ventura-Bort University of Potsdam
Carolyn Parkinson UCLA
Catherine Pelachaud Sorbonne University
Christian Cecconi Sapienza Università di Roma
Chunming Lu Beijing Normal University
Claudia Haase Northwestern University
Coppin Geraldine UniDistance Suisse
Daisuke Ueno Kyoto University
Daniel Lim Adelphi University
Daniel Sznycer Oklahoma State University
David Clewett UCLA
David S March Florida State University
David Sander University of Geneva
Debbie Yee Brown University
Domicele Jonauskaite University of Vienna
Dusti R Jones Penn State University
Dylan Gee Yale University
Elizabeth L Davis UC Riverside
Ella Moeck The University of Melbourne
Eva Krumhuber University College London
Eva R Pool University of Geneva
Fan Yang University of Chicago
Guillaume Dezecache Université Clermont Auvergne
Haran Sened University of Haifa
Ivan Grahek Brown University
Jamie Hanson University of Pittsburgh
Jenna Rieder Thomas Jefferson University
Jennifer Turner Penn State University
Jolie Wormwood University of New Hampshire
Joseph Dunsmoor University of Texas at Austin
Jun Ni Beijing Normal University
Justin Minue Kim Sungkyunkwan University
Kaitlyn Werner University of Pennsylvania
Kateri McRae University of Denver
Katherine Thorson Columbia University
Kevin LaBar Duke University
Lameese Eldesouky American University in Cairo
Leonie Koban Paris Brain Institute, CNRS
Lisa A. Williams UNSW Sydney
Maciej behnke Adam Mickiewicz university
Magdalena Rychlowska Queen’s University
Mariann Weierich University of Nevada Reno
Martha Ann Bell Virginia Tech
Michelle (Lani) Shiota Arizona State University
Monica Perusquia-Hernandez University of Essex
Monika Lohani University of Utah
Nicole Giuliani University of Oregon
Oriana R Aragon Clemson University
Philip Kragel Emory University
Piercarlo Valdesolo Claremont McKenna College
Pilleriin Sikka Stanford University
Rachael Jack University of Glasgow
Rachel Aaron Johns Hopkins University
Rachel Low Auckland University of Technology
Rista Plate University of Pennsylvania
Roxana Girju University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Shuo Wang Washington University in St. Louis
Virginia Sturm UC San Francisco
Vladimir Kosonogov HSE University
Xi Liu North Carolina State University
Xiaolin Zhou Peking University
Yafeng Pan Zhejiang University
Yang Hu East China Norma University
Yukiko Uchida Kyoto University

Questions?

For questions or issues, please contact Sharon Zwack at Podium Conferences.

On behalf of the entire Program Committee, we are looking forward to seeing you at the conference!

Erik Nook and Lameese Eldesouky (Preconference Co-Chairs)

Andrea Samson and Liz da Silva (Program Co-Chairs)

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