Joseph McLaughlin
215 204 5059 | jmclau@temple.edu
Joseph P. McLaughlin, Jr., PhD, is director of the Institute for Public Affairs and assistant dean for external affairs for the College of Liberal Arts. He teaches American politics and public policy in the political science department and is director of the Pennsylvania Policy Database Project, a six-university effort to build a comprehensive policy database for the Pennsylvania General Assembly. McLaughlin joined Temple after a long career as a government official and urban lobbyist, working on major policy issues in Philadelphia, Harrisburg, and Washington DC. He earned his bachelor’s degree in English literature from Middlebury (VT) College and masters and doctoral degrees in political science from Temple University.