Dr. Engel's substantive interests are in gerontology and economic well-being and the implications of welfare reform. His most recent work in aging has focused on evaluating programmatic outcomes for vision impaired elderly. Dr. Engel is currently involved in a time-activity study with Children and Youth Services and is collaborating in a multi-university study of best practices in faith-based organizations. He teaches history, policy and research and evaluation courses across the three degree programs.