Department of Political Science


Dr. Peter L. Francia

  • Title: Associate Professor, Ph.D.
  • Office: Brewster A-119
  • Office Phone: (252) 328-6126
  • Fax: (252) 328-4134
  • Email Address: franciap@ecu.edu
  • Teaching Areas: Campaigns and Elections; Interest Groups; Social and Protest Movements; Presidency; Congress; Politics and Film; American National Government
  • Research Interests: Labor Unions and Interest Groups; Campaign Finance; Presidential and Congressional Elections; Political Parties; Politics and Popular Culture

Dr. Francia's Online Materials
Curriculum Vitae
Syllabus, POLS 1010: American National Government
Syllabus, POLS 3011: Interest Group Politics
Syllabus, POLS 3012: Politics Through Film
Syllabus, POLS 3037: Campaigns and Elections
Syllabus, POLS 3050: Theory and Politics of Social and Protest Movements in the United States
Syllabus, POLS 3202: The American Legislature
Syllabus, POLS 3203: The American Executive
Book: The Financiers of Congressional Elections: Investors, Ideologues, and Intimates (Columbia University Press)
Book: The Future of Organized Labor in American Politics (Columbia University Press)
New Book: Conventional Wisdom and American Elections: Exploding Myths, Exploring Misconceptions, Second Edition

Other Faculty
  • Dr. Jody Baumgartner
  • Mr. John Bulow
  • Dr. Rhonda Evans Case
  • Dr. David Conradt
  • Dr. Alethia Cook
  • Dr. Thomas Eamon
  • Dr. Peter Francia
  • Dr. Young Hun Kim
  • Dr. Younhee Kim
  • Dr. Lauriston King
  • Dr. Brad Lockerbie
  • Dr. Marie Olson Lounsbery
  • Dr. William Mangun
  • Dr. Bonnie Mani
  • Dr. Patricia Mitchell
  • Dr. Steve Modlin
  • Dr. Jonathan Morris
  • Dr. William Nicholls
  • Dr. Sharon Paynter
  • Dr. Dursun Peksen
  • Dr. Jalil Roshandel
  • Dr. Carmine Scavo
  • Dr. Maurice Simon
  • Dr. Olga Victorovna Smirnova
  • Dr. Nancy Spalding
  • Dr. Robert (Bob) Thompson
  • Dr. Tinsley Yarbrough
  • Dept. of Political Science, Brewster A-124S, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858