Welcome to the mind and works of Cindy S. Vincent. The menu links above will guide you through my research in civic media and digital technologies, equity-based pedagogical frameworks, civic and community engagement collaborations, and public relations professional experience. Check out a few of my latest collaborations below.

Civic Media Research

This area of research focuses on the relationship between civic media (media created with the intent of civic participation) and self-empowerment, agency, and civic engagement within historically marginalized populations. Throughout the project descriptions below, you will see a variety of similar terms used: civic media, participatory media, community media, and citizens’ media. My examination of…

Community-Engaged Research

Critically Engaged Civic Learning This research area contributes to a longstanding conversation about the implementation of service-learning by proposing an updated revision for the 21st century: critically-engaged civic learning (CECL). The term service-learning is problematic as it invokes inequitable power dynamics that inherently privilege one group over another, with more privileged groups providing “service” to…

New England Equity & Engagement Consortium

The New England Equity & Engagement Consortium was co-created in 2019, funded through two Massachusetts Department of Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF) grants. The grants served to support work that diversifies the professoriate and provides anti-racist and community engaged professional development for faculty. This work continues today and is done as a multi-campus initiative along…