Research and Scholarship: Maintain an active, impactful program of scholarship; produce peer-reviewed publications or equivalent scholarly outputs annually, pursue external/internal funding where appropriate, present at professional conferences, and mentor faculty and graduate students in research productivity and dissemination. The only Catholic, Augustinian institution of higher education in New England, Merrimack College is a private, independent, coeducational institution with more than 4,100 undergraduate, 2,500 graduate students and 50 doctoral students from 48 states and 63 countries.