Rate My Professor Laurie Chassin

Chassin's research examines the developmental trajectories, familial transmission, and etiology of substance use disorders, with a focus on alcohol, tobacco, and drug use from adolescence to adulthood, including studies of children of alcoholics and intergenerational patterns. She has directed longitudinal projects such as the longest-running U.S. study of cigarette smoking trajectories, tracking over 8,500 participants since 1980, and multi-site investigations of juvenile offenders. Her scholarship includes more than 140 peer-reviewed publications, among them 'The relation of parent alcoholism to adolescent substance use: A longitudinal follow-up study' (Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 1996, with Curran, Hussong, & Colder), 'Trajectories of Alcohol and Drug Use and Dependence from adolescence to adulthood: The effects of familial alcoholism and personality' (Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 2004, with Flora & King), and 'Multiple trajectories of smoking and the intergenerational transmission of smoking' (Health Psychology, 2008, with Presson et al.). Chassin has secured continuous NIH funding since 1979, exceeding $12 million, and mentored 85 scientists via her NIAAA-funded training grant since 1987. She has held associate editor roles for the Journal of Abnormal Psychology/Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science (2011-2023) and Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, served on NIH and NIDA panels, and earned honors including Phi Beta Kappa (1970), ASU Alumni Association Faculty Achievement Research Award (2006), Regents Professorship (2007), and Robert Cairns Capstone Lecture Award (2017).