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Jessica Leeker

Social Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

Early career · publishing since 2018

Publications

10

Citations

16

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

7

Publishing since 2018

Research summary
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Jessica Leeker's work focuses on informal and community-engaged approaches to STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education, including participatory action research methods that involve students, faculty, and community members together. Recent publications examine how intergenerational STEM experiences and inter-institutional projects can be structured using participatory frameworks. This research sits within engineering and adult/continuing education topics, with an emphasis on inclusive, community-based learning practices.

Participatory Action Research (PALAR) in EducationInformal and Community-Engaged STEM LearningIntergenerational STEM ExperiencesEngineering Education and Curriculum DevelopmentDiversity and Counter-Storytelling in STEM

Publication output has been irregular over the last decade, with gaps in several years followed by a notable cluster of publications in 2024.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.0/year recently
172018: 2 publications18192020: 3 publications202122232024: 5 publications5242526
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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