Social Media Ambassadors Program - 2025 AAAR Annual Conference

Up to four undergraduate students, graduate students or early-career researchers (≤3 years since terminal degree) will be selected as part of the 2025 Social Media Ambassador (SMA) Program to post about the AAAR conference using AAAR’s LinkedIn page. Applications are due on May 31, 2025. SMAs will be announced in June. Applicants must have submitted an abstract to the conference as the presenting author.

Selected applicants will start to serve as AAAR SMAs after meeting with the AAAR Internet Communications Committee in June or early July. Throughout their time as SMAs, selected applicants will be working with the AAAR Internet Communications Committee for orientation, coordination, access to social media platforms, and debriefing.

SMAs will receive free registration for the conference plus a $500 travel grant if they stay in the conference hotel or a $300 travel grant if they stay elsewhere as well as free access to up to two conference tutorials on Monday, October 13, 2025, and the subsequent evening event.

SMA duties include:

Before the conference: SMAs will post about the conference in general, including announcements about special symposia and plenary speakers.
During the conference: SMAs will create content and post on LinkedIn to enhance communication with those at the meeting and with non-attending constituencies. These may include session and symposia highlights, tutorials, and conference events, but may also have a broader focus on interesting activities involving researchers across AAAR. One SMA will be designated to each plenary, and the posts shall include the name of AAAR award winners as they are announced onstage. SMAs will have specific opportunities to network with prior SMA participants and other individuals associated with the program, and are expected to interact with conference attendees to generate content.
After the conference: SMAs are encouraged to create content during the conference that can be used for posts that will go online in the months following the conference. They are also encouraged to share their experience with future SMAs to continue building the network of participants in this program over time.
Additional social media posts may be made on an SMA's own personal account(s).