CURRICULUM VITAE
Updated 9/25/13 Arthur J. Engler, PhD, RN Associate Professor (Tenured) University of Connecticut School of Nursing
231 Glenbrook Road, Unit 4026 Storrs, CT 06269-4026
(860) – 486 – 0573 [email protected]
I. EDUCATION
Degree Institution Major Field Minor Field Date Completed D.N.Sc./Ph.D. The Catholic
University of America
Psychiatric/Mental
Health Nursing None January, 1999 Certificate Georgetown
University Hospital
Neonatal Tertiary
Care None October, 1987
M.S. University of Maryland at Baltimore
Pediatric Primary
Care Baccalaureate Nursing Education
August, 1985 B.S.N. University of
Akron Nursing None May, 1979
B.A. Bluffton
College Elementary Education Spanish May, 1973 None Universidad de
los Andes Spanish Language & Culture None August December, – 1969
II. REGISTRATION
III. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
A. Experience in Higher Education (Present position first)
Dates Institution Nature of Work Academic Status 8/05 – present University of
Connecticut School of Nursing
Research, teaching,
service Associate Professor with Tenure 8/99 – 8/05 University of
Connecticut School of Nursing
Neonatal Nurse
Practitioner Assistant Professor 8/93 – 5/99 University of
Maryland at Baltimore
Teaching, service Clinical Instructor
B. Experiences in other than Higher Education
Dates Institution Position Title
10/06 – 4/08 Natchaug Hospital, Mansfield Center
CT Per Diem Staff Nurse, Child and Adolescent Unit 6/99 – 8/99 Children’s Research Institute,
Washington DC Research Specialist, PICU End-of-Life Study, Center Six Research
5/91 – 7/93 Holy Cross Hospital/Maryland Medical
Alliance, Silver Spring MD Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit 1/93 – 12/94 Dominion Psychiatric Hospital, Falls
Church VA Per Diem Staff Nurse, Adult and Adolescent Unit 10/82 – 5/91 Children’s National Medical Center,
Washington DC Neonatal Transport Nurse, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit 8/82 – 10/82 Children’s National Medical Center,
Washington DC Assistant Clinical Unit Coordinator (Evenings), Neonatal Intensive Care Unit 10/80 – 8/82 Children’s National Medical Center,
Washington DC Staff Nurse, Neonatal Intensiv Care Unit 1/85 – 12/85 Gallaudet University, Washington DC Per Diem Pediatric Nurse
Practitioner, Student Health Service
9/79 – 9/80 Summit County Health Department,
Dates Institution Position Title 9/79 – 9/80 Children’s Hospital Medical Center of
Akron (OH) Per Diem Staff Nurse, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit 6/79 – 9/79 Children’s Hospital Medical Center of
Akron (OH) Staff Nurse, Neonatal Intensiv Care Unit
IV. PUBLICATIONS
A. Books and Book Chapters
Year Citation
2002 Engler, A.J. Honduras. In C. D’Avanzo, Mosby’s guide to cultural assessment (3rd ed.). St. Louis: Mosby.
2002 Engler, A.J. Maintenance of homeostasis. In M. MacDonald & J. Ramasethu (Eds.). Atlas of procedures in neonatology (3rd ed.). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
2002 Engler, A.J. Methods of restraints. In M. MacDonald & J, Ramasethu (Eds.). Atlas of procedures in neonatology (3rd ed.). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
1996 Engler, A.J., & Rushton, C.H. Thermal Regulation. In M.A.Q. Curley, J.B. Smith, & P.A. Maloney-Harmon (Eds.). Critical care nursing of infants and children (pp. 449-467). Philadelphia: Saunders.
1993 MacDonald, M.G., & Engler, A.J. Maintenance of homeostasis. In M. MacDonald & J. Ramasethu (Eds.). Atlas of procedures in neonatology (2nd ed.) (pp. 9-12). Philadelphia: Lippincott.
1993 MacDonald, M.G., & Engler, A.J. Methods of restraints. In M. MacDonald & J. Ramasethu (Eds.). Atlas of procedures in neonatology (2nd ed.). Philadelphia: Lippincott.
1989 Engler, A.J. (1989). Verifying endotracheal tube placement with the TRACH MATE Intubation System. Pediatric Nursing, 15, 390-392. 1985 Heller, B.R., Emr, M., & Engler, A.J. Voluntarism. In G.M.
Chaisson-Stewart (Ed.), Depression in the elderly: An interdisciplinary approach (pp. 316-330). New York: Wiley.
B. Journal Articles, Refereed
Year Citation
2009 Allchin, L., Dzurec, L., & Engler, A. Psychological type and explanatory style of nursing students and clinical faculty.
Journal of Nursing Education, 48(4), 196-202.
2007 Dzurec, L., Allchin, L., Engler, A. First-year nursing students’ accounts of reasons for student depression. Journal of Nursing Education, 46(12), 545-551.
2006 Dzurec, L.C., Allchin, L., Engler, A.J. et al. Toward a qualified yes: Personal characteristics of post-baccalaureate nursing
students and implementation of the clinical nurse leader role. Journal of Professional Nursing, 22, 15-22.
2005 Engler, A.J. Maternal stress and the white coat syndrome: A case study. Pediatric Nursing, 31, 470-473.
2004 Engler, A.J. et al. Neonatal staff and advanced practice nurses’ perceptions of bereavement/end0of0life care of families of critically ill and/or dying infants. American Journal of Critical Care, 13, 489-498.
2002 Engler, A.J., et al. National survey of Kangaroo Care practice, knowledge, barriers, and beliefs. Maternal Child Nursing, 26, 2-8.
2000 Bartel, D.A., Engler, A.J., et al. Working with families of suddenly and critically ill children: Physician experiences. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 154, 1127-1133.
2000 Engler, A.J., & Lasker, J.N. Predictors of maternal grief in the year after a newborn death. Illness, Crisis, and Loss, 8, 227-243. 1987 Small, M., Engler, A.J., & Rushton, C.H. (1987). Saying goodbye
in the intensive care unit: Helping caregivers grieve. Pediatric Nursing, 17, 103-105.
C. Manuals
Year Citation
2002 Engler, A.J. Funding sources for nurse researchers. In Grantsmanship: Developing a program of research.
Washington DC: National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculty.
C. Other
Year Citation
2002 Engler, A.J. Decision-making and maternal grief in the year after a newborn death. Central Lines, 16(5), 19.
Year Citation
2002 Engler, A.J. Kangaroo care, wallaby care, and maternal stress in the NICU: Physiological and psychological efforts. Eastern Nursing Research Society 14th Annual Scientific Meetings. State College PA: Pennsylvania State University.
2002 Engler, A.J. Neonatal nurses’ attitudes toward bereavement/end of life care. Eastern Nursing Research Society 14th Annual Scientific Meetings. State College PA: Pennsylvania State University.
2001 Engler, A.J. Kangaroo care and maternal stress in the NICU. University of Connecticut School of Nursing 2nd Annual Research Day, Storrs CT.
2001 Engler, A.J., et al. Neonatal nurses’ perceptions of
bereavement/end of life care. University of Connecticut School of Nursing 2nd Annual Research Day, Storrs CT.
2001 Engler, A.J., et al. Neonatal nurses’ perceptions of roles with families of crucially ill and dying infants (#88). Eastern Nursing Research Society 13th Annual Scientific Sessions, Atlantic City NJ: Rutgers University.
1999 Engler, A.J. Decision-making and maternal grief in the year after a newborn death. Sigma Theta Tau Pi Chapter Newsletter. 1999 Engler, A.J. et al. Kangaroo Care in the United States: A national
survey. First International Kangaroo Care Congress, Baltimore MD.
1999 Engler, A.J. Maternal grief and sickness impact in the year after a neonatal death. Journal of Investigative Medicine, 47(2), 171A. 1999 Engler, A.J. Neonatal loss: Predictors of grief and sickness
impact. University of Miami, School of Nursing, Miami FL. 1999 Engler, A.J. Neonatal loss: Predictors of maternal grief and
functional impact. Eastern Nursing research Society 11th
Annual Scientific Sessions. New York NY: New York University. 1999 Engler, A.J. Predictors of Grief and Physical Symptoms in
Bereaved Mothers. Eastern Nursing Research Society 11th Annual Scientific Sessions. New York NY: New York University. 1999 Engler, A.J., et al. Kangaroo care in the United States, A national
survey. Journal of Investigative Medicine, 47(2). 168A. 1999 Engler, A.J., et al. National survey of kangaroo care practice,
knowledge, beliefs, and barriers. Eastern Nursing Research Society 11th Annual Scientific Sessions. New York NY: New York University.
Year Citation
1999 Ludington, S.M., Engler, A.J., Cusson, R.M. New approach to teaching research to advanced practice graduate students. Eastern Nursing Research Society 11th Annual Scientific Sessions. New York NY: New York University.
1998 Ludington, S.M., Engler, A.J., & Cusson, R.M. Alternative approach to comprehensive nursing research work with graduate advanced practice nursing students. American Academy of Nursing 1998 Annual Meeting and Conference. Acapulco, Mexico.
1988 Revenis, M.E., MacDonald, M., Kaliner, M.A., El-Mohandes, A., Miller, M.K., Engler, A. et al. Histamine levels in tracheal aspirates of newborns with bronchopulmonary dysplasia, Pediatric Research, 221(4, Part 2), 464a.
1987 Revenis, M.E. Kaliner, M., MacDonald, M., Miller, M., Engler, A. et al. Analysis of histamine, total protein, and albumin in tracheal aspirates from bronchopulmonary dysplasia patients. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 79, 246.
V. RESEARCH AND EVALUATION GRANTS RECEIVED
A. Grants: Federal
Date Funder Title Role Amount
2000 National Institute for Nursing Research Preterm Contact Effects on Electrophysiologic Sleep Co-Investigator, 10% (Susan Ludington, Principal Investigator) $1,218,077
B. Grants: Foundation
Date Funder Title Role Amount
1999 Foundation for Nursing Research & Education Kangaroo Care and Maternal Stress: Biologic and Psychologic Correlates Principal Investigator $6,000 1999 Pi Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau, the Honor Society for Nursing, University of Maryland at Baltimore Kangaroo Care and Maternal Stress: Biologic and Psychologic Correlates Principal Investigator $900 C. Grants: University
Date Funder Title Role Amount
2003 University of Connecticut Faculty Large Grant
Kangaroo Care, Wallaby Care, & Maternal Stress in the NICU Principal Investigator $22,324 2001 University of Connecticut Faculty Small Grant
Kangaroo Care and Baccalaureate Nursing Education Principal Investigator $1,000 2000 University of Connecticut Junior Summer Research Fellowship
Kangaroo Care and Maternal Stress: Physiological and Psychological Effects Principal Investigator $2,750 1998 University of Maryland School of Nursing
Kangaroo Care and Maternal Stress: Biological and
Psychological Effects
Principal
VI. DISSERTATION AND THESIS SUPERVISION
Year Student Title Role
2012
2008 Craig A. Smith Dana Lehner Critical Incident Stress Management Attitudes (Clinical Dissertation)
Psychiatrists’ and Psychiatric APRNs’ View of the Adolescent Mental Health Nurse’s Role in the In-Patient Setting
Major Advisor Honors
Advisor
2008 Sarah B. Green Pediatric Oncology Nurses’ Assessment of Quality of Life in the Care of Adolescents with Cancer
Honors Advisor 2006 Jean Sheerin
Coffey The Experience of Puerto Rican Families Who Bring Their Children to the
Emergency Department for Asthma Care (Doctoral Dissertation)
Associate Advisor
2006 Stacy B.
Hattersley Postpartum/Postnatal Depression in Parents of Hospitalized Newborns
Honors Advisor 2006 Sylva Berkeley
Zander Certified Nurse Midwives’ Beliefs About and Screening Practices for Postpartum
Depression: A Descriptive Study (Honors Thesis)
Honors Advisor
2004 Martha Kirk
Swartz Predictors of Health Related Quality of Life and Family Life Satisfaction in School Age Children With Asthma (Doctoral Dissertation)
Associate Advisor
2003 Antonia Maria
Nelson Older First-Time Mothering: Readiness and Planned Intensity (Doctoral Dissertation)
Associate Advisor 2000 Karalynn Jacobs Kangaroo Care and
Undergraduate Nursing Students (Honors Thesis)
Honors Advisor
VII. HONORS RECEIVED/SPECIAL CERTIFICATIONS
A. Honors Received
Date Organization
2004 University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing, International Center for Women’s Infant’s and Family Research, Summer Nursing Research Institute Fellow
2003 University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing International Center for Women’s Infant’s and Family Research, Summer Nursing Research Institute Fellow
2003 National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties Scholarship Award for Summer Nursing Research Institute 2000 Mary Lawrence Award for Research Development University
of Connecticut School of Nursing
2000 Sigma Theta Tau International/The Honor Society for Nursing, Pi Chapter Research Award, Sigma Theta Tau International 1993 Who’s Who Among American Nurses
1990-1993 Paul Hanly Furfy Scholar, The Catholic University of America 1990 Nurses Educational Fund Award for Doctoral Study
1985 Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges
1981 Outstanding Young Men of America
1979 Sigma Theta Tau International/The Honor Society for Nursing, Delta Omega Chapter Charter Member
B. Clinical and Other Certifications
Date Awarded/
Expiration Date Title Granting Organization 1988 – 2011 Neonatal Nurse
Practitioner National Certification Corporation 1985 – 1992 Pediatric Nurse
VIII. REVIEW ACTIVITIES AND EDITORIAL BOARDS
A. Journal Reviewer/Editorial Boards
Dates Entity
2002 – present Advances in Nursing Science 1989 – present Neonatal Network
2003 – present Nursing Research 1993, 2003 – present Pediatric Nursing
B. Peer Review Panels
Dates Entity
2003 – 2004 Eastern Nursing Research Society Abstract Reviewer
2001, 2002, 2012 University of Connecticut Research Foundation Grant Application Reviewer 1997 International Kangaroo Care Congress
Abstract Reviewer
VIII. PRESENTATIONS
A. Invited Addresses
Date Title Organization
2002 Families and Grief. Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, Child Life Department, Hartford CT.
2001 Kangaroo Care and Maternal Stress in the NICU.
Delaware Valley Association of Neonatal Nurses Annual Conference, Cherry Hill NJ. 2001 Nurse Grief in the
NICU. Delaware Valley Association of Neonatal Nurses Annual Conference, Cherry Hill NJ. 2001 Kangaroo Care. National Institute of Nursing Research and the
Clinical Center Department of Nursing, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD. 1997 Caring for Families INOVA Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church VA.
Date Title Organization 1999 Caring for Families
After a Perinatal Loss. INOVA Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church VA.
B. Regional Presentations
Year Title Organization
2002 Neonatal nurses’ perceptions of roles with families of critically ill and dying infants.
Eastern Nursing Research Society 14th Annual Scientific Sessions. State College PA: Pennsylvania State University [Paper, with R.M. Cusson]
2002 Nurses’ grief: What it is
and how to deal with It. Connecticut Student Nurses’ Association Annual Meeting. Southington, CT [Paper, with L. Allchin]
2001 Neonatal nurses’ perceptions of roles with families of critically ill and dying infants.
Nursing research Society 13th Annual Scientific Sessions. Atlantic City, NJ: Rutgers University [Poster, with R.M. Cusson et al.]
2000 Decision – making and grief in the year after a newborn death.
13th National Meeting of the National Association f Neonatal Nurses, San Antonio, TX [Poster]
1999 Neonatal loss:
Predictors of maternal grief and functional impact.
Eastern Society for Nursing Research 12th Annual Scientific Sessions. New York, NY: New York University [Poster].
1999 Neonatal loss:
Predictors of grief and sickness impact.
University of Miami, School of Nursing [Poster]
1999 National survey of kangaroo care practice, knowledge, beliefs, and barriers.
Eastern Society for Nursing Research 12th Annual Scientific Sessions. New York, NY: New York University [Poster].
1998 Kangaroo Care in the United States: A national survey. First
Kangaroo Care Congress, Baltimore, MD [Paper].
X. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE (**Elected)
A. Offices Held in Professional Organizations
Dates Position Organization
1990 – 1993 Co-Chair, Governmental Affairs Committee
National Association of Neonatal Nurses
2004 – 2007 Board Member Nursing Advocacy
2012-present President Mu Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau Internationa
B. Service to the University
Dates
2012-present
Position Chair
Committee
Promotion, Tenure, & Reappointment/Clinical
Advancement & Reappointment Council
2005, 2007,
2011 Delegate Mu Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International/ The Honor Society for Nursing
2005 – 2007 Faculty Advisor Mu Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International/ The Honor Society for Nursing
2000 – 2001 Member School of Nursing Distinguished Lecture Committee
2007 – 2011 Chair School of Nursing Faculty
Recruitment & Selection Committee 2000 – 2001 Member School of Nursing Faculty
Recruitment & Selection Committee 2008 – 2009 Member School of Nursing Graduate
Committee 1999 –
present Member School of Nursing Graduate Curriculum Committee 2000 – 2007 Member School of Nursing International
Studies Committee
2000 – 2001 Member School of Nursing Master’s Program Admission Committee
Dates
2012-present
Position Chair
Committee
Promotion, Tenure, & Reappointment/Clinical
Advancement & Reappointment Council
1999 –
present Member School of Nursing Undergraduate Curriculum Committee 2008 – 2009 Member University Faculty Advisory
Committee on Technology 2000 –
present Member University Honors Board of Associate Directors 2008 –
present Member University Senate Faculty Standards Committee 2009 –
present Member/Liaison University Senate Growth & Development Committee 2008 – 2009 Member University Task Force on Online
Education
XI. TEACHING EXPERIENCE – See attached Teaching Chronicle
A. Undergraduate
