Professor Peter L. Francia is director of the Center for Survey Research and professor of political science at East Carolina University. He earned his Ph.D. (Government and Politics) from the University of Maryland in 2000. His research focuses on campaign finance, interest groups, and public opinion. Francia is author or co-author of two Columbia University Press books, The Financiers of Congressional Elections: Investors, Ideologues, and Intimates and The Future of Organized Labor in American Politics, as well as multiple editions of Conventional Wisdom and American Elections: Exploding Myths, Exploring Misconceptions, published by Rowman & Littlefield. His work extends into polling as well. Along with Jonathan S. Morris, he helped found the ECU Poll, which conducts polls of elections for president, senate, and governor in multiple states across the nation. Outside of work, Francia is a die-hard fan of the New York Yankees, New York Giants, and New York Knicks.
