New Project -- Human Caregiving

This is a new CARSS project that emerged out of the Developing Alternatives to Self Interest speaker and seminar series. This project involves the creation of an edited volume, Self-Interest and Beyond: Toward a New Understanding of Human Caregiving. Oxford University has extended a contract to the three editors: Stephanie Brown, Mike Brown,and Louis Penner. The authors below (alphabetical order) have agreed to write chapters on selected topics:

Ellen Berscheid, Psychology, University of Minnesota -- Need for Research on the Caregiving System

Michael Brown, Psychology, Pacific Lutheran University -- Evolutionary Theory of the Caregiving System

Stephanie Brown, General Medicine, University of Michigan -- Evolutionary Theory of the Caregiving System

C. Sue Carter, Psychiatry, University of Illinois, Chicago -- Neuroendocrine basis of bonding and attachment

Jennifer Crocker, Psychology, University of Michigan -- Ego (self) versus ecosystem (other-directed) motivation

Jean Decety, Psychology, University of Chicago -- Empathy and Social Neuroscience

Felicity Harper, Karmanos Cancer Institute and Wayne State University -- Parental Comfort of Children in Traumatic Health Circumstances

Dennis Krebs, Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Canada -- Evolutionary Theories of Altruism and Implications for Motivation

Dacher Keltner, Psychology, University of California, Berkeley -- Social Functions of Emotion

Judy Kullberg, Political Science, Eastern Michigan University -- Implications of caregiving Motivation for National Security

Julian Le Grand, Public Policy, London School of Economics, -- Economic Models that Vary According to Assumptions about Altruism

Mario Mikulincer, Psychology, IDC Herzlyia, Israel -- Attachment History and Prosocial Behavior

Michael Numan, Psychology, Boston College -- neurophysiology of maternal caregiving

Louis Penner, Karmanos Cancer Institute and Wayne State University -- Parental Comfort of Children in Traumatic Health Circumstances

Stephen Porges, Psychiatry, University of Illinois, Chicago -- caregiving and autonomic nervous system development

Stephanie Preston, Psychology, University of Michigan -- Physiological Basis of Empathy

Richard Schultz, Psychology, University of Pittsburg -- Problems of Caregiving in the Context of Suffering

Phillip Shaver, Psychology, University of California, Davis -- Attachment History and Prosocial Behavior

James Swain, Psychiatry, Medical School, University of Michigan

J.D. Singer, Political Science, University of Michigan -- Implications of caregiving Motivation for National Security