Faculty and Staff Research

Involvement from faculty and staff in scholarship and research agendas is part of Mercer's Vision Statement:

• Attract and nurture outstanding staff and creative educators who are also first-rate scholars and practitioners;
• Make contributions on the frontiers of knowledge through distinctive research agendas.

Excellence in teaching and excellence in scholarship are entirely consistent goals. A faculty member’s involvement in cutting-edge research, scholarship, performance, and professional practice can enable that faculty member to be an even more effective teacher, provided the faculty member is given a teaching load and other support compatible with maintaining an active research agenda.