Hello,

We are excited to announce that the Attitudes Pre-Conference will be returning to the SPSP convention this year! The pre-conference will be held at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana on Thursday, January 17, 2013 from 8am to 4:30pm.

The program includes an excellent lineup of speakers, a poster session, continental breakfast, lunch, and coffee breaks (with snacks). At the Attitudes Pre-Conference, we value an intimate and interactive environment. To this end, each talk will be 30 minutes long followed by a 15-minute Q&A session.

Confirmed Speakers:

Roland Deutsch, Technische Universitat Dresden

David Ewoldsen, The Ohio State University

Matt Lieberman, University of California at Los Angeles

Ian McGregor, York University

Bernadette Park, University of Colorado at Boulder

David Sherman, University of California at Santa Barbara

Jeff Sherman, University of California at Davis

The full program and registration information are available on the preconference website:

http://www.myweb.ttu.edu/kdemarre/attitudesprecon

Poster Presentations:

We also invite submissions of posters describing original research on attitudes and persuasion. To submit a poster, email your submission (title, names & affiliations of all authors, and a 200-word or shorter abstract) to ken.demarree@ttu.edu.

The deadline for poster submissions is November 15, 2012.

We look forward to seeing you in New Orleans!

Best,

Kimberly Rios (University of Chicago)

Kenneth DeMarree (Texas Tech University)