Mitch Prinstein, Ph.D., to leave APA at the end of 2025

The American Psychological Association (APA) announced May 21 that Mitch Prinstein, Ph.D. , has elected to leave his position as chief of psychology at the end of 2025 to return full‐time to his post at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Long active in the association, Prinstein joined the APA staff as its chief science officer in 2021, a position he held until late last year when APA created the chief of psychology post to unify the work of science, education, practice and applied psychology within a single organizational unit. In his role as chief science officer, he rebuilt APA's science directorate, created the APA e‐newsletter “Science Spotlight,” and developed numerous programs with his team to improve psychological science, educate scientists and ensure that the discipline's work reflected all humans' behavior. APA will be opening a national search later this year to replace him.