Research Publications

Refereed Journal Articles:      

Kniffin, L. E., Van Schyndel, T. L., Purcell, J. W., and Muse, S. (2021). Next generation practitioner-scholars navigating community engagement professional development: A collaborative autoethnography. Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education.      

Purcell, J. W. Pearl, A., and Van Schyndel, T. (2021). Boundary spanning leadership among community-engaged faculty: An exploratory study of faculty participating in higher education community engagement. Engaged Scholar Journal.      

Kuban, A. J., Purcell, J. W., and Jones, B. (2020). Lessons from reflective practice in higher education: Learning from failure and missteps in community-engaged scholarship. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement.      

Van Schyndel, T. L., Pearl, A. J., and Purcell, J. W. (2019). Extending Our Conceptualization of Boundary Spanning Leadership for Community Engagement. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement.      

Hartlep, N. D., Lake, D., Purcell, J. W., Bush, A., Perry, L. G., Fleck, B., Kliewer, B. W., Janke, E. M., Markham, P., Orphan, C. M., and Saltmarsh, J. (2019). Toward an innovative civic engagement pedagogy. eJournal of Public Affairs, 8(1).     

Lyons, L. M., Buddie, A. M., and Purcell, J. W. (2018). Integrated student leadership development: A qualitative case study on building the intercultural competence of first-year honors students. Journal of Leadership Education.      

GuramatunhuCooper, N. M., Purcell, J. W., Nquyen Voges, S., Worthy, R., Myers, M. (2018). Student Perceptions of Millennial Faculty. Currents in Teaching.        

Purcell, J. W., Scott, H. I., and Mixson-Brookshire, D. (2017). Documenting teaching effectiveness in the online environment through observations. Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration.  Available at https://www.westga.edu/~distance/ojdla/winter204/purcell_scott_brookshire204.html       

Purcell, J. W. (2017). Community-engaged pedagogy in the virtual classroom. Journal of Leadership Studies. DOI:10.1002/jls.21515      

Purcell, J. W. (2016). Capacity building for community engagement in community colleges.   Journal for Civic Commitment, 24, 1 – 21. Available at https://www.mesacc.edu/community-civic-engagement/journals/capacity-building-community-engagement-community-colleges      

Kliewer, B. W., Moretto, K. N., and Purcell, J. W. (2016). Emergent spaces of civic leadership education and development: Understanding the liberal arts and humanities from a perspective of civic and public work. Journal of Leadership Education, 15(2), 114 – 128.   doi: 1012806/V15/I2/R2      

Purcell, J. W. (2014) The engaged community college: Supporting the institutionalization of engagement through collaborative action inquiry. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 18(3), 105 – 111. Available at http://openjournals.libs.uga.edu/index.php/jheoe/article/view/1292/788      

Invited Book Reviews:      

Purcell, J. W. and Wells, J. B. (2020). Book Review: Restoring the Promise: Higher Education in America. Teachers College Record, Teachers College, Columbia University.      

Purcell, J. W. (2016). Book advances theory and evidence-driven design and redesign of community leadership development programs. [Review of the book Community effects of leadership development education: Citizen empowerment for civic engagement by Pigg, K., Gasteyer, S., Martin, G., Apaliya, G., Keatings, K]. Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship, 9(1), 90 – 92.      

Refereed Book Chapters:      

Purcell, J. W. (2020). Leveraging shared leadership to protect students, faculty, and institutions from politically motivated attacks on academic freedom in Academic Freedom in Faculty and Student Research, Emerald Publishing.      

Invited Book Chapters:     

Purcell, J. W. Future directions for community engagement in higher education: Advancing scholarship, building leadership capacity, and refining commitments. In Sandmann, L. R., & Jones, D. O. (Eds.). (2019). Building the field of higher education engagement: A 20-year retrospective and prospective. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing, LLC.      

Refereed Proceedings:      

Purcell, J. W., Scott, H. I., and Mixson-Brookshire, D. (2017). Documenting teaching effectiveness in the online environment through peer observation. Distance Learning Administration, 165-168.       

GuramatunhuCooper, N. M., Purcell, J. W., Scott, H. I, Simpson-Wilkey, L., & Mainella, F. (2017). Deconstruction and reconstruction: Driving questions and considerations for leadership education (re)design.  Association of Leadership Educators, 718-721.      

Purcell, J. W. & Smith, D. N. (2016). Documenting teaching effectiveness in the online environment: Online teaching observations in leadership education. Association of Leadership Educators, 725-728.      

Refereed Applied Scholarly Products:      

Kennesaw State University Quality Enhancement Plan Proposal, Community-Based Learning for Engaged Citizenship and Sustainable Communities, Submitted January 15, 2016, Invited Town Hall Presentation March 8 and 11, 2016. Retrieved from http://qep.kennesaw.edu/proposal/town_hall.php      

Kennesaw State University Application for the Carnegie Community Engagement Designation, Submitted April 15, 2014. Retrieved from http://communityengagement.kennesaw.edu/about/carnegie-classification.php      

Other Scholarly Products:      

Purcell, J. W. and Keesee, R. (2019). Civic engagement and service-learning programs: CAS contextual statement. In Wells, J. (Ed.), CAS professional standards for higher education (10th ed.). Washington, DC: Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education      

Public Scholarly Products:      

Purcell, J. W. (2021, Fall Issue). Better in beta: Reprogramming your life. [Editor Selected Feature]. Origin Magazine, p. 45.