Dr. Francene Engel received her PhD in political science from the University of Southern California. She has taught courses in American constitutional law, civil rights and liberties, constitutional theory, women and the law, and American government at the University of Maryland, the University of Michigan, Baylor University, and the University of Southern California. She was also a Fulbright Scholar teaching in Poitiers, France.

Dr. Engel has worked in civic and history assessments, including the National Assessment of Educational Progress Exam in Civics. She has served as a civics education consultant for the Maryland State Department of Education, Virginia Civics, James Madison’s Montpelier, George Washington’s Mount Vernon, Educational Testing Services, the American Institutes for Research, and the Center of Civic Education.

She enjoys the challenge of making complex constitutional issues understandable to everyone.

The Center for Civic Education is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to promoting an enlightened and responsible citizenry committed to democratic principles and actively engaged in the practice of democracy in the United States and other countries. The Center's programs are designed to provide students with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions they need to be informed and engaged citizens.