Mitchell J. Prinstein

Mitchell J. Prinstein, PhD, is APA’s chief science officer (CSO), responsible for leading the association’s science agenda and advocating for the application of psychological research and knowledge in settings including academia, government, industry, and the law.

Before assuming the CSO post, he was the John Van Seters distinguished professor of psychology and neuroscience, and assistant dean of Honors Carolina at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He joined the department of psychology and neuroscience faculty at UNC-Chapel Hill in 2004 as an associate professor, rising to full professor in 2008. He began his academic career in 1999 as an assistant professor and later director of clinical psychology at the Yale University department of psychology.