Jonathan Engel
Professor
Marxe School of Public and International Affairs
Department: Public Affairs
Areas of expertise:
Email Address: jonathan.engel@baruch.cuny.edu
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Jonathan Engel conducts research in the historical evolution of U.S. health and social welfare policy. His books are Doctors and Reformers: Discussion and Debate on Health Policy, 1925-1950 (University of South Carolina Press, 2002); Poor People’s Medicine: Medicaid and U.S. Charity Care Since 1965 (Duke University Press, 2006); The Epidemic: A History of AIDS (Smithsonian Books, 2006); American Therapy: The Rise of Psychotherapy in the United States (Gotham Books of Penguin/Putnam, 2008); Unaffordable: American Healthcare from Johnson to Trump (University of Wisconsin, 2017); Fat Nation: Obesity in America Since 1945 (Rowman & Littlefield, 2018), and Transforming American Science: Universities, the Government, and the Cold War (Routledge, 2023) His current project is a history of the debates surrounding the anti-poverty programs promulgated in the 1960s, with particular focus on the contributions of Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Sargent Shriver, and Robert F. Kennedy.
Dr. Engel teaches courses in the research methods sequence as well as in the health policy concentration
He received his B.A. from Harvard in the history of science in 1986, his MBA from the Yale School of Management in 1991, and his Ph.D. in the history of medicine and science from Yale Graduate School in 1994.
Education
Ph.D., History of Medicine and Science, Yale University
M.B.A., Acct. & Information Systems, Yale School of Management
AB, History and Science, Harvard College
Semester | Course Prefix | Course Number | Course Name |
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Spring 2024 | PAF | 9730 | Comparative Health Systems |
Spring 2024 | PAF | 9317 | Research for the Educational A |
Fall 2023 | PAF | 9715 | Health Care Policy |
Fall 2023 | PAF | 9317 | Research for the Educational A |
Fall 2023 | PAF | 9270 | Data Collection and Descriptio |
Summer 2023 | PAF | 9270 | Data Collection and Descriptio |
Spring 2023 | PAF | 9799 | Sel Topics Health Policy |
Spring 2023 | PAF | 9317 | Research for the Educational A |
Fall 2022 | PAF | 9730 | Comparative Health Systems |
Fall 2022 | PAF | 9270 | Data Collection and Descriptio |
Fall 2022 | PAF | 9715 | Health Care Policy |
Spring 2022 | PAF | 9172 | Research and Analysis II |
Fall 2021 | PAF | 9172 | Research and Analysis II |
Fall 2021 | PAF | 9172 | Research and Analysis II |
Fall 2021 | PAF | 9170 | Research and Analysis I |
Fall 2021 | PAF | 9735 | Health Politics & Policymaking |
Spring 2020 | PAF | 9172 | Research and Analysis II |
Spring 2020 | PAF | 9172 | Research and Analysis II |
Fall 2019 | PAF | 9172 | Research and Analysis II |
Fall 2019 | PAF | 9730 | Comparative Health Systems |
Fall 2019 | PAF | 9799 | Sel Topics Health Policy |
Spring 2019 | PAF | 9735 | Health Politics & Policymaking |
Spring 2019 | PAF | 9735 | Health Politics & Policymaking |
Spring 2019 | PAF | 9172 | Research and Analysis II |
Fall 2018 | PAF | 9730 | Comparative Health Systems |
Fall 2018 | PAF | 9172 | Research and Analysis II |
Summer 2018 | PAF | 9172 | Research and Analysis II |
Spring 2018 | PAF | 9170 | Research and Analysis I |
Spring 2018 | PAF | 9735 | Health Politics & Policymaking |
Fall 2017 | PAF | 9317 | Research for the Educational A |
Fall 2017 | PAF | 9730 | Comparative Health Systems |
Summer 2017 | PAF | 9172 | Research and Analysis II |
Spring 2017 | PAF | 9735 | Health Politics & Policymaking |
Spring 2017 | PAF | 9735 | Health Politics & Policymaking |
Spring 2017 | PAF | 9172 | Research and Analysis II |
Fall 2016 | PAF | 9730 | Comparative Health Systems |
Fall 2016 | PAF | 4402 | Survey Research Practicum |
Summer 2016 | PAF | 9172 | Research and Analysis II |
Spring 2016 | PAF | 9172 | Research and Analysis II |
Spring 2016 | PAF | 9735 | Health Politics & Policymaking |
Spring 2016 | PAF | 4402 | Survey Research Practicum |
Fall 2015 | PAF | 9172 | Research and Analysis II |
Fall 2015 | PAF | 4402 | Survey Research Practicum |
Fall 2015 | PAF | 9735 | Health Politics & Policymaking |
Summer 2015 | PAF | 9172 | Research and Analysis II |
Spring 2015 | PAF | 9172 | Research and Analysis II |
Spring 2015 | PAF | 9735 | Health Politics & Policymaking |
Fall 2014 | PAF | 9172 | Research and Analysis II |
Fall 2014 | PAF | 9735 | Health Politics & Policymaking |
Fall 2014 | PAF | 9172 | Research and Analysis II |
Spring 2014 | PAF | 9715 | Health Care Policy |
Spring 2014 | PAF | 9172 | Research and Analysis II |
Fall 2013 | PAF | 9730 | Comparative Health Systems |
Fall 2013 | PAF | 9172 | Research and Analysis II |
Spring 2013 | PAF | 9735 | Health Politics & Policymaking |
Spring 2013 | PAF | 9170 | Research and Analysis I |
Spring 2013 | PAF | 9170 | Research and Analysis I |
Fall 2012 | PAF | 9172 | Research and Analysis II |
Fall 2012 | PAF | 9172 | Research and Analysis II |
Fall 2012 | PAF | 9999 | Ind Study In PAF |
Fall 2012 | PAF | 9735 | Health Politics & Policymaking |
Spring 2012 | PAF | 9735 | Health Politics & Policymaking |
Spring 2012 | PAF | 5001 | Independent Study PAF II |
Spring 2012 | PAF | 9195 | Public Affairs Internship |
Fall 2011 | PAF | 9195 | Public Affairs Internship |
Fall 2011 | PAF | 9730 | Comparative Health Systems |
Summer 2011 | PAF | 9799 | Sel Topics Health Policy |
Spring 2011 | PAF | 9999 | Ind Study In PAF |
Spring 2011 | PAF | 9140 | Budgeting and Financial Analys |
Spring 2011 | PAF | 5452 | Public Affairs Internship |
Spring 2011 | PAF | 5000 | Independent Study PAF I |
Spring 2011 | PAF | 5000 | Independent Study PAF I |
Spring 2011 | PAF | 9999 | Ind Study In PAF |
Fall 2010 | PAF | 9735 | Health Politics & Policymaking |
Summer 2010 | PAF | 9999 | Ind Study In PAF |
Fall 2009 | PAF | 9198 | Public Affairs Workshop |
Fall 2009 | PAF | 9710 | Health And Health Care |
Books
Engel, J. (2023). Transforming American Science: Universities, the Government, and the Cold War. (p. 350). London, Routledge.
Engel, J. (2018). Fat Nation: Obesity in America. New York, NY, Rowman and Littlefield.
Engel, J. (2018). Unaffordable: American Healthcare from Johnson to Trump. (p. 350). Madison, WI, University of Wisconsin.
Engel, J. (2018). Unaffordable: American Healthcare from Johnson to Trump. Madison, WI, University of Wisconsin Press.
Engel, J. (2008). American Therapy: The Rise of Psychotherapy in the United States. New York, NY, Gotham Books of Penguin/Putnam.
Engel, J. (2006). Poor People's Medicine: Medicaid and American Charity Care since 1965. Durham, NC, Durham: Duke University Press.
Engel, J. (2006). The Epidemic: A Global History of AIDS. New York, NY, Smithsonian Press of HarperCollins.
Engel, J. (2002). Doctors and Reformers: Discussion and Debate over Health Policy 1925-1950. Columbia, SC, University of South Carolina Press.
Journal Articles
Engel, J. (2000). "The Lost Way: Community Mental Health Care in Maryland, 1960-1975". Maryland Historical Magazine, 95(4). 447-477.
(1999). "The Origins of Deinstitutionalization in Maryland". Maryland Historian, 446-477.
Engel, J. (1995). "Early Psychiatry at Yale: Milton C. Winternitz and the Founding of the Department of Psychiatry and Mental Hygiene". Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine, 67. 33-47.
Book Chapters
Engel, J. (2018). Private Health Insurance in the 20th Century. In Schafer, J. (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of American Medical History New York, NY. Oxford University Press.
Engel, J. (2017). "Follow the Money". In Nickitas, D., Middaugh, D., & Aries, N. (Eds.), Policy and Politics for Nurses and Other Health Professionals: Advocacy and Action Sudbury, MA. Jones and Bartlett.
Engel, J. (1996). "The Atomic Energy Commission's Radioisotope Program". The Human Radiation Experiments: Report of the President's Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments (pp. 172-195). New York, NY. Oxford University Press.
Presentations
Engel, J. (2014, January 31). The ACA: Machinations and Legerdemain. Annual Meeting. Washington DC: AHA.
Engel, J. (2011, July 31). Understanding the Affordable Care Act. Conference on Sustainatble Development. : Cape Bretton University.
Engel, J. (2010, November 30). The New York AIDS Epidemic in Historical Context. The History of AIDS: 20 Years Later. : Greenwich Village LGBT Center.
Engel, J. (2010, October 31). . Elizabeth Hughes and the Discovery of Insulin. : New York Historical Society.
Engel, J. (2009, November 30). New Development in Medicaid Reform. : New York Academy of Medicine.
Engel, J. (2006, December 31). "The Real Story on AIDS". World AIDS Day. : Office of Student Health, Seton Hall University.
Engel, J. (2006, January 31). "Where Did This Hospital Come From". New York: Mount Sinai Medical School.
Engel, J. (2005, November 30). "Revisiting the Schiavo Case: Consequences for Bioethics". : South Orange/Maplewood Adult School.
Engel, J. (2005, February 14). "Judaism and Bioethics". South Orange, New Jersey: Congregation Oheb Shalom.
Engel, J. (2001, February 7). "The Future of Longterm Care". : Daughters of Israel Longterm Care Facility.
Engel, J. (2000, July 16). 'Market Flaws in Health Delivery Today". Colloquium of Deans of New Jersey Nursing Schools. South Orange, NJ
Engel, J. (1999, May 31). "A New Look at the Committee on the Costs of Medical Care". New Brunswick, NJ: American Association for the History of Medicine.
Engel, J. (1996, October 31). "Community Mental Health in New Jersey in an Age of Managed Care". Governing in the Northeast Corridor: Challenges and Solutions. Princeton, NJ: American Society for Public Administration (regions 1, 2, and 4).
Engel, J. (1996, June 14). "Managed Care and the Benefits Community: A Policy Perspective". Managed Care: A Cure for Our Ills?. Edison, NJ: International Society for Certified Employee Benefits Specialists ( Northern New Jersey Chapter).
Engel, J. (1996, June 5). "Medicaid Managed Care: Experiences of the States". Managed Care and Community-Based Organizations: Impacts and Opportunities. South Orange, NJ: American Society for Public Administration.
Engel, J. (1995, November 19). "Managed Care and Public Hospital: What Will Become of the Poor?". Whippany, NJ: Maimonides Society of Northern New Jersey.
Engel, J. (1995, November 6). "Managed Mental Health Care: Lessons for teh Publics Sector". Washington D.C.: Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management.
Other Scholarly Works
Engel, J. (1998). Healthcare Status and Needs Assessment for Essex and Union Counties 1997-1998.
Engel, J. (1998). HIV/AIDS Needs Assessment for Newark Eligible Metropolitan Area 1997-1998.
Engel, J. (1998). "The Impact of Managed Care Medicaid Reimbursement on Primary and Specialty Practice Patterns in New Jersey, 1996-1998".
Engel, J. (1997). Healthcare Status and Needs Assessment for Essex and Union Counties 1996-1997.
Engel, J. (1996). HIV/AIDS Needs Assessment for Newark Eligible Metropolitan Area 1995-1996.
Honor / Award | Organization Sponsor | Date Received | Description |
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President's Teaching Award | Seton Hall University | 1996 | 1995-1996 |
Magna cum laude | Harvard College | 1987 |
Department
Committee Name | Position Role | Start Date | End Date |
---|---|---|---|
MPA Review Committee | Committee Member | 1/1/2019 | Present |
Personnel and Budget Committee | Committee Member | 1/1/2017 | Present |
Faculty Research Committee | Committee Member | 1/1/2017 | 12/31/2019 |
Graduate Admissions Committee | Committee Member | 9/1/2008 | 7/31/2017 |
Faculty Research Committee | Committee Chair | 7/1/2015 | 6/30/2017 |
Academic Standards Committee | Committee Member | 9/1/2012 | 7/31/2016 |
Search Committee, Luciano Chair of Health Policy | Committee Chair | 10/1/2014 | 4/30/2015 |
Search Committee, Asst. Prof. of Higher Ed Administration | Committee Member | 10/1/2013 | 3/31/2014 |
Marxe Faculty | Secretary | 1/1/2012 | 12/31/2013 |
Search Committee, Asst. Prof. of Finance | Committee Chair | 11/1/2012 | 3/31/2013 |
Search Committee, Director of Office of Executive Programs | Committee Chair | 1/1/2010 | 12/31/2010 |
College
Committee Name | Position Role | Start Date | End Date |
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Executive Committee | Committee Member | Present | |
Executive Committee | Attendee, Meeting | Present | |
Personnel and Budget Committee | Committee Member | Present | |
MPA Review Committee | Committee Member | Present | |
CARC | Attendee, Meeting | Present | |
School P&B Committee | Committee Member | 12/31/2020 | |
Assessment Committee, Learning Goal 3 | Committee Member | 12/31/2019 | |
Weissman Faculty Representative | 12/31/2019 | ||
Honors Admissions Committee | Committee Member | 12/31/2019 | |
Faculty Research Committee | Committee Member | 12/31/2019 | |
Public Affairs Week Planning Committee | Committee Chair | 12/31/2018 | |
Search Committee, Assoc. Director Schwartz Institute | Committee Chair | 12/31/2017 | |
Graduate Admissions Committee | Committee Member | 7/31/2017 | |
Faculty Research Committee | Committee Chair | 6/30/2017 | |
Search Committee, OAP Advisor | Committee Chair | 12/31/2016 | |
Admissions Committee | Committee Member | 12/31/2016 | |
National Urban Fellows | Faculty Advisor | 12/31/2016 | |
Academic Standing Committee | Committee Member | 12/31/2016 | |
Academic Standards Committee | Committee Member | 7/31/2016 | |
Search Committee, Luciano Chair of Health Policy | Committee Chair | 4/30/2015 | |
Search Committee, Asst. Prof. of Higher Ed Administration | Committee Member | 3/31/2014 | |
Marxe Faculty | Secretary | 12/31/2013 | |
Search Committee, Asst. Prof. of Finance | Committee Chair | 3/31/2013 | |
Search Committee, Director of Office of Executive Programs | Committee Chair | 12/31/2010 |
Professional
Organization | Position Role | Organization State | Organization Country | Start Date | End Date | Audience |
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American Historial Review | Reviewer, Book | 1/1/2013 | Present | |||
Milbank Quarterly | Reviewer, Journal Article | 1/1/2012 | Present | |||
Columbia University Press | Reviewer, Book | 1/1/2010 | Present | |||
Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law | Reviewer, Book | 1/1/2005 | Present | |||
Social History of Medicine | Reviewer, Journal Article | 1/1/2004 | Present | |||
Journal of the History of Biology | Reviewer, Journal Article | 1/1/2002 | Present | |||
Journal of the History of Medicine | Reviewer, Journal Article | 1/1/2002 | Present | |||
Temple University Press | Reviewer, Book | 1/1/1999 | Present | |||
Delmar Press | Reviewer, Book | 1/1/1996 | Present | |||
NIH "Works in Health Scholarship" Program | Reviewer, Grant Proposal | 1/1/2004 | 12/31/2009 |