Awards and Accolades
Center for Early Learning Awards & Accolades
Leigha MacNeill is awarded Early Career Investigator Award
Center for Early Learning faculty affiliate Leigha MacNeill, assistant professor of human development and family science, received the Early Career Investigator Award (K12) from the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute.
Yiwei Huang is a 2025 Exceptional Early Career Teaching Award Winner
Center for Early Learning faculty affiliate Yiwei Huang, assistant professor of landscape architecture, received the 2025 Exceptional Early Career Teaching Award.
Dr. Rebecca Marks delivers keynote address at the 2025 New England Research on Dyslexia conference
Dr. Rebecca Marks delivered the keynote address at the 2025 New England Research on Dyslexia (NERDY) conference. She spoke about co-occurring difficulties in reading, math, and attention.
CEL affiliate Dr. Arielle Borovsky is the President-Elect of the Cognitive Science Society
CEL affiliate Dr. Arielle Borovsky is the President-Elect of the Cognitive Science Society. The Society aims to “promote Cognitive Science as a discipline, and to foster scientific interchange among researchers in various areas of study…”
CEL affiliate Dr. Megan Purcell is the President of the Indiana Association for the Education of Young Children
CEL affiliate Dr. Megan Purcell is the President of the Indiana Association for the Education of Young Children (INAEYC). The INAEYC’s mission is “carried out through professional development opportunities, quality program improvement initiatives, and as a champion with public policy pertinent to young children.”
David Purpura Receives Aday Award for Excellence in Math Literacy Research
The Center for Early Learning’s director, Dr. David Purpura, received the highest recognition given annually to a faculty member who has made a major impact in the field of the humanities and social sciences.
CEL affiliate Valerie Knopik was honored with a Leadership in Action award
CEL affiliate Valerie Knopik, department head and Ben & Maxine Miller Professor of Purdue Human Development & Family Science, was honored with a Leadership in Action award from the Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence in 2024.
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Twenty-eight Purdue HHS researchers named in 2023 list of world’s most-cited scientists
Most-cited HHS researchers include CEL affiliates Laura Elenbaas, Catherine (Cammie) McBride, and David Purpura