An educator at heart, Dr. Porter King served first on the faculty of DePaul University, and then North Park University, in Chicago, where she taught organizational, small group, intercultural, and multicultural communication courses in the undergraduate and graduate programs. She also had the privilege of serving as a visiting professor at the International School of Social Science Research in Tampere, Finland. She currently is a faculty member for the Institute for Management Studies.

Dr. Porter King is an author and has published monographs that explored the dynamics of leadership in the Gullah communities of the Sea Islands. She is also the author of two inspirational books Leading Ladies and Leading Lessons, both published by Augsburg Press. In these books, she challenges traditional notions of leadership that have prevented many women from making significant impacts and offers fresh insight into leadership styles and models that truly transform lives. In 2017, Dr. Porter King and her team published a book of quotes for and by women leaders, entitled, “That’s What She Said! 366 Leadership Quotes by Women.” Her latest book is “Influence Starts with “I”: A Woman’s Guide to Unleashing the Power of Leading From within and Effecting Change Around You.