Jonathan S. Morris

Professor Department of Political Science Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences Phone: 252-328-1067 Email: morrisj@ecu.edu Website: https://politicalscience.ecu.edu/about/faculty-staff/morris/ Areas of expertise: American politics, political communication, political behavior, humor and politics, institutions, quantitative methods, public opinion, U.S. Congress

Brian Massey

Associate Professor School of Communication College of Fine Arts and Communication •    Phone: 252-328-2864 •    Email: masseyb@ecu.edu •    Website: https://communication.ecu.edu/faculty-staff/brian-massey/ Areas of Expertise: news coverage and news-story framing, convergence/online journalism, journalists’ job satisfaction, organizational commitment and professionalization, journalism and organizational change/development, international journalism, communication research methods

Brad Lockerbie


Professor Department of Political Science Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences Phone: 252-328-1066 Email: lockerbieb@ecu.edu Website: http://myweb.ecu.edu/lockerbieb/ Areas of expertise: national elections and voting behavior, presidential nomination contests, public opinion, politics, political forecasting

N. Ruth Gaskins Little


Assistant Professor Director, DrPH – Health Policy, Administration and Leadership Program Department of Public Health Brody School of Medicine Phone: 252-744-3123 Email: littlena@ecu.edu Website: https://public-health.ecu.edu/littlena/ Areas of expertise: health care delivery to underserved populations, access to health care, public health leadership development including personnel and administration, aging and long-term care, substance abuse prevention

Jamie Brown Kruse

Distinguished Professor, Department of Economics Director, Center for Natural Hazards Research Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences Phone: 252-328-5718 Email: krusej@ecu.edu Website: https://economics.ecu.edu/faculty-staff/krusej/ Areas of expertise: risk, health, wind hazard economics; disease management; response to hazards; floods; flooding