About PARC
Housed in the Psychology Department of LMU’s Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts, PARC is a grant-funded center that collaborates with a variety of community-based organizations and groups to inform social change and community empowerment through applied, action-oriented research. Established in 2009, under the direction of Center Director Cheryl Grills, Ph.D., PARC has conducted evaluation and technical assistance on dozens of local and national projects with budgets ranging from $20,000 to $4,561,000. PARC’s community-based participatory research is primarily focused on direct service and social justice priority issues of underserved communities of color addressing inequity, disproportionality, and disparity issues.
About LMU
Founded in 1911, LMU is a top-ranked national university rooted in the Catholic, Jesuit, and Marymount traditions. We are committed to fostering a diverse academic community rich in opportunity for intellectual engagement and real-world experience. We enroll an academically ambitious, multicultural, and socioeconomically diverse student body. We recruit, retain and support a diverse faculty committed to excellence in teaching, research, scholarship and creativity. Our three campuses are rooted in the heart of Los Angeles, a global capital for arts and entertainment, innovation and technology, business and entrepreneurship.
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