Dr. Brad Lockerbie is a professor of political science. Prior to joining the faculty at ECU, he was on the faculty at the University of Georgia. He is the author of Do Voters Look to the Future? Economics and Elections published by SUNY Press. He is the co-author (with Jody Baumgartner) of “Maybe it is More than a Joke: Satire, Mobilization and Political Participation” published in Social Science Quarterly.