Stephen Porges
Stephen Porges | |
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| Born | Stephen W. Porges 1945 (age 80–81) New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States |
| Alma mater | Drew University (BA) Michigan State University (MA, PhD) |
| Known for | Polyvagal theory |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychology |
| Institutions | Indiana University, University of North Carolina |
Stephen W. Porges (born 1945) is an American psychologist. He is the Professor of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[1] Porges is currently the Director of the Kinsey Institute Traumatic Stress Research Consortium at Indiana University Bloomington,[2] which studies trauma.
He was previously a professor at the University of Illinois Chicago, where he was director of the Brain-Body Center at the College of Medicine, and at the University of Maryland.[citation needed]
He proposed the still-unproven polyvagal theory in 1994, which is not endorsed by current social neuroscience.[3][4][5][6][7][8]
Porges is currently a psychologist with interests in cranial nerve responses, particularly as they relate to both humans and animals.
Personal life
[edit | edit source]He is married to scientist C. Sue Carter,[9] and has two children: Eric Carter Porges and Seth Porges. Porges received a Bachelor of Arts from Drew University in Psychology. Later, Porges received a Master of Arts and PhD in Psychology from Michigan State University.[10][11]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, accessed March 1, 2022
- ^ Indiana University Bloomington, accessed March 1, 2022
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External links
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