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Professional Prep/Appointments :

• Ellsworth High School, Minnisota 1964
• B.S. Psycology, St. Johns University 1968
• Ph.D. Psycology, University of Minnisota, 1978

Research Interests :

• Cultural diversity in family values, structures and functions
• Family life education and counseling
• Incarcerated parents and their children
• Companion animals (pets) as family resources

Selected Recent Publications :

• Engel, J. W. (2008). Family life education from a distance, from two US land grant universities. In Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on Education (CD ROM, ISSN # 1541-5880), 4925-4930.
• Engel, J., Hu, A., & Yuen, S. (2007). Factors influencing frequency of visits between incarcerated mothers and their children. In Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences (CD ROM, ISSN # 1539-7300), 751-759.
• Engel, J. W. (2006). Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1974. In J. C. Super (Ed.), The Seventies in America (Vol. I, p. 188). Pasadena CA: Salem Press.
• Hu, A., Engel, J., & Yuen, S. (2006). Children of incarcerated women: A Hawaii sample. In Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences (CD ROM, ISSN # 1539-7300), 586-596.
• Yuen, S., Hu, A., & Engel, J. (2005). A Profile of Hawaiian and Non-Hawaiian women incarcerated in a community residential transition program. Hulili: Multidisciplinary Research on Hawaiian Well-Being, 2(1), 97-110.
• Engel, J. W. (2004). [Review of the book Global perspectives in family therapy]. Family Relations, 53(4), 414-415.
• Engel, J. W. (2003). Sexuality and gender in families and close relationships (2PndP Ed.). Minneapolis: University of Minnesota, Independent and Distance Learning.
• Engel, J. W. (2002). Pairbonding. In C. W. Hoagstrom (Ed.), Magill’s Encyclopedia of Science: Animal Life (pp. 1191-1193). Pasadena CA: Salem Press.
• Engel, J. W. (2000). Pets. In P. Roberts (Ed.). Aging (Vol. II, pp. 597-600). Pasadena CA: Salem Press.
• Engel, J. W. (2000, November). The family pet as a resource in elder care. Paper presented at the annual conference of the National Council on Family Relations, Minneapolis, MN.
• Engel, J. W. (1995), Marriage in the People’s Republic of China: Analysis of a new law. In M. R. Rank & E. L. Kain (Eds.), Diversity and change in families: Patterns, prospects and policies (pp. 57-67). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
• Engel, J. W., Saracino, M., & Bergen, M. B. (1993). Sexuality education. In M. Arcus, J. Schvaneveldt, & J. Moss (Eds.), Handbook of family life education: Vol. 2 The practice of family life education (pp. 62-86). Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.
• Engel, J. W., & Lingren, H. G. (1991). Marriage and family therapy: Who needs it? Where to find it? (Research Extension Series 127). Honolulu: Hawaii Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 336 712)
• Engel, J. W. (1988). Work values of American and Japanese men. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 3(3), 191-200.