Dr. Peter Francia attended the 2017 American Political Science Association’s annual conference in San Francisco (August 31-September 3). As a member of the American Political Science Association’s Committee on the Status of Contingent Faculty in the Profession, Francia gave a talk at the conference that addressed labor and educational concerns regarding the dramatic increases in the hiring of non-tenured and non-tenure-track faculty in universities and colleges nationwide. Francia, who co-authored the book, The Financiers of Congressional Elections, also served as a discussant on the panel entitled, “Donors and Spenders in U.S. Elections.”
Dr. Francia is the Director of the new THCAS Center for Survey Research.