Stephen Porges

Scientist and professor (born 1945)

Stephen Porges

Born|

Stephen W. Porges

1945 (age 79–80)

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

Nationality| American
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

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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

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1. ^ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, accessed March 1, 2022
2. ^ Indiana University Bloomington, accessed March 1, 2022
3. ^ Todorov, Alexander; Fiske, Susan; Prentice, Deborah (2011). Social Neuroscience: Toward Understanding the Underpinnings of the Social Mind. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-972406-2.[page needed]
4. ^ Ward, Jamie (2016). The Student's Guide to Social Neuroscience. Psychology Press. ISBN 978-1-317-43918-9.[page needed]
5. ^ Schutt, Russell K.; Seidman, Larry J.; Keshavan, Matcheri S. (2015). Social Neuroscience: Brain, Mind, and Society. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-72897-4.[page needed] Litfin, Karen T.; Berntson, Gary G. (2006). Social Neuroscience: People Thinking about Thinking People. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-03335-0.[page needed]
6. ^ Baron-Cohen, Simon; Tager-Flusberg, Helen; Lombardo, Michael (2013). Understanding Other Minds: Perspectives from Developmental Social Neuroscience. OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-969297-2.[page needed]
7. ^ Cacioppo, Stephanie; Cacioppo, John T. (2020). Introduction to Social Neuroscience. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-16727-5.[page needed]
8. ^ Decety, Jean; Cacioppo, John T. (2011). The Oxford Handbook of Social Neuroscience. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-534216-1.[page needed]
9. ^ "Unlocking the Love Code | Psychology Today".
10. ^ "About". Stephen Porges PhD. Archived from the original on 2025-02-14. Retrieved 2025-02-14.
11. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20241117105221/https://35294a1c-a318-42e9-bbbb-c921fe8635f0.usrfiles.com/ugd/35294a_fc8177af62ef495f9ea1867357720b80.pdf

## External links

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* Stephen Porges web page

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