Dr. Prince (he/him) joined the Counseling Psychology faculty at Colorado State University in 2016 and is currently an Associate Professor of Psychology and the Associate Director of Addiction Counseling (both undergraduate and graduate). He also holds faculty affiliations with the Department of Human Development and Family Studies, as well as the Tri-Ethnic Center for Prevention Research at Colorado State University.
Dr. Prince’s research and clinical interests focus on identifying mechanisms of behavior change in addictive behaviors, primarily substance use, and on developing interventions targeting these mechanisms. His intervention efforts have focused on brief individually-tailored interventions that can be disseminated on a large scale. In addition to his clinical research, Dr. Prince utilizes advanced statistical procedures and models to answer research questions about the processes involved in the initiation, maintenance, and recovery of addictive behaviors. His quantitative interests include Mixture Modeling to identify latent profiles or trajectories of substance use behaviors, and Multilevel Structural Equation Modeling to examine relationships among context-specific psychological constructs. The overall goal of Dr. Prince’s work is to develop effective treatment approaches for those individuals seeking help for addictive behaviors. To achieve this goal, he believes that it is critical to understand patterns in the clinical course of substance use disorders, as well as the ways in which people are successful in achieving change.
You can view Dr. Prince’s CV here.
Dr. Prince appeared on a recent episode of The Addiction Psychologist podcast. Listen to the episode here. In 2020, the Society of Addiction Psychology (SoAP) featured Dr. Prince in the SoAP Early Career Psychologist Spotlight. You can read more about this ECP here.