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.

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.

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), 255-264.

Jung, M.W., Kloosterman, P., & McMullen, M. B. (2007). Young children’s natural intuition for number and problem solving: A Research in review. Young Children, 62(5), 50-57.

McMullen, M. B. (2007). What really matters about birth to three matters: Supporting the framework of effective practice. A book review. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood Education, 8(3), 283-286.

McMullen, M. B., Elicker, J., Goetze, G., Huang, J. 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., & 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.

Lee, R. L., & McMullen, M. B. (2006). Social ideology and early childhood education: A comparative analysis of Korean early childhood teacher education textbooks written in 1993 and 2003. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood Education, 7(2), 119-128.

Wang, J, Elicker, J., McMullen, M., & Mao, S. (2006).A study comparing Chinese and American preschool teachers’ curriculum beliefs. Preschool Education Research, 142, 55-60.

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. B., Buldu, M., Lash, M., & Alat, K. (2004).An assessment tool for professional development: Examining quality in early childhood professionals. Child Care Information Exchange, 157, 31-35.

McMullen, M. B., Buldu, M., Lash, M., & Alat, K. (2004). A snapshot of NAEYC's preschool professionals through the lens of quality. Young Children, 59(2), 87-92.

Erdiller, Z., & McMullen, M. B.(2004).Turkish teachers' beliefs about developmentally appropriate practices in early childhood education.Hacettepe University Journal of Education, 25, 84-93.

McMullen, M. B., & Darling, C. A. (2003).Learning from their mistakes: Glimpses of symbolic functioning in two-and-a-half to three-year-old children.Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 23(1), 55-66.

Yang, H., & McMullen, M. B. (2003). Understanding the relationships among American primary-grade teachers and Korean mothers: The role of communication and cultural sensitivity in the linguistically diverse classroom.Early Childhood Research and Practice. http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v5n1/index.html

McMullen, M. B., & Alat, K. (2002). Education matters in the nurturing of the beliefs of early childhood professionals. Early Childhood Research and Practice, 4(2). http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v4n2/index.html

McMullen, M. B. (2001). Distinct in beliefs/united in concerns: Listening to strongly DAP and strongly traditional k/primary teachers. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 22, 122-133.

McMullen, M. B. (1999). Research in review: Achieving best practices in infant and toddler care and education. Young Children, 54(4), 69-76.

McMullen, M. B. (1999). Characteristics of teachers who talk the DAP talk AND walk the DAP walk. Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 13(2), 216-230.

McMullen, M. B. (1998). The beliefs and practices of early childhood educators: Does specialized preparation make a difference in adoption of best practices? International Journal of Early Childhood Education, 3, 5-30.Abstract

McMullen, M. B. (1998). Thinking before doing: A giant toddler step on the road to literacy. Young Children, 53(3), 65-70.

McMullen, M. B. (1997). Effects of early childhood teacher education on self perceptions & beliefs about developmentally appropriate practices. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 18(3), 55-68.

McMullen, M. B., & Darling, C. A. (1996). Symbolic problem solving: An important piece of the emergent literacy puzzle. Early Child Development and Care, 121, 25-35.

McMullen, M. B., & Goldsmith, E. (1991). Parental leave: The changing needs of the American worker. Journal of Home Economics, 83(4), 16-21.

McMullen, M. B., & Krantz, M. (1988). Burnout in day care workers: The effects of learned helplessness and self-esteem. Child and Youth Care Quarterly, 17(4), 275-280.