Liberal Arts Action Lab

We welcome proposals from Hartford community partners seeking to explore important research questions in collaboration with Capital Community College and Trinity College students and faculty. Proposals are accepted twice a year – in August-September for the spring semester and January-February for the fall semester.

Each semester, students apply to join Action Lab project teams and enroll in two courses to learn research skills and digital tools while collaborating with community partner organizations. Applications typically take place in October for the spring semester and March for the fall semester. Trinity and Capital students will receive an email with details each semester.

Faculty fellows support a team of student researchers in their semester-long projects. The Action Lab’s director is the lead instructor for the students and each project team also works with a faculty fellow who provides additional substantive or methodological expertise. Applications are open to full-time or part-time faculty, advanced graduate students, or staff with subject or method expertise.

More than two dozen community-engaged research project have been completed by student teams in the Liberal Arts Action Lab since the program began in 2018.