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

Ron Cortright


Professor Department of Kinesiology College of Health and Human Performance Phone: 252-737-4678 Email: cortrightr@ecu.edu Areas of expertise: bioenergetics, skeletal muscle metabolism, obesity, diabetes, exercise physiology, skeletal muscle glucose/lipid metabolism, gender/racial differences in metabolism, mitochondria-peroxisomal interactions, exercise (human and rodent models; molecular (in vivo, in vitro), integrative physiology)