Archana Hegde

Associate ProfessorEarly Childhood EducationDepartment of Human Development & Family ScienceCollege of Health and Human Performance Phone: 252-737-5712 Email: hegdea@ecu.edu Areas of expertise: Early childhood care and education (international and national perspectives), issues related to quality child care, teacher professional development and early childhood mental health

Bernice Dodor

Associate Professor Family and Consumer Sciences Human Development and Family Science College of Health and Human Performance Phone: 252-737-2418 Email: dodorb@ecu.edu Areas of expertise: obesity and related health behaviors, religiosity, personal finance management, parent-child education, immigrant families

Priti P. Desai

Associate Professor, Child Life Department of Human Development and Family Science College of Health and Human Performance Phone: 252-328-2866 Email: desaip@ecu.edu Areas of expertise: psychological needs of hospitalized children, international perspectives in psychosocial care for children in health care settings, medical specialty camps for children with heart defects, academic and clinical child life experiences, diversity … Read more

Sharon Ballard

Associate Professor and Department Chair Department of Human Development and Family Science College of Health and Human Performance Phone: 252-328-4220 Email: ballards@ecu.edu Website: https://scholars.ecu.edu/display/F70072754 Areas of expertise: sexuality education, parent education, program development and evaluation, family life education

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)

Stacey Altman

Associate Professor Department of Kinesiology College of Health and Human Performance Phone: 252-328-2973 Email: altmans@ecu.edu Areas of expertise: legal aspects of operating organizations in sport, recreation and physical activity settings; constitutional law and land use law as it applies to sport and physical activity settings; Title IX, equity, diversity/inclusion in sport applications