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Dr. Bryan Porter has been a faculty member in psychology with Old Dominion University since 1996. He is actively engaged in injury control and public health psychology research. His approach follows principles of behavioral community psychology to identify problem behaviors affecting communities, develop and evaluate interventions to address those problems, and work with partners in government and other fields to disseminate sustainable programs to
maintain behavior change gains.
Most of Dr. Porter's work is in traffic psychology. His research has been used to understand and change red light running, tailgating, unsafe walking, and not wearing safety belts. He has also studied environmental behaviors and fire safety. Recently he has become interested in differences between rural and urban communities' adoptions of safe driving behaviors.
Explore the links from this site to learn more about Dr. Porter's research, teaching, and service activities. He welcomes the opportunity to find new research partners and encourage students to consider how psychology can be applied to make meaningful changes in their communities.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Bryan E. Porter, Ph.D.
Professor & Ph.D. Graduate Program Director (Applied Experimental / Human Factors / Industrial-Organizational)
Department of Psychology
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, Virginia, 23529-0267
U.S.A.
757.683.4458
bporter@odu.edu
maintain behavior change gains.
Most of Dr. Porter's work is in traffic psychology. His research has been used to understand and change red light running, tailgating, unsafe walking, and not wearing safety belts. He has also studied environmental behaviors and fire safety. Recently he has become interested in differences between rural and urban communities' adoptions of safe driving behaviors.
Explore the links from this site to learn more about Dr. Porter's research, teaching, and service activities. He welcomes the opportunity to find new research partners and encourage students to consider how psychology can be applied to make meaningful changes in their communities.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Bryan E. Porter, Ph.D.
Professor & Ph.D. Graduate Program Director (Applied Experimental / Human Factors / Industrial-Organizational)
Department of Psychology
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, Virginia, 23529-0267
U.S.A.
757.683.4458
bporter@odu.edu