Dr. Judithanne Scourfield McLauchlan is the Frank E. Duckwall Professor of Florida Studies and Founding Director of the Center for Civic Engagement at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg, where she teaches courses in American Government and Public Law. McLauchlan is also the Lead Instructor for the USFSP YMCA Civic Fellows Program, a statewide civics education initiative in partnership with the YMCA Youth in Government Program. McLauchlan was awarded the American Political Science Association and Pi Sigma Alpha's Certificate for Outstanding Teaching in Political Science, USF's Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, the USF Outstanding Faculty Award, the Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Civic Engagement, the Lawson R. McElroy Award for Excellence in Engaged Learning, the Campus Compact Graham Frey Civic Educator Award, AASCU's Burch Award for Faculty Leadership in Civic Engagement, the APSA Craig L. Brians Award for Undergraduate Research and Mentorship, and the USF Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award. Her book Congressional Participation as Amicus Curiae before the U.S. Supreme Court explores how Members of Congress attempt to influence Supreme Court decision-making in specific cases. In addition to her scholarly activities, Professor McLauchlan has extensive experience in American government and politics. McLauchlan worked at the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the White House. A veteran of several presidential campaigns, she has managed statewide operations across the US, from Portland, Maine to Portland, Oregon. McLauchlan was a Fulbright Scholar to Moldova (Constitutional Law, Politics, and the Judicial Process) in 2010, and she was awarded a returning Fulbright to Moldova Summer 2012. In 2017, McLauchlan was awarded a Fulbright to North Macedonia (Rule of Law and Civil Society). And in 2023 McLauchlan returned to Moldova as a Fulbrighter (Democracy and Human Rights)