Gabriela Livas Stein, PhD

Gabriela Livas Stein, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist and Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Dr. Stein’s program of research identifies individual risk and protective processes for Latinx and other minoritized youth when facing cultural stressors (e.g., discrimination, acculturative stress), and seeks to improve mental health treatment access for Latinx families. Broadly, her research investigates the impact of culturally resilience factors like familism and coping on the development of psychopathology and well-being for minoritized samples. She has published more than 60 peer reviewed papers on these topics. Her research has been funded by NIDA, NIMH, and PCORI. She is currently the Vice President of Programming for the Society of Research on Adolescence. Clinically, she specializes in the provision of therapeutic services to Latinx families, and provides training to providers working with Latinx communities.