Professor Engel is a Research Professor of Law at Suffolk University and a national authority on mortgage finance and regulation, subprime and predatory lending, and housing discrimination. Her many publications include a 2011 book published by Oxford University Press, The Subprime Virus: Reckless Credit, Regulatory Failure and Next Steps (with Prof. P. McCoy) and articles in Texas Law Review, Fordham Law Review, Washington University Law Quarterly, Connecticut Law Review, The Journal of Economics and Business, Fordham Urban Law Journal, and Housing Policy Debate. Professor Engel presents her research in academic, banking, and policy forums throughout the country and around the world. Her analysis of financial services markets and the laws that regulate them regularly catches the attention of the press; The New York Times, Business Week, The Economist, Newsweek, and The Wall Street Journal have all cited her work. Professor Engel has advised numerous federal and state agencies on various matters related to financing of loans. Among her various public service activities, she has been an appointed member of the Consumer Advisory Board of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors’ Consumer Advisory Council.  She currently serves on the boards of Consumer Reports and the National Association of Consumer Advocates.