Linda Kean

Dean and Professor College of Fine Arts and Communication Phone: 252-328-1511; 252-328-1283 Email: keanl@ecu.edu Website: https://communication.ecu.edu/faculty-staff/linda-kean/ Areas of expertise: Portrayals of race and gender in mass media, health communication and mass media, designing and evaluating mass media campaign, influence of media messages on individual perceptions/attitudes/behaviors

Andrea Kitta

Associate Professor Director of Graduate Studies Department of English Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences Phone: 252-328-2832 Email: kittaa@ecu.edu Website: https://english.ecu.edu/people/faculty/andrea-kitta/ Areas of expertise: Cultural history of vaccination, the anti-vaccination movement, modern medical folklore, folklore of medicine, patient/doctor communication, urban legends, folklore, Slender Man, the supernatural, ghosts

Todd Fraley

Associate Dean, Honors College Director, EC Scholars Award Program Associate Professor School of Communication College of Fine Arts & Communication Phone: 252-737-5083 Email: fraleyt@ecu.edu Areas of expertise: Race and gender in media, race and sports, democratic media, independent media, popular culture

Peter Francia


Professor, Department of Political Science Director, ECU Center for Survey Research Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences Phone: 252-328-6126 Email: franciap@ecu.edu Website: http://myweb.ecu.edu/franciap/francia.html Areas of expertise: campaign finance (money and politics); interest groups (especially labor unions) and protest movements; public opinion and voting behavior; polling and survey research; presidential and congressional elections