Jeremy Porter
Associate Professor
Sociology
Location: 3608 James Hall
Phone: 718.951.5000 x6599
Fax: 718.951.4639
Email:
Jeremy Porter's Web site
Jeremy R. Porter is an associate professor at the City University of New York and holds appointments in multiple departments and institutes throughout the university. He is jointly appointed at Brooklyn College in the Department of Sociology as well as the Children and Youth Studies Program. He also holds an appointment as doctoral faculty at the CUNY Graduate Center's Ph.D. programs in criminal justice and sociology and is a faculty associate at the CUNY Institute for Demographic Research. He has two interdisciplinary graduate degrees and numerous certifications in the areas of geography, statistics, sociology, demography and dynamic complex systems analysis. CV (via website): https://sites.google.com/site/drjeremyreedporter/
Education:
Postdoctoral Training, Rice University - 2010 (Demography / Statistics)
Ph.D., Mississippi State University - 2008 (Sociology / Statistics / GIS)
M.A., University of Louisville - 2005 (Sociology / GIS Studies)
B.S., University of Louisville - 2004 (Sociology)
Areas of Expertise:
Spatial methods/quantitative analysis, social demography, social inequalities (race / ethnicity / religion), human development, criminology/criminal justice, and urban sociology (segregation).
Books and Publications
Evans, Douglas, Cynthia-Lee Maragh and Jeremy R. Porter. "What Do We know About NYC's Stop and Frisk Program? A Spatial and Statistical Analysis." Advances in Social Science Research 1.2. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2014
Delta Health Alliance, for "Addressing Healthcare Gaps in the Mississippi Delta." Arthur Cosby (principal investigator) with Jeremy R. Porter, Dasha Radin, David Bloom, Diana Bowser, Emily Broad and Heather Hanna. (Grants and Fellowships) 2010
Breaux, Justin, Helen Ho and Jeremy R. Porter. "Understanding Racial and Ethnic Disparity in the Probation Revocation Process." American Society for Criminology. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2012
Howell, Frank M. and Jeremy R. Porter. Spatial Analysis of Social Data: A Beginners Guide. New York: Springer. Under publication contract. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2014
Howell, Frank M., Jeremy R. Porter and Stephen A. Mathews. Recapturing Space: Middle Range Theory in the Analysis of Spatial Data. New York: Springer. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2014
Lindsay, D. Michael, Ariela Schachter, Jeremy R. Porter and David Sorge. "Diversity and Clashes in the Corner Office: Then Chemistry of Conflict." Social Science Research. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2014
Brown, Susannah M. and Jeremy R. Porter. "The Sub-Cultural Effects of Religion on Remarriage among American Women: Evidence from The National Survey of Family Growth." Journal of Divorce and Remarriage 54.2: 142-62. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2013
Chi, Guangqing, Jeremy R. Porter, Arthur Cosby and David Levinson. "A Time-Geography Approach to Understanding the Impact of Gasoline Price Changes on Traffic Safety." Journal of Transportation Geography 28.1: 1-11. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2013
Cosby, Arthur, Kristen Aanstoos, Marrisa S. Matta, Jeremy R. Porter and Wesley L. James.
"Public Support for Deportation: The Effects of Ethnic Prejudice and Perceptions of Economic Competition in a Period of Economic Distress." Journal of Population Research 30.1: 87-96. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2013
Howell, Frank M., Jeremy R. Porter and Brooklynn J. Wynveen. "Unpacking the Domestic Ecological Footprint of the U.S." Sociological Spectrum 33: 197-218. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2013
Porter, Jeremy R. and Elaine H. Ecklund. "Missing Survey Data in Sociological Research:
Recent Trends, Controversial Questions, Active Nonrespondents and Targeted Samples." American Sociologist 43.4: 448-68. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2013
Porter, Jeremy R. and Michael Emerson. "Religiosity and Social Network Diversity: Decomposing the 'Divided by Faith' Theoretical Framework." Social Science Quarterly 94.3: 732-57. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2013
Porter, Jeremy R., Philip B Mason and Frank M. Howell. "Metropolitan Influence and Land Use Conflict in Potential Biomass Crop Production: A Spatial Demographic Analysis." Population Research and Policy Review 32.2: 285-310. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2013
"A Simplified Indicator of Social Well-Being in the United States: Examining the Ecological Impact of Family Formation Within a County-Level Framework." Social Indicators Research 108.3: 421-40. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2012
"Cultural vs. Economic: Re-Visiting the Determinants of Fertility and Spatial Variation at a Sub-National Level in the U.S., 1990 - 2000." International Journal of Business and Social Research 2.6: 91-108. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2012
"Religion AND Politics: Understanding the Effects of Conservative Origins on Contemporary Patterns of Sub-national Relative Human Development." Quality and Quantity 46.5: 1359-76. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2012
Geographical Sociology: The Theoretical Foundations and Methodological Applications in the Sociology of Location. New York: Springer. (Books and Publications: Book) 2012
James, Wesley L. and Jeremy R. Porter. "Spatial Context, Health Infrastructure and Inequality: A Structural Equations Approach to Understanding the Causal Determinants of Race-Specific Mortality Rates." Sociological Spectrum 32.4: 322-45. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2012
Porter, Jeremy R., Nicole Rader and Jeralynn Cossman. "Social Disorganization and Neighborhood Fear: Examining the Intersection of Individual, Community, and County Characteristics." American Journal of Criminal Justice 37: 229-45. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2012
Rader, Nicole, Jeralynn Cossman and Jeremy R. Porter. "Fear of Crime and Vulnerability: Using a National Sample to Examine Two Competing Paradigms." Journal of Criminal Justice 40: 134-41. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2012
Ragsdale, Kathleen, Jeremy R. Porter, Rahel Mathews, Allyn White, Cheryl Gore-Felton and Elizabeth McGarvey. "'Liquor Before Beer, You're in the Clear': Frequent Binging and Other Risk Behaviors Among Fraternity/Sorority Members and Their Non-Greek Peers." The Journal of Substance Use 17.4: 323-39. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2012
Ragsdale, Kathleen, Jeremy R. Porter, Rebecca Read, Allyn White and Janet S. St. Lawrence. "High Risk Drinking and Other Risk Behaviors among U.S. College Women at Two Reporting Intervals: Comparing Spring Break to the 30 Days Prior." Sexuality Research and Social Policy 9.1: 31-40. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2012
"Context, Location and Space: The Continued Development of Our 'Geo-Sociological' Imaginations." The American Sociologist 42.4: 288-302. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2011
"Identifying Spatio-temporal Patterns of Articulated Criminal Offending: An Application Using Phenomenologically Meaningful Police Jurisdiction Geographies." Systems Research and Behavioral Science 28.3: 197-211. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2011
"Plantation Economics, Violence and Social Well-Being: The Lingering Effects of Racialized Group Oppression on Contemporary Human Development." Journal of Human Development and Capabilities. 12.3: 339-66. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2011
Gorman, Bridget K and Jeremy R. Porter. "Social Networks, Gender, and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Hypertension among Older Adults." Population Research and Policy Review 30.6: 885-911. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2011
Wollschleger, Jason and Jeremy R. Porter. "A 'WalMartization' of Religion? The Ecological Impact of Megachurches on the Local and Extra-Local Religious Economy." Review of Religious Research 53.3: 279-99. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2011
Tracking the Mobility of Crime: New Methodologies and Geographies in Modeling the Diffusion of Offending. United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. (Books and Publications: Book) 2010
Howell, Frank M. and Jeremy R. Porter. "Surveys and Geographical Information Systems." Handbook of Survey Research 2nd ed. Eds. Peter V. Marsden and James D. Wright. United Kingdom: Emerald Press. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2010
Howell, Frank M., Jeremy R. Porter, Phil B. Mason and Troy C. Blanchard. "Spatial Contours of Potential Biomass Crop Production: An Extension and Measures of Change." Journal of Rural Social Sciences 25.2: 1-32. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2010
Porter, Jeremy R. "Diversity, Macrosociology and Religious Belonging: Using Mixed-level Models in Examining Spatial Variation and the Closed Community Thesis." Sociological Focus 43.2: 128-49. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2010
Porter, Jeremy R. and Christopher W. Purser. "Social Disorganization, Marriage and Reported Crime: A Spatial Econometrics Examination of Family Formation and Criminal Offending." Journal of Criminal Justice 38.5: 942-50. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2010
Porter, Jeremy R. and Frank M. Howell. "On the 'Urbanness' of Metro Areas: Testing the Homogeneity Hypothesis, 1970-2000." Population Research and Policy Review 28.5: 589-613. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2009
Porter, Jeremy R., Frank M. Howell, Philip B Mason and Troy C. Blanchard. "Existing Biomass Infrastructure and Potential Biomass Production in the U.S." Journal of Maps 2009: 206-18. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2009
Porter, Jeremy R., Frank M. Howell, Philip B Mason and Troy C. Blanchard. "Spatial Clusters of Potential Biomass Production and Existing Bioplant Locations in the U.S." Journal of Maps (map supplement). www.journalofmaps.com. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2009
Porter, Jeremy R., Ronald E. Cossman and Wesley L. James. "Research Note: Imputing Large Group Averages for Missing Data, Using Rural-Urban Continuum Codes for Density Driven Industry Sectors." Journal of Population Research 26.3: 273-78. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2009
"Mapping Human Development at the Sub-national Level: Spatial Contours of Development in the U.S." Journal of Maps 2008: 472-84. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2008
"Spatial Clusters and Contours of Human Development in the U.S." Journal of Maps (map supplement). www.journalofmaps.com. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2008
"The Dynamics of Hispanic Segregation in the Houston Area." Center on Race, Religion and Urban Life Newsletter 2.2: 6. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2008
"Using Structural Equation Modeling to Examine the Relationship Between Political Cynicism and Right-Wing Authoritarianism." Sociological Spectrum 28.1: 36-54. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2008
Porter, Jeremy R. and Christopher W. Purser. "Measuring Relative Sub-National Human Development: An Application of the United Nations' Human Development Index in the U.S." Journal of Economic and Social Measurement 33.4: 253-69. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2008
Porter, Jeremy R. and Susannah M. Brown. "On the Diversity of Friendship and Network Ties: A Comparison of Religious Versus Nonreligious Group Membership in the Rural American South." Southern Rural Sociology 23.1: 271-91. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2008
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University, for "Pain Prevalence and Addictive Behaviors." Arthur Cosby, Marissa S. Matta and Jeremy R. Porter (co-principal investigators). (Grants and Fellowships) 2010
Best Postdoc Paper Award, American Statistical Association, $800. (Awards and Honors) 2009
Invitation and scholarship to attend winter school at the New England Complex Systems Institute, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. $8,670. (Awards and Honors) 2009
American Truckers Association, for "Highway Watch Program." Arthur Cosby (principal investigator) with Tonya Thornton-Neaves, Ronald Cossman, Wesley James, Jeremy Porter, et al. (Grants and Fellowships) 2008
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Department of Sociology, Rice University. (Grants and Fellowships) 2008
Research Fellowship, Geo-Systems Research Institute, Mississippi State University. (Grants and Fellowships) 2008
Research Fellowship, Social Science Research Center, Mississippi State University. (Grants and Fellowships) 2008
United States Department of Energy in conjunction with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, for, "Social Policy Implication of the Emerging Bio-Economy." Frank Howell and Jerry Emmison (principal investigators), with Jeremy R. Porter and Philip B. Mason. (Grants and Fellowships) 2007
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
Chi, Guangqing, Jeremy R. Porter, Arthur Cosby and David Levinson. "A Time Geography Approach to Understanding the Impact of Gasoline Price Changes on Traffic Safety." Traffic Research Board. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2012
Hiropoulos, Alexandra and Jeremy R. Porter. "A Test of Ecological Theories of Criminal Offending in South Africa: Analyzing Spatial Variation of Property Crime." American Society for Criminology. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2012
Hiropoulos, Alexandra and Jeremy R. Porter. "Exploring the Relationship between Land Use, Inequality and Crime Rates in a South African Urban Area." International Conference of Criminal Justice. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2012
Ragsdale, Kathleen and Jeremy R. Porter. "Delta Teen eHealth Focus Group Project: Formative research to enhance teen pregnancy prevention in Mississippi among rural and African American youth through new media/internet technology." American Public Health Association. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2012
"Intersectionalities in Segregation Research: Evidence of Isolation in Our Most Vulnerable Populations." Eastern Sociological Society. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011
Porter, Jeremy R. and Frank M. Howell. "A Spatial Decomposition of Population Redistribution in the United States: A Case Study of Deconcentration in the County Context." Southern Demographic Association. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011
Porter, Jeremy R. and Jason Wollschleger. "Evidence of Within-Denominational Organization Restructuring: Examining the Spatial Impacts of Megachurch Existence on Growth Rates of Evangelical Congregations." Society for the Scientific Study of Religion. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011
Purser, Christopher W., Timothy McClure and Jeremy R. Porter. "Racial Isolation, Racial Threat, and Incarceration Disparities." Southern Sociological Society. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011
Ragsdale, Kathleen, Jeremy R. Porter, Rahel Mathews, Allyn White, Cheryl Gore-Felton and Elizabeth McGarvey."'Liquor before beer, you're in the clear': Frequent Binging and Other Risk Behaviors among Fraternity/Sorority Members and Their non-Greek Peers." American Anthropological Association. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011
Cosby, Arthur, Kristen Anastoos, Marissa M. Matta, Jeremy R. Porter and Wesley L. James. "Increased Support for Deportation and the Economic Recession." Social Science Research Compendium. Mississippi State University. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010
Cosby, Arthur, Kristen Anastoos, Marissa M. Matta, Jeremy R. Porter and Wesley L. James. "The Deportation Dilemma: Understanding Public Opinion and Illegal Immigration." Society for Applied Anthropology. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010
Cosby, Arthur, Kristen Anastoos, Marissa M. Matta, Jeremy R. Porter and Wesley L. James. "The Social Climate for Hispanic Immigration in the United States." Technologico de Monterey. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010
James, Wesley L. and Jeremy R. Porter. "Presenting an Ecological Model for Understanding Variations in Infant Mortality." Mid-South Sociological Association. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010
Porter, Jeremy R. and Jason Wollschleger. "Explaining Variations in the Unequal Effects of Megachurch Influences on Local Religious Affiliations." Society for the Scientific Study of Religion. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2010
"Using Multivariate Spatial Statistics in the Spatio-temporal Modeling of Rate-rased Diffusion Processes: A Replication and Extension of Cohen and Tita's Univariate Method." American Statistical Association. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009
Howell, Frank M. and Jeremy R. Porter. "A Spatial Decomposition of County Population Growth in the United States: Population Redistribution in the Rural-to-Urban Continuum." Population Association of America. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009
Howell, Frank M. and Jeremy R. Porter. "Are Evangelical Christian Academies the Newest White-Flight Schools? A Spatial Demography of Religious Ecology and Education in the U.S." Southern Sociological Society. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009
James, Wesley L. and Jeremy R. Porter. "A Path Analysis Approach to Understanding the Causal Determinants of Race-Specific Mortality." Southern Demographic Association. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009
James, Wesley L. and Jeremy R. Porter. "Spatial Context, Health Infrastructure and Income Inequality: Revisited." Mid-South Sociological Association. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009
Morrison, Emory, Jeremy R. Porter and Derrick Shapley. "Context and the Enduring Racial Divide in Death Penalty Support: A Social-Ecological Analysis." American Sociological Association. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009
Porter, Jeremy R. and Jenifer L. Bratter. "This Is Where My Skin Is My Sin: Skin Color, Ecological Context, and Future Aspirations for Success." Southern Sociological Society. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009
Porter, Jeremy R., Jenifer L. Bratter and Bridget K. Gorman. "Residential Segregation, Inter-group Contact and Black-White Differences in Self-Rated Health." Southern Demographic Association. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009
Porter, Jeremy R., Rachel T. Kimbro and Bridget K. Gorman. "Residential Segregation and Black/White Disparities in the Pathways to Adult Overweight." Southern Demographic Association. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009
Allison, Marissa, Jeremy R. Porter, Lynn M. Hempel and Frank M. Howell. "Gay Bashing: An Ecological Examination of Hate Crimes in the U.S." Southern Sociological Society. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008
Bartkowski, John P., Jeremy R. Porter and Troy C. Blanchard. "Faith in the Lone Star State: The Contours of Texas Religion." Society for the Scientific Study of Religion. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008
Porter, Jeremy R. and Christopher Purser. "Human Development: An Application of the United Nations' Human Development Index at the Sub-National Level." American Sociological Association. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008
Porter, Jeremy R. and Frank M. Howell. "Identifying Spatio-Temporal Patterns of the Diffusion of Place-Level Criminal Offending: An Application of Multivariate Spatial Clustering Techniques." Southern Demographic Association. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008
Porter, Jeremy R. and Frank M. Howell. "Sub-County Crime: Introducing a Place-Level Approach to the Examination of Differences in Urban and Rural Offending." Mid-South Sociological Association. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008
Porter, Jeremy R. and Susannah M. Brown. "'Does Space Matter?': Testing the Protection Hypothesis on the Effect of Marriage on Community Level Social Well-Being Using a Spatial Regression Approach." American Sociological Association. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008
Purser, Christopher W., Timothy McClure and Jeremy R. Porter. "Accounting for Regional Variation in Incarceration Ratios by Race." Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008
Purser, Christopher W., Timothy McClure and Jeremy R. Porter. "Structural Determinants of Regional Variation in Incarceration Ratios by Race." Mid-South Sociological Association. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008
Shapley, Derrick, Emory Morrison and Jeremy Porter. "A Spatial Examination of Poverty in Alabama." Mid-South Sociological Association. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008
Shapley, Derrick, Emory P. Morrison and Jeremy R. Porter. "A Spatial Analysis of Racial Attitudes Within the U.S.: A Geographic Breakdown by Region and County." Mid-South Sociological Association. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008
Howell, Frank M. and Jeremy R. Porter. "Population Redistribution in the Rural-Urban Continuum: A Spatial Decomposition of Growth in the United States." Southern Demographic Association. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007
Howell, Frank M., Jeremy R. Porter and Lynn M. Hempel. "Separate and Unequal: Public School Districts, White-Flight Academies, and the Disinvestment Hypothesis." Southern Sociological Society. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007
Howell, Frank M., Jeremy R. Porter, Phillip B. Mason and Troy B. Blanchard. "Spatial Contours of Potential Biomass Crop Production: An Extension and Measures of Change." Southern Rural Sociological Association. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007
Mason, Philip B., Frank M. Howell and Jeremy R. Porter. "Metropolitan Influence and Land Use Conflict in Potential Biomass Crop Production: A Spatial Demographic Analysis." Southern Demographic Association. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007
Porter, Jeremy R. and Christopher W. Purser. "Human Development at the Sub-National Level: An Application of the United Nations' Human Development Index Using Geographic Information Systems." Mid-South Sociological Association. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007
Porter, Jeremy R. and Frank M. Howell. "On the Urbanicity of Metropolitan Areas: Population and Landuse Change, 1970-1990." Southern Rural Sociological Association. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007
Porter, Jeremy R. and Frank M. Howell. "On the Urbanness of Metropolitan Areas: Testing the Homogeneity Assumption, 1970-2000." Southern Demographic Association. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007
Purser, Christopher W., Timothy McClure and Jeremy R. Porter. "Exploring Regional Variation in Sentencing Disparities: A Structural Explanation." Mid-South Sociological Association. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007
Howell, Frank M. and Jeremy R. Porter. "Spatial Theory & Methods in Rural Sociology." Rural Sociological Society. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006
Porter, Jeremy R., Frank M. Howell and Lynn M. Hempel. "Old Times Are Not Forgotten: The Institutionalization of White-Flight Segregationist Academies in the American South." Mid-South Sociological Association. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006
"Linking Survey Data to GIS." Alabama-Mississippi Sociological Association. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2005
Porter, Jeremy R. and Frank M. Howell. "Identifying White-Flight Segregationist Academies: Experimental Results and Future Prospects." Mid-South Sociological Association. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2005
