Membership
Become a part of the Society for Affective Science joine our vibrant community of experts in the field of affective science. As a member, you’ll gain access to a host of exclusive benefits that will enrich your professional journey.
The Society for Affective Science is committed to promoting inclusion and diversity throughout its membership.
Member Login
Click here to login to our Members’ Area to view exclusive content of a selection of events from the 2024 and 2023 SAS Annual Conference.
Trailblazer Donors
Logic of Emotion Lab, Princeton University
Now Available
As a membership benefit, SAS members are now able to view a selection of presentations from the 2024 SAS Annual Conference. These videos are accessible only to SAS members via the password protected member portal. Once in the portal – use the menu on the left and select Home and then Conference Recordings.
SAS is pleased to provide complimentary public access to one of these presentations, the 2024 presentation from Leah Somerville, Harvard University:
Full list of 2024 videos available in the Members Only Area
Keynote Debate:
Ajay Satpute – The Brain Basis Of Emotion: A Category Construction Problem
Phil Kragle – Neuroimaging Reveals Distributed Brain Representations Of Emotion Categories
Methods Workshops:
Dae Houlihan – Bayesian Theory of Mind Models
Stephanie Marita Carpenter – Modelling Emotion Dynamics
Robert Hawkins – Large Language Models
Sophie Wohltjen – Dyadic Interaction
Diversity Symposium:
Anthony Ong – Capturing Dynamic Processes at the Interface of Race, Ethnicity, and Culture: Insights from Affective Science
Ted Style Talks:
Vivian Dzokoto – If You Are Too Emotional, You Suffer: West African Views of Affect and Emotion
José-Miguel Fernandez-Dols – A Foreign View of Affect and Emotion
Sun Yoon – Emotion Regulation in East Asian Cultural Contexts
Eunsoo Choi – Anger You Cannot Express
Ask The Editors:
Moderator: Kevin Ochsner
Awards Symposium Talks:
Daphne Yunjing Liu – Interpersonal Emotion Regulation in Depression: Characteristics, Benefits, and Implications
Dae Houlihan – Reverse-engineering human emotion understanding
Jonathan Stange – Intensively sampling the physiology of affect regulation to inform mechanisms and intervention targets in everyday life
Naomi Eisenberger – Dissecting the caregiving system: A closer look at the effect of prosocial behavior on emotion, well-being, and health
Keynote Symposium : Interdisciplinary Approaches to Affect
Laura Silva – Who’s Afraid of Philosophy of Emotion? Promises, Challenges, and a New Concern for Justice
Richard Firth Godbehere – The Feeling of What Happened: How Emotions Can Have a History
Terry Maroney – What Judges Feel: Investigating the Emotional Elements of Judging
Presidential Symposium : ‘A’ffecting Change
Modupe Akinola – Podcast and Stress Coach and Consultant…Oh My!
Adam Bryant Miller – Suicide Prevention From a Multidisciplinary Lens
Leah Somerville – Using Neuroscience and Affective Science to Impact Juvenile Justice
Laurie Santos – Best Practices for Communicating Psychological Insights with Large Audiences
Member Benefits
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.
Apply for Awards
Members may submit applications and nominate others for Society Awards or Conference Awards for the Annual Meeting.
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 can submit and browse job opportunities within the SAS Members Only area.
Rates & Instructions
Attention SAS Members:
The SAS membership is a one (1) year term and runs from October 1st to September 30th each year. You may join at any time during the year, but please note rates will not be prorated/adjusted.
Membership Rates
Undergraduate
Trainee*
- *Graduate, Postdoc, Medical Resident, Post-Baccalaureate
Faculty
Professional/Non-Academic
Renew
SAS members are invited to renew their membership prior to the end of September in order to continue their membership.
Click for the SAS Membership Portal
If you were a SAS member in the past, but this is your first time visiting the membership portal you will need to do the following:
- Click for the SAS Membership Portal – (if you have forgotten your password: select the “Forgot Password” link under the “Forgot Password” heading).
- Enter your current email related to your membership account, and you will be sent an email with instructions to reset your password.
- Once you have created your new password, you can log-in to your Conference Manager Dashboard.
- In the future, these credentials will also be required for submitting abstracts and registering for events and conferences. Please note this email may take up to 24hrs to be received. Also, check your spam/junk folder as this email is auto-generated and maybe filtered. If you do not receive it within the 24hr period, please reach out to sas@podiumconferences.com for assistance.
- The center tile of the dashboard will say Membership Enrollment – click the link that says, “Enroll Now”. Once you select the appropriate membership type, you will have the option to pay online with a VISA or Mastercard credit card, via our secure payment processer.
Join
If you are not a current member, please click for the SAS Membership portal and create an account.
- On the landing page, locate the New User heading and select “create user profile”.
- After you create your account, you will use your email, and new password to log into the system.
- In the future, these credentials will also be required for submitting abstracts and registering for events and conferences.
- Once you have created your account, or logged in, you will be taken to your account dashboard.
- The center tile of the dashboard will say Membership Enrollment – click the link that says, “Enroll Now”. Once you select the appropriate membership type, you will have the option to pay online with a VISA or Mastercard credit card via our secure payment processer.