Posts-to-Posts / Listing items that have connections

<?php
function show_directory() {
    $args = array(
            'post_status' => 'publish',
            'post_type' => 'directory',
            'meta_key' => 'faculty_last',
            'orderby' => 'meta_value',
            'order' => 'asc',
            'posts_per_page' => -1,
            'nopaging' => true,
            'suppress_filters' => false,
        );
    $dir_query = new WP_Query($args);

    p2p_type( 'directory_to_projects' )->each_connected( $dir_query );

    if ($dir_query->have_posts()) : while ($dir_query->have_posts()) : $dir_query->the_post();
    global $post;

       // CONDITIONAL: IF THE DIRECTORY ITEM HAS A CONNECTION IN THE 'FROM' DIRECTION, AND THE CONNECTION TYPE IS DIRECTORY_TO_PROJECTS, DISPLAY IT
       if ( $post->connected && $post->connected[0]->p2p_from && ( $post->connected[0]->p2p_type == 'directory_to_projects' )  ) {

        the_title();

       p2p_type( 'directory_to_projects' )->each_connected( $dir_query );
             echo '<ul>';
             foreach ( $post->connected as $post ) : setup_postdata( $post ); ?>
                  <li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>

      <?php
            endforeach;
            echo '</ul>';
      wp_reset_postdata();

     } // end conditional
endwhile;
endif;
}
?>