Biography:Mitch Prinstein

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

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.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed]

Prinstein served on the boards of the Council of University Directors of Clinical Psychology,[failed verification][24] the Publications board of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies,[failed verification][25] and the Council of Specialties in Professional Psychology.[failed verification][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. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Good Governance Project Team Biographies". American Psychological Association. http://www.apa.org/about/governance/good-governance/biographies.aspx. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Well Said: Popularity". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill College of Arts and Science. August 10, 2018. https://college.unc.edu/2018/08/well-said-popularity/. Retrieved June 20, 2020. 
  3. "Association for Psychological Science: APS Fellows". Association for Psychological Science. http://www.psychologicalscience.org/fellows/fellows-new.cfm. Retrieved June 20, 2020. 
  4. http://mitch.web.unc.edu/
  5. "Amazon.com: Mitch Prinstein: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle". https://www.amazon.com/Mitch-Prinstein/e/B071FV5GVB. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 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. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 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. 8.0 8.1 Encyclopedia of adolescence. Brown, B. Bradford (Benson Bradford), 1949-, Prinstein, Mitchell J., 1970-. Amsterdam: Elsevier/Academic Press. 2011. ISBN 9780123739155. OCLC 733579188. 
  9. 9.0 9.1 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. http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20171106-popularity-at-work-still-matters-whether-we-like-it-or-not. Retrieved February 12, 2018. 
  11. Brenoff, Ann (December 18, 2017). "How Office Popularity Is Just Like High School". Huffington Post. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/office-popularity-like-high-school_us_5a3030c3e4b07ff75afe2f48. 
  12. Prinstein, Mitchell J.. "Mitchell J. Prinstein, PhD". https://www.apa.org/about/apa/senior-staff/prinstein-bio. 
  13. "APA Council of Representatives – Members". American Psychological Association. https://www.apa.org/about/governance/council/members. Retrieved June 20, 2020. 
  14. "Department of Psychology, Graduate Student Manual". Emory University. March 23, 2020. http://psychology.emory.edu/home/documents/graduate/graduate-manual-2020.pdf. Retrieved June 20, 2020. 
  15. generator, metatags. "Project Information - NIH RePORTER - NIH Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools Expenditures and Results" (in en). https://projectreporter.nih.gov/project_info_description.cfm?aid=2412249&icde=38751147&ddparam=&ddvalue=&ddsub=&cr=8&csb=default&cs=ASC&pball=. 
  16. Reid, Shauna (September 2017). "4 questions for Mitch Prinstein". Monitor on Psychology (American Psychological Association) 4 (8). https://www.apa.org/monitor/2017/09/conversation-prinstein. 
  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." (in en). Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 85 (7): 712–722. doi:10.1037/ccp0000210. 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" (in en). Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 59 (2): 129–139. doi:10.1111/jcpp.12804. ISSN 1469-7610. 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" (in en). Development and Psychopathology 29 (4): 1161–1175. doi:10.1017/s0954579416001218. ISSN 0954-5794. PMID 28031059. 
  20. Brechwald, Whitney A.; Prinstein, Mitchell J. (March 1, 2011). "Beyond Homophily: A Decade of Advances in Understanding Peer Influence Processes" (in en). Journal of Research on Adolescence 21 (1): 166–179. doi:10.1111/j.1532-7795.2010.00721.x. ISSN 1532-7795. 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. https://archive.org/details/understandingpee0000unse. 
  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. 
  23. "Board of Directors". American Psychological Association. https://www.apa.org/about/governance/board/index. Retrieved June 20, 2020. 
  24. "Council of University Directors of Clinical Psychology - Home". http://cudcp.wildapricot.org/. 
  25. MUJIK.BIZ, Leonid Shiriaev -. "ABCT | Home Page". http://www.abct.org/Home/. 
  26. "cospp.org" (in en). https://www.cospp.org/. 
  27. "Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology Editorial Board". American Psychological Association. 2016. https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/ccp/. 

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