Snapshots From the 2025 APS Annual Convention

June 23, 2025
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Below are scenes from the successful 2025 APS Annual Convention in Washington, D.C. We can’t wait to see you for the 2026 APS Annual Convention in Barcelona, Spain, from May 28-30, 2026, at the International Barcelona Convention Center!

Spence Award recipient Juan Del Toro holds his glass award while standing next to Randi Martin during the Awards Ceremony.
APS President Randi C. Martin (right) presents the Janet Taylor Spence Award for Transformative Early Career Contributions to Juan Del Toro of University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Del Toro investigates the nature and impact of ethnic and racial discrimination on adolescent development.
Speaker Charles Barrett and Moderator Kalynda Smith sit on two chairs in front of a purple background during the Inclusivity Spotlight session.
Social psychologist Kalynda Smith (North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University) chats with Charles Barrett, Coordinator of Psychological Services at Loudon County Public Schools in Virginia, in the Inclusivity Spotlight Event. Barrett’s scholarship and professional practice center on advocating for populations who have been marginalized by systemic oppression.
A woman in white sits on a stool in front of a camera while getting her headshot taken.
Attendees took advantage of the opportunity to have their professional portraits taken in the convention exhibit hall.
A wide shot from the back of Elizabeth Kensinger's keynote session.
Attendees gathered in the ballroom for the keynote address by APS Fellow Elizabeth Kensinger (Boston College). Kensinger presented her research on emotional memories.
Suparna Rajaram holds her hand up while speaking during the Collective Cognition panel.
APS Past President Suparna Rajaram (Stony Brook University, The State University of New York) shares her research on collective memory. Rajaram spoke during the Psychological Science and Society Plenary Panel on collective cognition.
Angela Gutchess looks at her notes while speaking at a podium during the Collective Cognition session.
APS Board Member Angela Gutchess (Brandeis University) opens the Psychological Science and Society Plenary Panel on collective cognition.
The 2025 APS Lifetime Achievement Award recipients stand on stage to smile for the camera.
APS Award recipients for 2025 were honored at a morning ceremony. Pictured are (in back from left), Eric Johnson (Columbia University), Dacher Keltner and Christine Maslach (University of California, Berkeley), Randall W. Engle (Georgia Institute of Technology), Elizabeth A. Phelps (Harvard University), Steven Lopez (University of Southern California), William Crano (Claremont Graduate University), Julia Leonard (Yale University), Justin Minue Kim (Sungkyunkwan University), Ashley Watts (Vanderbilt University), and J. Lawrence Aber (New York University). (In front from left), Juan Del Toro (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities), L. Monique Ward (University of Michigan), APS President Randi C. Martin (Rice University), Arie Kruglanski (University of Maryland College Park), Lisa Feldman Barrett (Northeastern University), Norbert Schwarz (University of Southern California), and Margaret Beale Spencer (University of Chicago).
A young researcher presents in front of her poster with her hands out.
Researchers and students had plenty of opportunities to share research during poster sessions in the convention exhibit hall.

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