Richard W. Robins is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of California, Davis.  His research focuses on risk and resilience processes in Mexican-origin families, with an emphasis on mental health problems, antisocial behavior, family stress processes, self-esteem, and personality development.  For the past 10 years, he has served as Director of the California Families Project, an ongoing 15-year longitudinal study of 674 Mexican-origin families.