Blace Nalavany

Associate Professor School of Social Work College of Health and Human Performance Phone: 252-737-2053 Email: nalavanyb@ecu.edu Website: https://hhp.ecu.edu/faculty/nalavany/ Areas of expertise: Childhood sexual abuse with an emphasis on males with histories of sexual abuse, children and adults with learning disabilities, adopted children with special needs, issues related to children and their families

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

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