Annual Conference

Registration for SESP 2024 is now open! SESP 2024 will be in Santa Fe, New Mexico from October 24-26, 2023, at the Eldorado Hotel and SpaThe SESP meeting is open to SESP members and all post-docs and faculty who self-identify as social psychologists. Graduate students may attend by being sponsored by a current member of SESP. 

The registration deadline for early-bird pricing is September 1. Early-bird registration fees are $395 for members and $425 for non- members. After September 1, registration will be $425 for members and $455 for non-members. Registration costs cover a Thursday evening reception, light breakfasts and breaks, lunches on Friday and Saturday, a Saturday night reception, audiovisual rental, and other conference costs.

Meeting Program
 
This year's Program Committee includes Abigail Scholer (Chair), Nick Rule, and Michael BernsteinThe Social Psychology Program at New Mexico State University will serve as local hosts.

A preliminary, full version of the program is now available here. A printed version of the final program will also be provided at the meeting.

Please examine our Convention Code of Conduct if you plan to attend SESP 2024.

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION:

If you are a SESP member, please login to your account at the Member Login site to the left (your email address is your username), then click on "SESP 2024" under "Event Calendar" on the upper right side of the page to begin the registration process. You may also want to pay your yearly dues at the same time you register -- look for the "renew membership" box when you begin registration.

If you are NOT a SESP member, you may register here or use the "SESP 2024" link appearing under "Event Calendar" at the SESP main page). If you are a graduate student, will be prompted to indicate the name of your SESP member host. Your host must attend the SESP 2024 meeting. 

CAREGIVING GRANT:

The SESP Executive Committee is pleased to announce the establishment of a caregiving grant initiative to help offset the costs of care at home or at the conference accrued during in-person conference attendance and/or during preparation time directly involved in participating in the conference (e.g., preparing a conference presentation). This mechanism is intended as one action the society is taking to increase equity and inclusion among its membership. This grant is available to any SESP member who serves as a caregiver in any capacity (e.g., child, parent, spouse, dependent, etc.). Funds can be used for any caregiving needs during the conference, including at the conference or at home. Awards of up to $500 per applicant are available. The link to the grant application is available on the SESP Conference Registration portal, available when you register for the conference.

HOTEL RESERVATIONS:

You will need to book accommodations directly with the hotel, using this link

These heavily discounted room rates will be available until September 23 (unless we sell out our room block before this date). After that date, SESP will no longer control the room block, and the remaining rooms will be released to the hotel's general inventory at the normal (undiscounted) rate.  

We have negotiated a package of amenities that will appear as a separate charge of $35/night when you reserve your room. However, the receipt you will receive when you check out of the hotel will fold this fee into the nightly charge. Hopefully, this will allow you to be reimbursed for full hotel charges, for those of you who can be reimbursed. The amenity package includes valet parking, luggage service, business center access, daily water and snack provided in-room, in-room wireless access, swimming pool and hot tub access with towel service.

Be sure to book as early as possible to secure your room.

COVID CONSIDERATIONS:
 
We will follow guidance from the State of New Mexico and hotel rules regarding COVID-19 precautions. All SESP 2024 attendees will be asked to confirm that they have been vaccinated against COVID-19.

PRECONFERENCE

Person Memory Interest Group (PMIG): 

The Person Memory Interest Group invites researchers in social cognition (broadly defined) to attend their preconference. Meeting and registration information is available at this link. Person Memory is co-organized by Jackie Chen (jacqueline.chen@psych.utah.edu) and Gordon Moskowitz (gbm4@lehigh.edu). Contact Jackie and Gordon with any questions.





The Symposia Proposal Portal is now open! The deadline for proposals is June 7, 2024.

Please download and complete the
Symposium Proposal Form, save it as a pdf, and upload it to the Symposium Proposal Portal. The proposal form asks for an overall title and abstract for the symposium and titles and abstracts for each individual presentation (no more than 250 words each).

This year's Program Committee includes Abigail Scholer (Chair),  Nick Rule, and Michael Bernstein.

SYMPOSIA PROPOSALS

As always, members and non-members are invited to submit proposals for symposia. We invite submissions from all PhD-level social psychologists from all backgrounds and especially encourage submissions by individuals from underrepresented and historically excluded groups. When preparing proposals, we invite people to read our statement on equity, diversity, and inclusion (see
https://www.sesp.org/index.asp)
 
We are particularly interested in symposia examining new topics, offering novel approaches to longstanding issues, and linking areas of research not typically connected. We encourage panels including both established and younger members of SESP and speakers from diverse backgrounds and different types of institutions.

Symposium Guidelines
 
1. The chair and presenters can be SESP members or nonmembers with doctoral degrees. Graduate students cannot present talks or chair symposia (though they may be listed as co-authors). However, current graduate students who will have completed their doctoral degree by October 2024 may give talks and serve as symposia chairs.
 
2. The first author is the person who speaks in the symposium. An individual can serve as a first author on only ONE presentation, but they can be a coauthor or nonpresenter on other presentations in the conference. Symposia proposals that include speakers presenting in multiple symposia may be declined. It is the responsibility of the symposium chair to confirm that all suggested speakers are presenting in only ONE symposium.

3.  We encourage submissions featuring panels with a broad representation of speakers in terms of university classification, institutional affiliation, career stage, collaborative networks, and other factors. 
 
4. Each symposium should allow ample for time for questions from the audience. A symposium typically consists of three or four presentations and may include a discussant. Ideally, the last 15-20 minutes should be spent on questions and answers, or exchanges between speakers. The total time of sessions is typically 70 minutes (in other words, a symposium session with 4 speakers should be aiming for 12-14 minute talks). Symposia chairs are asked to prioritize time for the final discussion period, which is often a hallmark of the SESP annual meeting.
 
5. All symposia chairs and presenters are expected to register and pay associated fees for the conference. The symposium organizer should ensure that all presenters are aware of this.
 
6. SESP values open dialogue and debate, often involving unresolved and controversial scientific issues. While encouraging rigorous exchange, we also oppose discourse that intentionally or unintentionally perpetuates bias and contributes to an unwelcoming environment for all scholars. In reviewing your submissions, please ensure that your proposal is consistent with SESP’s values regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion. 

7. Symposia submissions are evaluated by the SESP Program committee and rated independently by at least two reviewers. In cases of conflict of interest between symposia chairs and a member of the Program Committee, an additional independent reviewer from SESP’s Executive Committee or the SESP Executive Officer may be appointed. Submissions are evaluated in terms of scientific rigor, contribution to experimental social psychology, fit within the overall program, and estimated potential to stimulate meaningful discussion and connections across areas of social psychology.


Looking ahead: We are seeking future sites for SESP -- if you are interested in hosting in 2026 or beyond, please email Steve Stroessner at info@sesp.org