Terri Susan Fine, Ph.D., is professor emeritus of political science and associate director emeritus of the Lou Frey Institute at the University of Central Florida. Her passion for civic education stems from her belief that informed citizenship best supports civil society. Her teaching experience includes American government and politics, civil rights, religion and politics, women and politics, voting and elections, and U.S. constitutional ideals. Her Lou Frey Institute work supports middle and high school social studies teachers as they navigate Florida’s civic education and civic literacy requirements. She also served as the civics consultant to the Florida Commissioner of Education Task Force on Holocaust Education. In addition to receiving 10 UCF teaching awards, she also received two statewide awards from the Florida Council for the Social Studies and two community relations awards from the Jewish Federation of Greater Orlando.