News & Announcements

The SAS Fundraising Committee is looking for Trailblazer Labs or Centers to donate $500 each as sponsors for our upcoming 2026 conference. We are so grateful for last year’s Trailblazers, Logic of Emotion Lab (PI: Erik Nook) and Emotions in Context Lab (PI: Katie...

Help shape the look of SAS 2026! We’re inviting trainee members to submit original designs for our first-ever merch competition!! Designs may appear on conference materials and merch—with proceeds supporting trainee funding. Deadline: Jan 10, 2026 Submit using this...

The Society for Affective Science (SAS) invites nominations for the following positions on its Executive Board of Directors. President-Elect The President-Elect serves a three-year term: one year as President-Elect, one year as President, and one year as...

Affective science has lost an extraordinary member of our community: Dr. Paul Ekman, who passed peacefully at home at the age of 91 on Monday. Dr. Ekman's pioneering cross-cultural research on the interpretation of facial expressions in emotional terms, and his fierce...

SAS is excited to officially announce the inaugural Mid-Atlantic offshoot conference, which we are affectionately calling SASolina, and will take place at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina on Friday, September 19, 2025. The theme of this SASolina...

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...