I support community-based learning opportunities for K-State students as a part of the Applied Learning Imperative.

• Institutionalization of community engagement
• Motivations for and impacts of community-engaged learning
• Academic publishing in higher education community engagement
• Boundary spanners and community engagement professionals

• Ph.D., McBee Institute of Higher Education, University of Georgia
• M.P.A., Department of Public Administration and Policy, University of Georgia
• M.M., College of Fine Arts, University of New Mexico
• B.M., Blair School of Music, Vanderbilt University

• American Council on Education, Carnegie Elective Classifications Research Lab, Co-Lab PI
• Engagement Scholarship Consortium, Conference Committee Co-Chair
• International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement, member

Select recent publications

• Pearl, A. J., Rankin, J. C., McGrath, M. M., Dyer, S., & Jorre de St Jorre, T. (2023). Students-As-Partners and Engaged Scholarship: Complementary Frameworks. In C. J. Ketcham, A. G. Weaver, & J. L. Moore (Eds.). Cultivating Capstones: Designing High-Quality Culminating Experiences for Student Learning. Stylus.
• Rankin, J. C., Pearl, A. J., Jorre de St Jorre, T., McGrath, M. M., Dyer, S., Sheriff, S., Armitage, R., Ruediger, K., Jere, A., Zafar, S., Sedres, S., & Chaudhary, D. (2022). Delving into Institutional Diversity Messaging: A Cross-Institutional Analysis of Student and Faculty Interpretations of Undergraduate Experiences of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in University Websites. Teaching and Learning Inquiry, 10. https://doi.org/10.20343/teachlearninqu.10.10
• Turk, J. M., & Pearl, A. J. (2021). Improving developmental learning outcomes in community colleges through service-learning. New Directions for Community Colleges, 2021, 91–106. https://doi.org/10.1002/cc.20469
• Purcell, J. W., Pearl, A. J., & 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: Community-Engaged Research, Teaching, and Learning, 6(2), 1-30. https://doi.org/10.15402/esj.v6i2.69398

I enjoy running in nature as a way to learn about and explore new places!