Noah Porter Email & Phone Number

* Responsible for establishing in-depth organizational knowledge of USP's Public Health Programs, including official standards, publications, reference standards, pharmacopeial education, verification, and other products and services to facilitate sound decision making.* Conduct, distill, analyze and make recommendations from secondary research to support.

Rockville, MD

Conduct secondary market research into competition, potential partners, other collaborators, new markets, and subsectors. Collect data, performs analysis, summarizes key findings, provides initial recommendations and write reports.

Ethnographic research in retail settings; use of iPAQ to conduct structured interviews, structured observations, ethnographic reports.

Primary duties: conduct structured telephone interviews for a variety of external clients. Additional duties: coding data, structured observations, face-to-face interviews, supervisory & administrative support.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Conduct research and analysis on the use of ICTs to enhance citizen feedback loops (ICT4D).

Geocoding World Bank data as part of Mapping for Results project to better coordinate aid and increase transparency

Geocoding World Bank data as part of Mapping for Results project to better coordinate aid and increase transparency

Conducted social science research (semi-structured interviews, etc.) on contraceptive use; Wrote interview summaries and transcriptions; Participated in debriefing meetings with research team.

Collected data published in country reports for external clients; Met tight timelines and project requirements; Identified and used a variety of existing databases.

Creatively edited films on DVR tapes using Adobe Premier Pro; Created films from video footage for internal and external audiences; Indexed raw video footage from Ecuador; Managed and created department webpages; Assisted faculty with literature review process; Contributed to course development in applied anthropology

Identified qualified reviewers for scientific proposals; Created databases of potential reviewers in a variety of scientific fields; Collected reviewer recommendations in Access database

Conducted semi-structured interviews for mobile pharmacy; Analyzed data and created summaries for publication; Assisted in Hunger Coalition promotions; Conducted research on Hunger Coalition issues

Ph.D., Applied Anthropology

Dissertation titled “Real Challenges, Virtual Challengers: The Democracy for America Movement,” 2007. Received Michael V. Angrosino.

M.A., Applied Anthropology

Thesis titled “Falun Gong in the United States: An Ethnographic Study,” 2003. Received USF Outstanding Master’s Thesis Prize departmental.

B.S., Anthropology

B.S., Anthropology (GPA 3.82, Graduated magna cum laude); Emphasis: Anthropology, English, and Psychology