Megan Murphy

Faculty Fellow, Center for Civic Engagement

Lead Faculty, School and Community Partnerships

Interim Coordinator, Early Education and Care

Coordinator, Massachusetts Children's Book Award

Childress, D.C. & Schumaker-Murphy, M. (under review). Tele-Intervention during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learned from Early Intervention Practitioners. Journal of Early Intervention.

Schumaker-Murphy, M. (2023). Supporting Male Caregivers in EI Home Visits. Young Exceptional Children, 26(2), https://doi.org/10.1177/10962506211039524

Schumaker-Murphy, M. (2023). Pairing standardized scale with observation. In P. Brillante, J.J. Chen, S. Cuevas, C. Dundorf, E.B. Hoffman, D.R. Meier, G. Mindes, & L.R. Roy (eds.) Casebook: Developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood Programs serving children birth through age 8. National Association for the Education of Young Children

Schumaker- Murphy, M. & Hansra, R.  (2020) The strength in strategy: Planning for high quality professional learning communities.  In G. Mindes (ed.) Contemporary challenges in teaching young children: Meeting the needs of students. New York, NY: Routledge

Schumaker-Murphy, M. (2020). Practical strategies for navigating complex systems. In G. Mindes (ed.) Contemporary challenges in teaching young children: Meeting the needs of students. New York, NY: Routledge

Schumaker- Murphy, M. (2017). Collaborating for success. In G. Mindes (ed.) Teaching Children with Challenging Behaviors. New York, NY: Routledge

Childress, D.C, Parks, S., Schumaker-Murphy, M. & Frick, T. (2023). What Do We Know About Early Intervention Special Instructors? Presentation for the 2023 Council for Exceptional Children’s Division for Early Childhood Annual Conference.

Ernest, B. & Schumaker-Murphy, M. (2023) Using Universal Design for Learning to enhance Culturally Responsive Teaching for Students with Disabilities. Presentation for the 2023 Annual Conference for the Massachusetts Council for Exceptional Children.

Schumaker-Murphy, M. & Mark, C. (2023). Working Toward Anti-Racist Community Engaged Pedagogy: A Case Study. Presented at the 2023 Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement Meeting Organized by AASCU and NASPA. 

Childress, D.C. & Schumaker-Murphy, M. (2022). Lessons from the Field: Challenges and Triumphs in Virtual EI Service Provision. Presented at the 2022 Joint International Society for Early Intervention and Division for Early Childhood Conference.

Schumaker-Murphy, M. & Pomerantz, F. (2022). Noticing Bias in the work of preservice teachers and planning for the future. Paper presented at the 2022 American Education Researcher Association Annual Meeting

Childress, D.C. & Schumaker-Murphy, M. (2022, May 24). Culturally Sustaining Coaching Approaches. [webinar]. In OneOp (FKA Military Families Learning Network) Going Virtual Series.

Childress, D.C. & Schumaker-Murphy, M. (2022, March 23). Creating Equity During Family Visits [webinar]. In OneOp (FKA Military Families Learning Network) Going Virtual Series.

Schumaker-Murphy, M. & Childress, D.C. (2021). EI Provider experiences with Telehealth during COVID-19. Poster presented at the 37th annual Council for Exceptional Children: Division for Early Childhood Conference

Schumaker-Murphy, M. & Pomerantz, F. (2021). Surfacing and responding to bias in the work of pre-service teachers. Virtual 2021 conference of MACTE, MAECTE, & COMTEC: Deepening our Understanding: Building a Stronger Community for Justice in Education.

Childress, D.C., Schumaker-Murphy, M., & Patterson, K.  (2021, May 4). Tele-Intervention in Virginia: Data, Challenges, Hope, & Advice from Practitioners [webinar]. In Virginia Early Intervention Professional Development Center Talks on Tuesday Webinar Series.  

Harris, N., Duhaylongsod, L., Schumaker-Murphy, M., & Noonan, J. (2021). “Capital”izing on Cultural Wealth and Sense of Belonging: Narratives of Successful Students of Color in a Teacher Preparation Program. Paper presented at the 2021 Virtual American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting

Schumaker-Murphy, M. (2020, February 4). Dads matter: Why and how to include them in routines-based interventions [webinar]. In Virginia Early Intervention Professional Development Center Talks on Tuesday Webinar Series.  

Schumaker-Murphy, M. (2020, March 4). Dads matter: Why and how to include them in routines-based interventions Part 2 [webinar]. In Virginia Early Intervention Professional Development Center Talks on Tuesday Webinar Series.  

Schumaker-Murphy, M. (2019). Fathers’ experiences in early intervention. Poster presented at the 35th annual Council for Exceptional Children: Division for Early Childhood Conference in Dallas, TX.

Schumaker-Murphy, M., Hirsh, A. & Black, M. (2018). Designing effective ongoing professional development to improve early childhood anti-bias teacher practices: An organizational case study. Presented at the National Association for the Education of Young Children Professional Learning Institute in Austin, TX.

Schumaker-Murphy, M., Gouker-Goldstein, L, & Tello, A. (2017). Effective transdisciplinary teaming when there are multiple significant disabilities.  Poster presented at the 33rd annual Council for Exceptional Children: Division for Early Childhood Conference in Portland, OR.