Daryl Cameron
@dcameron
Assoc Prof of Psych, Sherwin Early Career Prof in Rock Ethics Institute @Penn State. Directs Empathy & Moral Psych Lab, Consortium on Moral Decision-Making. Assoc Editor @Emotion. Father of four (twin dad), husband, loves ☕, 🍺, 🎶, 📸. Views are my own.
We arrived in State College ten years ago today. What a beautiful and vibrant community in which to raise a family and build a career. The week of Arts Fest always shines in the summer.
Home now after a whirlwind week in France for @easp2026.bsky.social #EASP2026. A focused research retreat with @jimaceverett.bsky.social group before the conference produced new collaborations and a bridge between labs. The AI preconference I spoke at was full of fascinating talks with new takes
Here and excited to give a talk at the Social Psychology of AI preconference at @easp2026.bsky.social. Excited to continue the conversations from the retreat and enjoy the city of Strasbourg. @psuliberalarts.bsky.social
I was happy to have some of the EMP Lab (@amormino.bsky.social @jdweng.bsky.social) here in France for the AI retreat before @easp2026.bsky.social. A crossover between @jimaceverett.bsky.social's lab and the EMP Lab. Lots of great research developed and a memorable setting for the science of empathy
Scenes from the first day in Alsace. Here for an AI psychology retreat with Jim Everett's lab, as well as some EMP Lab folks (@jdweng.bsky.social @amormino.bsky.social), before giving a talk at the @easp2026.bsky.social AI preconference. Beautiful, if blazing hot, countryside.
Five years ago during the height of Covid, we did a spur of the moment beach trip to a small house in Broadkill Beach and the nearby Prime Hook Wildlife Nature Reserve. With some time to fill today, we stopped by and enjoyed some time in nature in the refuge.
Beach trip to Delaware starts with Dogfish Head in Milton. Love the steampunk tree and cask ale. Happy Pride
To celebrate an excellent conference, I went with a friend to see Marisa Anderson podcast and play masterful guitar for the start of Rhoneymeade Fest. She gave inspiring advice that serves both to reinspire my own guitar playing and an approach to life, finding the happy bounce in the rhythm of song
Highlights from first day of the AI and Social Research conference on Empathic AI, Metascience, and Methodology. Hosted by the Consortium on Moral Decision-Making and Center for Social Data Analytics. I'll post more highlights. For now, tune in at 9am EDT! moralconsortium.psu.edu/events/ai-an...
One last weekend shout-out. Leading the pack at @psychscience.bsky.social is @amormino.bsky.social, the excellent post doc we are lucky to have in the lab. She stewarded an awesome symposium with many of our group on Thursday. This picture captures the spirit and dynamic she's brought. Salud, Paige!
If you are at APS, make sure to find time to talk to @farvk.bsky.social about his metascience poster and interests! A true joy to have in the group, and a brilliant mind. @psychscience.bsky.social
A proud double toast from afar, to @jokretz.bsky.social & @jdweng.bsky.social! Jolie gave her first-ever talk at @psychscience.bsky.social, presenting her first-year project internationally. And Josh received Penn State's inaugural Sherif Award for Excellence in Social Psychological Research. Salud!
The Empathy & Moral Psychology Lab will be at APS in Barcelona! Unfortunately, I can't be there in person. Check out @amormino.bsky.social's symposium & talk, @jokretz.bsky.social's first talk, two talks by @jdweng.bsky.social (including one on my behalf), @farvk.bsky.social's poster. A great team!
Celebrating at our department reception with two of my amazing graduate students, @jokretz.bsky.social & @jdweng.bsky.social, who were so kind to nominate me for a faculty mentorship award. It was a lovely and total surprise and a positive way to end the academic year. @psuliberalarts.bsky.social
Psych End of Year reception. I know them! Cheers to @jdweng.bsky.social for best social psych student publication award for his AI empathy choice paper, @farvk.bsky.social @jokretz.bsky.social for their grant from The McCourtney Institute for Democracy, @wiktoriampedryc.bsky.social for TA award 🎉
Just finished exam week for my senior capstone seminar on empathy, morality, and AI in Department of Psychology at Penn State. All the students showed up for a two-hour mini-conference to talk with each other about their creative ideas as they flexed their skill sets to finish their time here
I love it! Kudos to @psuliberalarts.bsky.social for doing a print run of these
The Penn State Empathy & Moral Psychology (EMP) Lab, Spring 2026 bloom 🌸. Conference guest @kyleflaw.com dropped in a cameo. Cheers to @amormino.bsky.social @jdweng.bsky.social @farvk.bsky.social @jokretz.bsky.social, Izzy Griffith, and our many RAs who make this a cohesive scientific collaborative