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Samuel Curry Porter
PolicyInteractive Research Associate
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University of Oregon
Summary
I have nearly 20 years experience in social scientific survey and qualitative research and analysis.
From 2008 to present, I have served as a research associate with PolictyInteractive, a non-profit research organization located in Eugene, Oregon, conducting in-depth, face-to-face qualitative interviews, analysis and writing on climate change and public policy in Oregon.
At the University of Oregon, I served as adjunct instructor in the Department of Sociology (1998-2002) and in the UO’s Central Oregon Programs in Bend (2010) teaching sociology of religion and environmental sociology; academic adviser in the UO’s Office of Academic Advising (2000-01), and as lead worker and staff interviewer in the UO’s Oregon Survey Research Laboratory (2002-05).
In 2012, I served as a Field Interviewer for the National Public Life Survey sponsored by the University of Michigan and Stanford University, funded by the National Science Foundation and administered by Abt SRBI, a national research organization. In 2010, I served as a Field Interviewer for the National Opinion Research Center on a U.S. Department of Energy Residential Energy Consumption Survey. From 2005 to 2008, I served as Supervisor and Interviewer at Northwest Survey & Data Services in Eugene.
In my Emory University (Atlanta, GA) doctoral dissertation, utilizing empirical methods of in-depth interviews, participant observation and social and ethical analysis of public documents, I join interpretive sociology and descriptive ethics to identify the crucial moral and cultural ideals that inform citizens’ views of the role of the forests in Oregon. I relate these ideals to the institutional and social situations of key constituencies at odds over the forests.
I published a lead article, drawn from my dissertation, in the British peer-reviewed journal, Worldviews. I have another article drawn from my dissertation under review at the Oregon Historical Quarterly. I have published several newspaper op-eds on a range of issues including race, education, religion and politics in the U.S., and ecological politics as well.
A native of Eugene, I graduated from the University of Oregon and hold advanced degrees from the University of California, Santa Barbara and Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia where I earned a Ph.D. in Ethics and Society centering on the sociology of religion, morality and culture. I have one son, Phineas, and one grandson, Enzo.
| Current Institution | University of Oregon |
| Current School | College of Arts and Sciences |
| Department | Sociology |
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| Geographical Focus | |
| Current and Past Advisor(s) | Steven M. Tipton, Robert N. Bellah |
| Birthday | September 25,1952 |
| Address | 4725 West Hillside Drive Eugene Oregon 97405 United States Phone: 541-686-4832 |
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Education
Emory University
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Ph.D.,
Graduate Division of Religion, Department of Ethics & Society
(Aug 1987 - May 1996)
Work Experience
Research Associate
PolicyInteractive
(Jul 2008 - Jun 2012)
Writing and editing surveys in coordination with team; disseminating research findings through writing reports, participating on speaker panels and writing newspaper op-eds; pretesting interview and survey instruments; conducting literature searches; conducting tele-phone and face-to-face in-depth interviews; overseeing mission effectiveness and direction; contributing insights and proposals.
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Publication Summary
Scholarly Articles:
“Millennium Grove: A Signifying Skirmish,” under review Oregon Historical Quarterly.
“‘Beginner’s Mind’: Surviving the Gauntlet of a Thousand Techniques,” University of Oregon’s Teaching Effectiveness/Academic Learning Services Newsletter, Lizard. Fall 1999, No. 50: 3-5.
“The Pacific Northwest Forest Debate: Bringing Religion Back In?” In Worldviews: Environment, Culture, Religion 3 (1) April 1999: 3-32.
Review, The Future of Religion: Secularization, Revival, and Cult Formation by Rodney Stark and William Sims Bainbridge. Journal of the American Academy of Religion 54 (1986): 615-617.
Web Site:
Website on University of California, Berkeley Elliott Professor of Sociology Emeritus Robert N. Bellah’s work. Co-producer (content) with Scott Thumma (technical) in cooperation with Bellah: http://hirr.hartsem.edu/Bellah/index.html. Copyright© Hartford Institute for Religion Research, Hartford Seminary, 2001.
Popular Articles: several on religion, the environment, education, racism, and other matters of common concern in The Register-Guard, Eugene, Oregon; Eugene Weekly, Eugene, Oregon; and The Oregonian, Portland, Oregon.
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