Professor McMullen is the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies. She teaches undergraduate and graduate level courses in early childhood education, and her research interests include international comparison of definitions of quality curriculums and environments and the relationship to recommended practices with children from birth through age eight, beliefs and their relationship to caregiving and teaching practices, and professional development of infant toddler caregivers. Professor McMullen serves on multiple boards and committees whose missions include the promotion of appropriate care and education of young children and professional development of those who work with them.

• McMullen, M. B., Addleman, J., Fulford, A. M., Mooney, S., Moore, S., Sisk, S., & Zachariah, J. (2009). Learning to be me while coming to understand we: Encouraging prosocial babies in group settings. Young Children, 64(4), 20-28.
• McMullen, M. B., & Dixon, S. (2009). In support of a relationship-based approach to practice with infants and toddlers in the United States.In Brownlee, J. (Ed.). Participatory Learning and the Early Years (pp. 109-128). London: Routledge.
• Wang, J., Elicker, J., McMullen, M., & Mao, S. (2008). Chinese and American preschool teachers' beliefs about early childhood curriculum. Early Child Development & Care, 176(8), 227-249.
• Lash, M., & McMullen, M. B. (2008). The child care trilemma: How moral orientations influence the field. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood Education, 9(1), 36-48.
• Apple, P., & McMullen, M. B. (2007) Envisioning the impact of caring and just decisions that determine early childhood professional development pathways. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood Education, 8(3).
• McMullen, M., & Dixon, S. (2006). Building on common ground: Unifying the practices of infant toddler specialists through a mindful, relationship-based approach. Research in review. Young Children, 61(4), 46-52.
• McMullen, M. B., Elicker, J., Wang, J., Erdiller, Z., Lee, S. M., & Lin, C. H., & Sun, P. Y. (2005). Comparing beliefs about appropriate practice among early childhood education professionals from the U.S., China, Taiwan, Korea and Turkey. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 20(4), 451-464.
• McMullen, M., Elicker, J., Goetze, G., Huang, H. H., Lee, S. M., Mathers, C., Wen, X. & Yang, H. Y (2006). Using collaborative assessment to examine the relationship between self-reported beliefs and the documentable practices of preschool teachers. Early Childhood Education Journal, 33(6).

• McMullen, M. B. , & Elicker, J. (2009, August). Diversity of contexts, experiences and relationship in infant and toddler care and education in the United States. Presentation for the 19th European Early Childhood Educational Research Association’s Annual Conference, Strasbourg, France.
• McMullen, M. B. (2009, June). Qualitative evaluation of early childhood programs. Lecture for the National Educational Research Institute (NERI), Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
• McMullen, M. B. (2009, May). Educational meaning of developmentally appropriate practices for birth to three. Lecture for the Jiangsu Institute of Educational Science (JIES), Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China.
• McMullen, M. B., & Dixon, S. (2007, November). Through their own eyes: A reflection of mindful, relationship-based practices with infants and toddlers. Presentation for the National Association for the Education of Young Children’s Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
• Apple, P., & McMullen, M. (2006, April). Envisioning the impact of caring and just decisions that determine early childhood professional development pathways. Presentation for the American Educational Research Association's Annual Conference, San Francisco, California.
• Lash, M., & McMullen, M. (2006, April). Moral orientations to the trilemma of child care: How a change of lens might mobilize the field. Presentation for the American Educational Research Association's Annual Conference, San Francisco, California.
• McMullen, M. B., & Apple, P. (2005, September). Hidden motivations in the determination of professional development pathways: Who wins? Who loses? Presentation for the European Early Childhood Educational Research Associations 15th Annual Conference, Dublin, Ireland.