Professor Madeline Engel (Moran)

Profile

I earned my Ph.D. from Fordham University. I am a Professor of Sociology, former chair and now deputy chair of Sociology, at Lehman College, City University of New York, as well as faculty advisor to the Sociological honor society (AKD). Author/coauthor of six books on minorities and many peer reviewed articles, including six on adoption to and from the United States, stressing issues on children’s rights and social justice.

Research

Publications

• Engel, M.H. “The Role of Media in the Development of U.S. Policy on Disrupted Adoptions of Children,” Sociology Between the Gaps 2018 4 (1/2).
• Engel, M.H., N.K. Phillips and F.A, DellaCava “Forced Migration and Immigration Programs for Children: The Emergence of a Social Movement” International Journal of Children’s Rights, 18: 468-488.
• Engel, M.H., N.K. Phillips and F.A. DellaCava, “Inter-Country Adoption of Children Born in the United States,” Sociology Between the Gaps 2015 1 (1): 1-13.
• Engel, M.H., N.K.Phillips and F. A. DellaCava, “Indigenous Children’s Rights: A Sociological Perspective on Boarding Schools and Transracial Adoption” International Journal of Children’s Rights 20 (2012): 279-299.
• Engel, M.H., N.K.Phillips and F.A. DellaCava, “Cultural Difference and Adoption Policy in the United States: The Quest for Social Justice for Children,” International Journal of Children’s Rights 18 (2008): 1-18.
• Reprinted in: Meenu Bhatnagar (ed.), Child Adoption: Issues and Perspectives. Ahmedabad, India: Icfai University Press, 2008,
  pp. 137-156.
• Engel, M.H., N.K. Phillips and F.A. DellaCava, “International Adoption: A Sociological Account of the U.S. Experience,” Sociology and Social Policy 27 (2007): 257-270.
• DellaCava, F. A., N.K. Phillips and M.H. Engel, “Adoption in the US: The Emergence of a Social Movement,” Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare 31 (Dec. 2004): 141-60.

Expertise