Cindy Vincent, Ph.D. is associate professor of Media and Communication at Salem State University in Massachusetts. Her research focuses on critically engaged civic learning, civic media engagement within historically marginalized populations, and the use of dissent in digital democracy for negotiation of political power and social change. Her work has appeared in Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, The Journal of Alternative and Community Media, and The International Journal of Game-Based Learning. She recently published the co-edited volume Anti-racist Community Engagement: Principles and Practices (Stylus), which received the 2023 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award from the International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement. She is a founding steering member of the New England Equity & Engagement Consortium and a 2023-24 Campus Compact Equity & Engagement Fellow.