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Kelly M. Purtell

Social Sciences · The Ohio State University

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Mid career · publishing since 2008
Early Childhood Education and DevelopmentParental Involvement in EducationChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentChild Development and Digital TechnologyReading and Literacy Development

Publications

126

Citations

2,032

Est. group size

~10

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

19

Publishing since 2008

Research summary
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Kelly M. Purtell studies early childhood education, focusing on how classroom environments, teacher beliefs, and family circumstances shape young children's language, social, and behavioral development. Her work often examines pre-kindergarten and Head Start programs, peer relationships in classrooms, and how factors like media use and school characteristics relate to children's readiness for kindergarten and later academic outcomes. This research is typically based on large, nationally representative datasets and observational studies of classrooms.

Early childhood and pre-K educationClassroom peer relationships and social developmentTeacher beliefs and classroom practicesHead Start and family support programsChildren's language development and media use

Publication output has been relatively steady over the past decade, with a peak around 2020 and 2022, followed by a modest decline in the most recent few years.

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

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 9.0/year recently
2017: 2 publications172018: 12 publications182019: 11 publications192020: 17 publications17202021: 8 publications212022: 15 publications222023: 12 publications232024: 7 publications242025: 6 publications252026: 5 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Early Childhood Research Quarterly×14
  • Early Education and Development×10
  • Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology×9
  • Frontiers in Psychology×6
  • Grantee Submission×3
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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