(Courses taken: GE CLST 21B)

Effectiveness: Professor Porter never really seems to get to a concrete point. He just uses example after example after example -- occasionally throwing a song in there -- and can't just seem to lay out some general conclusions along with those examples.
Difficulty: Not difficult at all.
Concern/Availability: Like the other GE cluster professors, Porter does make himself very available outside of class.
Overall: Professor Porter is great at bringing together a bunch of different examples, quotes, pictures, etc. from all sorts of sources, but his monotonous voice and tendency to run in circles can really tire students out.