Freda Porter

Freda Porter
Born (1957-10-14) October 14, 1957
Lumberton, NC
Other namesFreda Porter-Locklear
Alma materPembroke State University (BS, 1978)

North Carolina State University (MS, 1981)

Duke University (PhD, 1991)
Scientific career
InstitutionsPorter Scientific, Inc. Lumbee Tribe Enterprises, LLC
Thesis A numerical study of propagation of singularities for semilinear hyperbolic systems
Doctoral advisorMichael Reed

Freda Porter (born 1957), a member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, is an applied mathematician and environmental scientist known as one of the first Native American women to earn a PhD in the mathematical sciences. She is the president and CEO of Porter Scientific, Inc. She is the former president of Lumbee Tribe Enterprises, LLC where her contract wasn't renewed after poor performance in 2022.

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