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The dance team is the fourth varsity program added at Merrimack College, which now sponsors 28 intercollegiate programs.

Professor; Director, Community Engagement Program; Chair, Department of Applied Human Development and Community Studies
Country Director, USA – Northeast Region, International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association
I am interested in the scholarship of teaching and the scholarship of engagement. My research focuses on the processes and practices of supporting students to become engaged community members. I am interested in community development and social chan
Falk, A., & Carey, A. (2017). “Facilitating High School Achievement and College Access Through a Service-Learning Mentoring Initiative.” In Delano-Oriaran, O.O., Penick-Parks, M.W., & Fondrie, S. (Eds.), Culturally engaging service-learning in diverse communities. (pp. 169-190). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
Falk, A., & Vine, B. (2016). “Supporting Graduate Students to Implement Community-Engaged Research.” In C. Crosby & F. Brockmeier (Eds.), Student experiences and educational outcomes in community engagement for the 21st century (pp. 196-224). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
Falk, A. (2013). “Service-Learning Students’ Perceptions of Citizenship.” Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 5(1), 3-12.
Brammer, L., Dumlao, R., Falk, A., Hollander, E., Knutson, E., Poehnert, J., Politano, A., Werner, V. (2013). “Core Competencies in Civic Engagement.” Journal of Service-Learning in Higher Education, 2, 76-109.
Falk, A., Durington, M., & Lankford, E. (2012). “Engaging Sharp-Leadenhall: An Interdisciplinary Faculty Collaboration in Service Learning.” Journal of Public Scholarship in Higher Education, 2, 32-49.
Falk, A. (2012). “Enhancing the Team Experience in Service-Learning Courses.” Journal for Civic Commitment, 18.
Falk, A. (2011). “Teaching Grantsmanship in a Nonprofit Leadership Class.” Journal of the Grant Professionals Association, 9(1), 78-87.