Senior Associate, Evidence-Based Practice Group
Cynthia Weaver is a senior associate in the Evidence-Based Practice Group (EBPG) at the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The work of EBPG prioritizes building evidence for programs and practices developed by and for people of color and then scaling what works. Weaver’s portfolio centers equitable access to emerging implementation technologies as one pathway to building evidence and scale. A major focus of her portfolio is the support of youth participatory action research (YPAR) to design, pilot and scale culturally grounded practices and programs. Weaver holds a doctorate in social work from the University of Alabama. She was an assistant professor of social work at the University of Southern Mississippi prior to joining Casey. Before that, she was a social worker for many years.