Membership

Benefits of Membership

Reduced registration rates

Members have the ability to register for the Annual SAS conference at a reduced registration fee. Visit our Conference Page to find out more.

Vote on society business and serve on the board

SAS members will have the opportunity to vote on society business and to serve on various committees and the Board. Visit the Society page to learn more.

Journal Access

SAS Journal: Affective Science is the flagship journal for SAS and is published by Springer. Visit the Journal Page to learn more.

Interact with the community

As a SAS member, you’ll have opportunities for professional development, networking, and sharing your science. Visit the Newsletter Page for the latest news.

Post Job Opportunities

SAS members have the ability to post job opportunities via the Jobs Page and the SAS Listserv

New Benefit: Access recordings of selected Methods events from the 2022 SAS Conference

As a membership benefit, SAS members are now able to view a selection of method events from the 2022 SAS Annual Conference. These videos are accessible only to SAS members via the password protected member portal.

List of Recordings Now Available to Members:
Methods 1 – MEG in Affective Science – Joachim Gross, University of Muenster, Germany
Methods 2 – Assessing Health and Wellbeing from Wearables in the Real World: How, How Well, and What Next? – Sidney D’Mello, University of Colorado Boulder, USA
Methods 3 – From Text to Thought: How Analyzing Language Can Advance Affective Science – Joshua Jackson, Northwestern University, USA
Methods 5 – Introduction to Machine Learning for Affective Scientists – Shirley Wang, Harvard University, USA
Methods 5 – Virtual reality as a novel method for affective science – Alexia Galati, Arizona State University, USA

Attention SAS Members:

All memberships that were purchased with the 2022 conference registration have now lapsed. Please read the information below regarding membership pricing and how to create a new account with the Conference Manager software.

The SAS membership is a one (1) year term and runs from September 1 to August 31 each year.  You may join at any time during the year, but please note rates will not be prorated/adjusted 

2022/2023 Membership Rates
Undergraduate$40
Trainee
(graduate, postdoc, medical resident, post-baccalaureate)
$60
Faculty$150
Professional/Non-Academic$150

How to renew or purchase a SAS Membership

SAS Membership is managed by Conference Manager, a membership management application that is also used by related organizations such as the Social & Affective Neuroscience Society (SANS) and Society for NeuroEconomics (SNE). Because of this shared system, you may already have an existing account. Please review the instructions below carefully so as not to create duplicate user accounts.

Join/Renew – (Pre-existing Accounts)

If you know you have a Conference Manager account (have attended SANS, SNE in the last 5 years or submitted to the 2022 SAS program), please login with your username and password. If you have forgotten your username or password, please click the Forgot your Password link to have it sent to you.

Join/Renew – (No Account)

If you do not have a pre-existing account, please click the button below to make an account. Please note that when setting up your Conference Manager account, your email address will automatically be set as your username. Please save your username and password as they will be required for submitting an abstract and registering for the conference.