Elana Gordis is an associate professor of psychology at the University at Albany. She has been teaching at UAlbany since 2005 and currently serves as Director of Clinical Training. She completed her PhD in clinical psychology at the University of Southern California and a postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA. Her research examines family relationships and effects of exposure to family and community violence. She is particularly interested in the role of physiological stress response systems in the effects of parenting and violence exposure on child and adolescent functioning.