Tod S. Porter

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND:

Degrees: Ph.D., Economics, Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York, May 1984

September 1984 to present: Economics Department, Youngstown State University (Department Chair July 1, 1996 to August 21, 2000, and August 20, 2001 to present)

Porter, Tod S.; Teresa M. Riley; and Rochelle L. Ruffer. 2004. "A Review of the Use of Simulations in Teaching Economics." Social Science Computer Review 22 (4): 426-443.

Porter, Tod S. and Teresa M. Riley. 1996. "The Effectiveness of Computer Exercises in Introductory Statistics." The Journal of Economic Education. 27 (4): 291-299.

Porter, Tod S.; Edward Heller; and Teresa M. Riley. 1994. "Good Graphs!" In Valuable Viable Software in Education: Case Studies and Analysis. edited by P. Morris, S. Ehrmann, R. Goldsmith, K. Howat, and V. Kumar, 157-162. New York: McGraw-Hill/Primis.

Porter, Tod S. and Teresa M. Riley.  1992.  "CAI in Economics:  What Happened to the Revolution?"  The Journal of Economic Education. 23 (4):  374-378.

Porter, Tod S. and Teresa M. Riley. 1991. "Developing Good Graphs!" Computers in Higher Education Economics Review. 14 (November): 26-29.

SOFTWARE PUBLICATIONS:

Porter, Tod S. and Kriss Schueller. 2004. MarketSim. Thomson Learning Company.

Porter, Tod S. and Teresa M. Riley. 1997. Tutorial and Graphing Software for Windows. (A set of computer exercises for Economics, 8th by James D. Gwartney and Richard L. Stroup) Harcourt Brace & Co .

Ruffer, Rochelle and Tod S. Porter. 1997. Computer Exercises in Microeconomics. . (A set of spreadsheet and graphical exercises for Intermediate Microeconomics 7th ed. by Walter Nicholson) Harcourt Brace & Co .

Porter, Tod S. and Teresa M. Riley. 1996. Tutorial and Graphing Software for Windows. (A set of computer exercises for Economics, 7th ed., by William Baumol and Alan Blinder) Harcourt Brace & Co.

Porter, Tod S. and Teresa M. Riley. 1996. Tutorial and Graphing Software for Windows. (A set of computer exercises in the Microsoft Windows operating system for Economics, by Alan Stockman) The Dryden Press.

Porter, Tod S. and Teresa M. Riley. 1995. Computer Exercises in Microeconomics. (A set of spreadsheet and graphical exercises for Microeconomic Theory 6th ed. by Walter Nicholson) The Dryden Press.

Porter, Tod S. and Teresa M. Riley. 1995. Tutorial and Graphing Software. (A set of computer exercises for Economics, 7th by James D. Gwartney and Richard L. Stroup) The Dryden Press.

Porter, Tod S. and Teresa M. Riley. 1994. Statistical Exercises. (A set of computer exercises for introductory business statistics courses) West Publishing Co.

Porter, Tod S. and Teresa M. Riley. 1994. Tutorial and Graphing Software. (A set of computer exercises for Economics, 7th ed., by Edwin Dolan and David Lindsey) Dryden Press.

Porter, Tod S. and Teresa M. Riley. 1994. Tutorial and Graphing Software. (A set of computer exercises for Economics, 6th ed., by William Baumol and Alan Blinder) The Dryden Press.

Porter, Tod S. and Teresa M. Riley. 1991. Good Graphs! (A set of computer exercises for Economics, 6th ed., by Edwin Dolan and David Lindsey) The Dryden Press.

Porter, Tod S. and Teresa M. Riley. 1989. Good Graphs! (A set of computer exercises for Principles of Economics by Robert Thomas) The Dryden Press.

Porter, Tod S. and Teresa M. Riley. 1988. Purchases, Production and Prices. (A set of computer exercises for Price Theory and Applications by Steven Landsburg) The Dryden Press.

AWARDS:

1990 EDUCOM/NCRIPTAL Distinguished Software Award for Good Graphs!

PRESENTATIONS:

“Teaching Microeconomic Principles through a Simulated Economy on the Internet”. American Economic Association Meetings. Washington, DC, January 2003. Poster in a workshop sponsored by the Committee on Economic Education.
“A Barter-Based Simulation for Teaching Economics,” American Economics Association Meetings, Atlanta, January 2002.

"The Effectiveness of Computer Exercises in Introductory Statistics", American Economics Association Meetings, 1995

"Using Good Graphs!", American Economics Association Meetings, 1993

"Good Graphs!", Invited demonstration at the symposium "A New Environment for Teaching and Learning: DeBartolo & Beyond!" held at the University of Notre Dame, 1992

Project History