Stephen R Porter
Biographic Data
| ID | 3772915 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen R Porter |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen R |
| FAMILY NAME | Porter |
| SIGNATURE | PORTER S R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wesleyan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5474-5126 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 96 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Understanding Orcid adoption among academic researchers
Just over a decade ago, the ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor Identifier) was created to provide a unique digital identifier for researchers around the world. The ORCID has proven essential in identifying individual researchers and their publications, both for bibliometric research analyses and for universities and other organizations tracking the research productivity and impact of their personnel. Yet widespread adoption of the ORCID by in…
Understanding the counterfactual approach to instrumental variables: A practical guide
Understanding Themes in Postsecondary Research Using Topic Modeling and Journal Abstracts
Effects of the Pandemic on Faculty at Public Research Universities
We provide results from the first national survey of research university faculty on the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on research productivity and tenure and promotion plans. Our analytic sample consists of almost 4,000 tenured and tenure-line faculty from 31 research universities. A large majority of faculty report disruptions to research due to the pandemic, with time spent moving instruction online listed as the most common cause (80%), foll…
Agnieszka Sobocinska. Saving the World: Western Volunteers and the Rise of the Humanitarian-Development Complex
Journal Article Agnieszka Sobocinska. Saving the World?: Western Volunteers and the Rise of the Humanitarian-Development Complex. Get access Agnieszka Sobocinska. Saving the World?: Western Volunteers and the Rise of the Humanitarian-Development Complex. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2021. Pp. x, 318. Paper $44.99. Stephen R. Porter Stephen R. Porter University of Cincinnati, US Email: [email protected] Search for other works by this…
Benevolent Empire: U.S. Power, Humanitarianism, and the World's Dispossessed
Stephen Porter's Benevolent Empire examines political-refugee aid initiatives and related humanitarian endeavors led by American people and institutions from World War I through the Cold War, opening an important window onto the "short American century." Chronicling both international relief efforts and domestic resettlement programs aimed at dispossessed people from Europe, Latin America, and East Asia, Porter asks how, why, and with what effect…
A framework for improving the responsiveness of policy through development evaluation
Development evaluation, which prioritizes poverty reduction, potentially can increase the responsiveness of policy to poor people. Power imbalances, however, mean that although development evaluation has the possibility to be an important contributor to poverty reduction efforts, the interests of the poor are often excluded from the process of evaluation. In this article a framework that utilizes principal–agent concepts is detailed and applied, …
The Causal Effect of Faculty Unions on Institutional Decision-Making
The author's goal in this article is to estimate the causal effect of unionization on institutional decision-making, using a national survey of presidents and faculty senate leaders to measure the level of shared governance at 341 public universities in 15 different areas. To handle the endogeneity of faculty unionization, an index of state employee collective bargaining rights is used as an instrument for unionization. Findings indicate that uni…
Who will guard the guardians? Amartya Sen's contribution to development evaluation
An Action Learning process integrated with Sen's Capability Approach can support development agencies to formulate interventions that enhance freedom. The authors show that putting this approach into practice has important implications for the manner in which ‘development’ is undertaken as an ideological project. It may help to examine and challenge those who hold power in development: the guardians. This finding is the result of an emergent Acti…
A Closer Look at Faculty Service: What Affects Participation on Committees
Additional informationNotes on contributorsStephen R. PorterStephen R. Porter is Associate Professor of Research and Evaluation in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Iowa State University
Mixed-Mode Contacts In Web Surveys: Paper is Not Necessarily Better
Journal Article Mixed-Mode Contacts In Web Surveys: Paper is Not Necessarily Better Get access Stephen R. Porter, Stephen R. Porter e-mail:Address correspondence to Stephen R. Porter; e-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Michael E. Whitcomb Michael E. Whitcomb Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 71, Issue 4, Winte…
Student Survey Response Rates across Institutions: Why Do they Vary?
College Major Choice: An Analysis of Person–Environment Fit
Non-response in student surveys: The Role of Demographics, Engagement and Personality
E-mail Subject Lines and Their Effect on Web Survey Viewing and Response
This article investigates the effect of e-mail subject lines on survey viewing and survey response. Using two samples of students (low involvement with the survey sponsor and high involvement with the survey sponsor), the authors tested a variety of combinations of subject lines: the reason for the e-mail contact (survey), the sponsor of the e-mail (Liberal Arts University), a plea for help (request for assistance), and a blank subject line. The …
Multiple surveys of students and survey fatigue
This chapter reviews the literature on survey fatigue and summarizes a research project that indicates that administering multiple surveys in one academic year can significantly suppress response rates in later surveys
E-Mail Contacts: A Test of Complex Graphical Designs in Survey Research
A web survey of high school students was used to understand how the visual design of the e-mail contact affects survey response. Respondents were contacted with one of six e-mail designs that varied by format (text vs. HTML), color of background (white vs. black), and graphical design (simple vs. complex). The results indicate that e-mails with nonwhite backgrounds and complex graphical designs can suppress response rates more than 5 percentage p…
The Impact of Contact Type on Web Survey Response Rates
Journal Article The Impact of Contact Type on Web Survey Response Rates Get access STEPHEN R. PORTER, STEPHEN R. PORTER Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar MICHAEL E. WHITCOMB MICHAEL E. WHITCOMB Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 67, Issue 4, February 2003, Pages 579–588, https://doi.org/10.1086/378964 Published: 01 February 2003
The Fire-raid in the English Civil War
The Social and Economic Structure of an Early Modern Suburb: The Tything at Worcester
IAN ROY, STEPHEN PORTER; The Social and Economic Structure of an Early Modern Suburb: the Tything at Worcester, Historical Research, Volume 53, Issue 128
The Impact of Contact Type on Web Survey Response Rates
Journal Article The Impact of Contact Type on Web Survey Response Rates Get access STEPHEN R. PORTER, STEPHEN R. PORTER Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar MICHAEL E. WHITCOMB MICHAEL E. WHITCOMB Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 67, Issue 4, February 2003, Pages 579–588, https://doi.org/10.1086/378964 Published: 01 February 2003
Mixed-Mode Contacts In Web Surveys: Paper is Not Necessarily Better
Journal Article Mixed-Mode Contacts In Web Surveys: Paper is Not Necessarily Better Get access Stephen R. Porter, Stephen R. Porter e-mail:Address correspondence to Stephen R. Porter; e-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Michael E. Whitcomb Michael E. Whitcomb Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 71, Issue 4, Winte…
E-mail Subject Lines and Their Effect on Web Survey Viewing and Response
This article investigates the effect of e-mail subject lines on survey viewing and survey response. Using two samples of students (low involvement with the survey sponsor and high involvement with the survey sponsor), the authors tested a variety of combinations of subject lines: the reason for the e-mail contact (survey), the sponsor of the e-mail (Liberal Arts University), a plea for help (request for assistance), and a blank subject line. The …
A Closer Look at Faculty Service: What Affects Participation on Committees
Additional informationNotes on contributorsStephen R. PorterStephen R. Porter is Associate Professor of Research and Evaluation in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Iowa State University
E-Mail Contacts: A Test of Complex Graphical Designs in Survey Research
A web survey of high school students was used to understand how the visual design of the e-mail contact affects survey response. Respondents were contacted with one of six e-mail designs that varied by format (text vs. HTML), color of background (white vs. black), and graphical design (simple vs. complex). The results indicate that e-mails with nonwhite backgrounds and complex graphical designs can suppress response rates more than 5 percentage p…
The Fire-raid in the English Civil War
The Social and Economic Structure of an Early Modern Suburb: The Tything at Worcester
IAN ROY, STEPHEN PORTER; The Social and Economic Structure of an Early Modern Suburb: the Tything at Worcester, Historical Research, Volume 53, Issue 128
The Fire-raid in the English Civil War
The Impact of Contact Type on Web Survey Response Rates
Journal Article The Impact of Contact Type on Web Survey Response Rates Get access STEPHEN R. PORTER, STEPHEN R. PORTER Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar MICHAEL E. WHITCOMB MICHAEL E. WHITCOMB Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 67, Issue 4, February 2003, Pages 579–588, https://doi.org/10.1086/378964 Published: 01 February 2003
Multiple surveys of students and survey fatigue
This chapter reviews the literature on survey fatigue and summarizes a research project that indicates that administering multiple surveys in one academic year can significantly suppress response rates in later surveys
E-Mail Contacts: A Test of Complex Graphical Designs in Survey Research
A web survey of high school students was used to understand how the visual design of the e-mail contact affects survey response. Respondents were contacted with one of six e-mail designs that varied by format (text vs. HTML), color of background (white vs. black), and graphical design (simple vs. complex). The results indicate that e-mails with nonwhite backgrounds and complex graphical designs can suppress response rates more than 5 percentage p…
Non-response in student surveys: The Role of Demographics, Engagement and Personality
E-mail Subject Lines and Their Effect on Web Survey Viewing and Response
This article investigates the effect of e-mail subject lines on survey viewing and survey response. Using two samples of students (low involvement with the survey sponsor and high involvement with the survey sponsor), the authors tested a variety of combinations of subject lines: the reason for the e-mail contact (survey), the sponsor of the e-mail (Liberal Arts University), a plea for help (request for assistance), and a blank subject line. The …
Student Survey Response Rates across Institutions: Why Do they Vary?
College Major Choice: An Analysis of Person–Environment Fit
A Closer Look at Faculty Service: What Affects Participation on Committees
Additional informationNotes on contributorsStephen R. PorterStephen R. Porter is Associate Professor of Research and Evaluation in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Iowa State University
Mixed-Mode Contacts In Web Surveys: Paper is Not Necessarily Better
Journal Article Mixed-Mode Contacts In Web Surveys: Paper is Not Necessarily Better Get access Stephen R. Porter, Stephen R. Porter e-mail:Address correspondence to Stephen R. Porter; e-mail: [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Michael E. Whitcomb Michael E. Whitcomb Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 71, Issue 4, Winte…
Who will guard the guardians? Amartya Sen's contribution to development evaluation
An Action Learning process integrated with Sen's Capability Approach can support development agencies to formulate interventions that enhance freedom. The authors show that putting this approach into practice has important implications for the manner in which ‘development’ is undertaken as an ideological project. It may help to examine and challenge those who hold power in development: the guardians. This finding is the result of an emergent Acti…
The Causal Effect of Faculty Unions on Institutional Decision-Making
The author's goal in this article is to estimate the causal effect of unionization on institutional decision-making, using a national survey of presidents and faculty senate leaders to measure the level of shared governance at 341 public universities in 15 different areas. To handle the endogeneity of faculty unionization, an index of state employee collective bargaining rights is used as an instrument for unionization. Findings indicate that uni…
A framework for improving the responsiveness of policy through development evaluation
Development evaluation, which prioritizes poverty reduction, potentially can increase the responsiveness of policy to poor people. Power imbalances, however, mean that although development evaluation has the possibility to be an important contributor to poverty reduction efforts, the interests of the poor are often excluded from the process of evaluation. In this article a framework that utilizes principal–agent concepts is detailed and applied, …
Benevolent Empire: U.S. Power, Humanitarianism, and the World's Dispossessed
Stephen Porter's Benevolent Empire examines political-refugee aid initiatives and related humanitarian endeavors led by American people and institutions from World War I through the Cold War, opening an important window onto the "short American century." Chronicling both international relief efforts and domestic resettlement programs aimed at dispossessed people from Europe, Latin America, and East Asia, Porter asks how, why, and with what effect…
Effects of the Pandemic on Faculty at Public Research Universities
We provide results from the first national survey of research university faculty on the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on research productivity and tenure and promotion plans. Our analytic sample consists of almost 4,000 tenured and tenure-line faculty from 31 research universities. A large majority of faculty report disruptions to research due to the pandemic, with time spent moving instruction online listed as the most common cause (80%), foll…
Agnieszka Sobocinska. Saving the World: Western Volunteers and the Rise of the Humanitarian-Development Complex
Journal Article Agnieszka Sobocinska. Saving the World?: Western Volunteers and the Rise of the Humanitarian-Development Complex. Get access Agnieszka Sobocinska. Saving the World?: Western Volunteers and the Rise of the Humanitarian-Development Complex. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2021. Pp. x, 318. Paper $44.99. Stephen R. Porter Stephen R. Porter University of Cincinnati, US Email: [email protected] Search for other works by this…
Understanding the counterfactual approach to instrumental variables: A practical guide
Understanding Themes in Postsecondary Research Using Topic Modeling and Journal Abstracts
Understanding Orcid adoption among academic researchers
Just over a decade ago, the ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor Identifier) was created to provide a unique digital identifier for researchers around the world. The ORCID has proven essential in identifying individual researchers and their publications, both for bibliometric research analyses and for universities and other organizations tracking the research productivity and impact of their personnel. Yet widespread adoption of the ORCID by in…
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