Publishing with Transformative Social Impact

About the Journal: 

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Transformative Social Impact: A Journal of Community-Based Teaching and Research is a multidisciplinary, practitioner-oriented academic journal dedicated to advancing community-engaged scholarship, teaching, and collaborative research for social change. Our mission is to connect researchers, educators, students, practitioners, and community stakeholders in their efforts to address complex social issues and drive transformative community impact.

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Transformative Social Impact publishes rigorously peer-reviewed articles, case studies, and pedagogical resources that showcase:

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• Empirical and theoretical research conducted in, with, and by community partners to understand social problems and innovative solutions

• Evidence-based best practices and meaningful processes that facilitate community-driven change

• Interdisciplinary academic research, student publications, and non-traditional forms of community-engaged scholarship

• We prioritize work that centers the perspectives and leadership of historically marginalized and underserved communities. Our aim is to provide an accessible, jargon-free publishing space that bridges the gap between academic theory and community-based practice.

 

Through collaborative, reciprocal partnerships, Transformative Social Impact amplifies community-university engagement that transforms teaching, research, and service to address complex social challenges and promote equitable, sustainable change. We welcome submissions from researchers, educators, students, and community practitioners across a diverse range of disciplines.

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​Transformative Social Impact aims to advance strategic community engagement, service-learning, and social impact practice through the global exchange of empirically and theoretically grounded knowledge and perspectives. Practitioner-oriented work, conceptual articles, rigorous academic literature reviews, meta-analyses, narrative reviews, and original research exploring approaches for developing community capacity and effectiveness through university-community partnerships, pedagogical innovation, community-based participatory research, and collaborative impact initiatives are welcomed.

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The journal provides a forum for the rapid dissemination of rigorously peer-reviewed case studies, metrics-based evaluations, and data-informed commentary on contemporary issues relating to community-engaged teaching, community-university engagement, and the evolving role of academia in catalyzing equitable, sustainable social change. Transformative Social Impact prioritizes work that centers the perspectives and leadership of historically marginalized communities and promotes cross-sectoral collaboration among researchers, educators, students, and community stakeholders.

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By bridging the divide between theory and practice, Transformative Social Impact amplifies scholarship and strategies that transform teaching, research, and service to address complex social challenges and drive community-driven impact. The journal welcomes diverse disciplinary and methodological approaches that shed light on effective models, scalable solutions, and emergent trends in community engagement and social innovation. 

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