Heather Porter

Education

Salisbury University, EdD, Curriculum and Instruction: Literacy, 2018
University of South Carolina, MEd, Higher Education & Student Affairs, 2009
Randolph-Macon College, BA, French, Secondary Education, 2007

Areas of Expertise

College and Adult Literacy
Disciplinary Literacy
Postsecondary Learning and Student Success

Selected Publications

Porter, Heather D. (2025) Disciplinary Apprenticeship: A Novice–Expert Case Study. Journal of College Reading and Learning.
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Porter, Heather D., Kim, Koomi, Franzak, Judith K. and MacDonald, Katherine (2020) Reframing and Repositioning College Readers’ Assumptions About Reading Through Eye Movement Miscue Analysis. vol. 63. no. 5. pp. 519-528. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy.
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Porter, Heather D. (2020) A terminological study of peer education in higher education. College Reading & Learning Association.
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Porter, Heather D. (2018) Constructing an Understanding of Undergraduate Disciplinary Reading: An Analysis of Contemporary Scholarship. vol. 48. no. 1. pp. 25-46. Journal of College Reading and Learning.
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Franzak, Judith K., Porter, Heather D. and Harned, Courtney Poulson We’re rural, not dumb: An examination of literacy sponsorship. vol. 15. no. 2. Journal of Language and Literacy Education.
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Current Courses
Summer 2025
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Fall 2025
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Professional Memberships
Presentations

Defining student success in doctoral education.

October 2024

Carnegie Project for the Education Doctorate Annual Convening, Honolulu, Hawaii

The promise of doctoral research for effective literacy instruction across diverse contexts

June 2024

European Conference on Literacy & Panhellenic Literacy Conference , Crete, Greece

The leisure reading habits of adults: A literature review.

December 2023

Literacy Research Association Conference, Atlanta, GA
Service Activities and Community Relations
Press Releases
1. SU Helping High School Students Prepare for Next Step
  Tuesday, April 13, 2021
2. Seidel Faculty Selected For Prestigious Editorship
  Friday, June 26, 2020
3. SU Announces 2019-2020 Assessment Fellows Cohort
  Wednesday, June 05, 2019
4. Seidel School Faculty Celebrate Successes
  Monday, February 18, 2019
5. SU Celebrates First Doctor of Education Graduates
  Tuesday, May 22, 2018
6. SU's Porter Honored with Outstanding SI Support Award
  Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Employee Recognition
- Employee of the Month October 2014

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