The Publicly Engaged Action and Research Lab (PEARL) conducts research and collaborates with others on community-rooted, equity driven efforts to advance the public purposes of higher education and increase the health and well-being of our communities, schools and colleges, so we all might realize our fullest individual and collective potential. PEARL researchers partner internally within Merrimack College, and locally, regionally, nationally, internationally across a wide range of publicly engaged research and practice initiatives.