Anthony D. Mancini, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and an associate professor of psychology at Pace University. His studies include psychological resilience, individual differences in stress responses, and social processes’ role in adaptation to acute stress. His work has examined the Virginia Tech campus shootings, the 9/11 terrorist attacks, military deployment, traumatic injury, bereavement, having a child, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Mancini has argued that acute adversity can directly improve, in some cases, psychological functioning, a phenomenon he describes as “psychosocial gains from adversity.” He is the principal investigator on a four-year National Institutes of Health grant to study the psychological, social, and economic aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, Mancini serves as the chief editor of Anxiety, Stress & Coping, a Taylor & Francis Group journal. His work has been featured in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Deseret News, The Mercury News, and other outlets. Mancini has published over 60 journal articles and book chapters.