Mitch Prinstein, Ph.D.
John Van Seters Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Director of Clinical Psychology, and Director of the Peer Relations Lab, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Mitch Prinstein, Ph.D. is a husband, a father, board certified in clinical child and adolescent psychology, and serves as the John Van Seters Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, and the Director of Clinical Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of Popular: The Power of Likability in a Status-Obsessed World.
Dr. Prinstein’s Peer Relations Lab has been conducting research on popularity and peer relations for almost 20 years, and has been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute of Child and Human Development, and several private foundations, resulting in over 100 scientific works, including a slew of scientific journal articles, book chapters, a set of encyclopedias on adolescent development, and even a textbook on the field of clinical psychology.
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Popular: The Power of Likability in a Status-Obsessed World
John Van Seters Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Director of Clinical Psychology, and Director of the Peer Relations Lab, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill