Professional Interests

History of America’s healthcare system and the evolution of state and federal health policy, AIDS, mental health, psychotherapy, Medicaid, poverty medicine, and national health reform

Selected Publications

• Engel J. American Therapy: The Rise of Psychotherapy in the United States. New York: Penguin Group (USA), 2008. Print.
• Engel J. The Epidemic: [a Global History of AIDS]. New York: Smithsonian /Collins, 2006. Print.
• Engel J. Poor People's Medicine: Medicaid and American Charity Care since 1965. Durham: Duke UP, 2006. Print.
• Engel J. Doctors and Reformers: Discussion and Debate over Health Policy, 1925-1950. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina, 2002. Print.
• Engel J. “Follow the Money,” in Donna Nickitas, Donna Middaugh, and Nancy Aries, eds, Policy and Politics for Nurses and Other Health Professionals: Advocacy and Action (Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2010).
• Engel J. “The Lost Way:  Community Mental Health Care in Maryland, 1960-1975,” Maryland Historical Journal. Winter, 2000.

Education

• PhD, Yale University Graduate School, Yale University
• MBA, Yale School of Management, Yale University