RESEARCH AREA

Dan Potter is the Director of the Houston Population Research Center at the Kinder Institute for Urban Research at Rice University. In this role, Dan leads the survey work including overseeing the Greater Houston Community Panel (GHCP), a longitudinal, panel study of nearly 10,000 adult residents spread across Fort Bend, Harris, and Montgomery Counties. The GHCP uses quarterly surveys to examine topics like health and well-being, civic engagement and participation, safety and experiences with crime, social connectedness, and financial stability. In addition, the GHCP includes the hallmark Kinder Houston Area Survey, which is the longest running survey study of any major metropolitan area in the country. Dan has previously served as the Senior Director of Research at the Kinder Institute, the Associate Director for Regional Research at the Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC), and has authored journal articles, research reports/briefs, and book chapters. Dr. Potter earned his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Virginia.

RECOMMENDED READING

At the risk of stealing a reading from the class, an article on research-practice partnerships: https://srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/j.2379-3988.2017.tb00089.x