Patrice Lee Engle (December 1, 1944 – September 22, 2012) was a developmental psychologist known as a pioneer in the field of global early childhood development and for her international work advocating for children's education and healthcare.
[4] In her honor, the SRCD awards the Patrice L. Engle Dissertation Grant annually to doctoral students interested in careers in global early child development and who are from or doing research in low- or middle-income countries.
[1] With support from a Fulbright Research Scholarship, Engle studied in Guatemala the impact of maternal work and child care arrangements on their children's growth.
[6] Other work focusing on orphans and vulnerable children in sub-Saharan Africa was funded by the Bernard van Leer Foundation.
[1] Engle studied women empowerment and observed fathers' effect on their child's development, and the spread of HIV and AIDS at its peak.