Mitch Prinstein
Born
Mitchell J. Prinstein
Alma materUniversity of Miami - M.A., Ph.D.
Emory University - B.A.
Scientific career
FieldsClinical psychologist
InstitutionsUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Doctoral studentsMatthew Nock
WebsiteMitch Prinstein

Mitchell J. Prinstein is an author and psychology professor. He is the former Director of Clinical Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill[1] and the John Van Seters Distinguished Professor of Psychology.[2] He is a Fellow of both the American Psychological Association[1] and the Association for Psychological Science.[3]

Prinstein currently serves as the John Van Seters Distinguished Professor and Assistant Dean of Honors Carolina, UNC's Honors program.[4]

Prinstein has authored or edited multiple volumes of psychological research,[5] professional development training,[6][7] an encyclopedia series in adolescent development,[8] and an undergraduate textbook in clinical psychology.[9] He is the author of Popular: Finding Happiness and Success in a World That Cares Too Much About the Wrong Kinds of Relationships, a book describing the role of popularity in society.[10][11]

Prinstein serves on the 2020 board of directors as the Chief Science Officer[12] for the American Psychological Association (APA).[13]

Education and training

Prinstein received his B.A. from Emory University.[14] He attended graduate school at University of Miami where he received his M.S. and Ph.D. in clinical psychology. He completed his clinical psychology internship training in clinical child and adolescent psychology at the Brown University Clinical Psychology Training Consortium and was awarded a National Research Service Award from the National Institutes of Health to remain at Brown for his postdoctoral fellowship.[15] He was board certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology in clinical child psychology.

Publications

Prinstein's research focuses on popularity and peer relations,[2][16] including childhood popularity, peer victimization, friendships, and processes of peer influence.[17][18][19][20] He is the author of Popular: Finding Happiness and Success in a World That Cares Too Much About the Wrong Kinds of Relationships.

In professional development, Prinstein authored “Uncensored Advice for Applying to Graduate School in Clinical Psychology”, The Portable Mentor: Expert Guide to a Successful Career in Psychology[6] and Internships in Psychology: The APAGS Workbook for Writing Successful Applications and Finding the Right Fit.[7]

Prinstein is an editor of Understanding Peer Influence in Children and Adolescence,[21] Future Work in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology: A Research Agenda,[22] an undergraduate textbook on clinical psychology,[9] an encyclopedia series, Encyclopedia of Adolescence.[8]

Professional

Prinstein served as chair of the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS) and was named the first APAGS student representative to the Board of Directors of the APA.[1] He was later appointed Chair of the ad hoc APA workgroup on Early Career Psychologists to advocate for its incorporation as a standing committee of APA. He serves as of 2020 as a Member-at-Large on the APA Council of Representatives[23] and was appointed to the Good Governance Group to improve organizational efficiency.[1]

Prinstein served as President of the executive board of the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.

Prinstein served on the boards of the Council of University Directors of Clinical Psychology,[24] the Publications board of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies,[25] and the Council of Specialties in Professional Psychology.[26]

He was an associate editor for the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology[27] and the editor for the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Good Governance Project Team Biographies". American Psychological Association. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Well Said: Popularity". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill College of Arts and Science. August 10, 2018. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Association for Psychological Science: APS Fellows". Association for Psychological Science. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  4. ↑ http://mitch.web.unc.edu/
  5. ↑ "Amazon.com: Mitch Prinstein: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle". www.amazon.com. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
  6. 1 2 The Portable Mentor : Expert Guide to a Successful Career in Psychology. Prinstein, Mitchell J., 1970- (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Springer. 2013. ISBN 9781461439943. OCLC 810446779.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  7. 1 2 Carol., Williams-Nickelson (2013). Internships in psychology : the APAGS workbook for writing successful applications and finding the right fit. Williams-Nickelson, Carol., Prinstein, Mitchell J., 1970-, Keilin, W. Gregory. (3rd ed.). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association. ISBN 9781433812101. OCLC 784125163.
  8. 1 2 Encyclopedia of adolescence. Brown, B. Bradford (Benson Bradford), 1949-, Prinstein, Mitchell J., 1970-. Amsterdam: Elsevier/Academic Press. 2011. ISBN 9780123739155. OCLC 733579188.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  9. 1 2 Trull, Timothy J. (2013). Clinical psychology. Prinstein, Mitchell J., 1970- (8th student ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Cengage Learning. ISBN 9780495508229. OCLC 793073794.
  10. ↑ "Popularity At Work Still Matters Whether We Like It Or Not". BBC Worklife. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  11. ↑ Brenoff, Ann (December 18, 2017). "How Office Popularity Is Just Like High School". Huffington Post.
  12. ↑ Prinstein, Mitchell J. "Mitchell J. Prinstein, PhD".
  13. ↑ "APA Council of Representatives – Members". American Psychological Association. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  14. ↑ "Department of Psychology, Graduate Student Manual" (PDF). Emory University. March 23, 2020. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  15. ↑ generator, metatags. "Project Information - NIH RePORTER - NIH Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools Expenditures and Results". projectreporter.nih.gov. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
  16. ↑ Reid, Shauna (September 2017). "4 questions for Mitch Prinstein". Monitor on Psychology. American Psychological Association. 4 (8).
  17. ↑ Miller, Adam Bryant; Eisenlohr-Moul, Tory; Giletta, Matteo; Hastings, Paul D.; Rudolph, Karen D.; Nock, Matthew K.; Prinstein, Mitchell J. (2017). "A within-person approach to risk for suicidal ideation and suicidal behavior: Examining the roles of depression, stress, and abuse exposure". Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 85 (7): 712–722. doi:10.1037/ccp0000210. PMC 5477992. PMID 28425734.
  18. ↑ Giletta, Matteo; Slavich, George M.; Rudolph, Karen D.; Hastings, Paul D.; Nock, Matthew K.; Prinstein, Mitchell J. (February 1, 2018). "Peer victimization predicts heightened inflammatory reactivity to social stress in cognitively vulnerable adolescents". Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 59 (2): 129–139. doi:10.1111/jcpp.12804. ISSN 1469-7610. PMC 5775048. PMID 28892126.
  19. ↑ Giletta, Matteo; Hastings, Paul D.; Rudolph, Karen D.; Bauer, Daniel J.; Nock, Matthew K.; Prinstein, Mitchell J. (October 2017). "Suicide ideation among high-risk adolescent females: Examining the interplay between parasympathetic regulation and friendship support". Development and Psychopathology. 29 (4): 1161–1175. doi:10.1017/s0954579416001218. ISSN 0954-5794. PMC 5985448. PMID 28031059.
  20. ↑ Brechwald, Whitney A.; Prinstein, Mitchell J. (March 1, 2011). "Beyond Homophily: A Decade of Advances in Understanding Peer Influence Processes". Journal of Research on Adolescence. 21 (1): 166–179. doi:10.1111/j.1532-7795.2010.00721.x. ISSN 1532-7795. PMC 3666937. PMID 23730122.
  21. ↑ Understanding peer influence in children and adolescents. Prinstein, Mitchell J., 1970-, Dodge, Kenneth A. New York: Guilford Press. 2008. ISBN 9781593853976. OCLC 180204826.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  22. ↑ Prinstein, Mitchell J. (July 4, 2017). Future work in clinical child and adolescent psychology : a research agenda. Prinstein, Mitchell J. London. ISBN 9781138732902. OCLC 975370675.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  23. ↑ "Board of Directors". American Psychological Association. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  24. ↑ "Council of University Directors of Clinical Psychology - Home". cudcp.wildapricot.org. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
  25. ↑ MUJIK.BIZ, Leonid Shiriaev -. "ABCT | Home Page". www.abct.org. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
  26. ↑ "cospp.org". cospp.org. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
  27. ↑ "Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology Editorial Board". American Psychological Association. 2016.
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