Amanda W. Harrist received her Ph.D. in Child and Family Studies from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She is currently a Professor of Human Development and Family Science at Oklahoma State University, where she is also Associate Director for Education and Translation at the Center for Family Resilience and Core Director, Human & Community Research Training Core for the Center for Integrative Research on Childhood Adversity. Her research is focused on understanding psychosocial risk and protective processes in children's social contexts, particularly the parent-child relationship and peer relations at school.

Brandt C. Gardner received his Ph.D. in Marriage & Family Therapy from Texas Tech University. He is currently an Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Science at Oklahoma State University. He spends the majority of his professional time teaching about and studying communication processes and interaction dynamics in marital and couple relationships.

Brings together cutting edge biobehavioral research in family resilience

Translates research for evidence-based practice in the field

Provides an interdisciplinary perspective

Offers questions for thought and discussion that could be used in the classroom

The Immune System as a Sensor and Regulator of Stress: Implications in Human Development and Disease.- The Psychobiology of Family Dynamics: Bidirectional Relationships with Adrenocortical Attunement.- The Heart of Conversation: Using State-Space Grids to Disentangle Cardiovascular and Affect Dynamics During Couple Interaction. Intergenerational Transmission of Poverty: How Low Socioeconomic Status Impacts the Neurobiology of Two Generations.- The Influence of Teacher-Child Relationships on Preschool Children's Cortisol Levels.- Stress, Biomarkers and Resilience in Childhood and Adolescence: Advances in the Last Few Decades.- Challenges and Strategies for Integrating Molecular Genetics into Behavioral Science.- Risk as a First Derivative: Using Intensive Repeated Measures and Molecular Approaches to Studying Families.