2026 Program (to be posted)
2026 Schedule of Events
All events will take place on Saturday, April 11, 2026, in the Lundy-Fetterman School of Business building at Campbell University.
See our Main Campus map for building location and parking areas.
| TIME | EVENT |
| 8:00 am – 9:00 am | Registration |
| 9:00 am – 10:30 am | Session I: Student Paper Presentations |
| 10:30 am – 10:45 am | Social Break |
| 10:45 am – 11:45 am | Keynote Address |
| 11:45 am – 1:00 pm | Lunch Break |
| 1:00 pm – 2:45 pm | Session II: Student Paper Presentations |
| 2:45 pm – 3:00 pm | Break |
| 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm | APS Psychology Jeopardy |
2026 Keynote Address
Dr. Keely Muscatell
“With a Little Help from My Friends: Personal and Scientific Evidence for the Role of Social Relationships in Shaping Health and Well-Being”
Associate Professor
Dept. of Psychology & Neuroscience
Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
UNC Chapel Hill
Dr. Keely A. Muscatell grew up in a poor family (“one generation from the trailer park,” as her aunt likes to remind her), but that didn’t stop her from loving learning, school, and science. Now an associate professor in the Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at UNC Chapel Hill, Dr. Muscatell’s research focuses on understanding links between social experiences such a stress, rejection, discrimination, and connection, and the immune system, an area of research she calls “social psychoneuroimmunology.” This work is conducted in interdisciplinary teams of diverse students and colleagues, otherwise known as Dr. Muscatell’s “lab family,” which is what makes it a joy for her to do. Dr. Muscatell has been fortunate to publish many papers, earn some grant money, and win some awards over her career, but her biggest accomplishments are when her students and trainees achieve their goals and dreams. In addition to being a proud lab mama, she is also mommy to her son, Archer, who brings her life joy and purpose outside of science.
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