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Megan L. Purcell

Social Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Mid career · publishing since 2006
Early Childhood Education and DevelopmentFamily and Disability Support ResearchEducator Training and Historical PedagogyChildren's Rights and ParticipationResilience and Mental Health

Publications

20

Citations

59

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

21

Publishing since 2006

Research summary
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Megan L. Purcell's research focuses on early childhood education, particularly how young children are taught social studies topics like citizenship, historical thinking, and child development, as well as how early childhood educators (including special education personnel) are trained and prepared for practice. Her work combines teaching-methods guidance with attention to professional standards and program design in early childhood and early intervention/early childhood special education (EI/ECSE) fields.

Early childhood social studies educationEducator/personnel preparation standardsChild development and developmentally appropriate assessmentEarly intervention and special education teacher trainingCurriculum and program design in early childhood

Publication counts were low and sporadic for most of the past decade but show a sharp, concentrated increase in 2026, suggesting a recent surge in output.

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

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.8/year recently
17182019: 1 publication192020: 3 publications20212022: 1 publication222023: 1 publication232024: 2 publications24252026: 10 publications1026
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Journal of Military Veteran and Family Health×3
  • Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education×1
  • Young Exceptional Children×1
  • Journal of Special Education Preparation×1
  • HS Dialog The Research to Practice Journal for the Early Childhood Field×1
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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