Stephen W. Porges is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Prior to moving to North Carolina, Professor Porges directed the Brain-Body Center in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he also held appointments in the Departments of Psychology, BioEngineering, and the Program in Neurosocience. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Dr.