ARDR Collaborative

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What is ARDR?

The Anti-Racist and Decolonizing research (ARDR) Collaborative supports the advancement of research methodologies and the administration of the ARDR concentration of the CEHD Research Methods graduate certificate.

What is ARDR's Mission?

Our Mission is...

"To create space for and nurture a collaborative of resistant knowledge creator to disrupt institutions, structures, and mechanisms of inequity and injustice, and reclaim social inquiry to advance justice and peace."

What good work do we hope to foment in the world?

Our Vision is...

To stop cultural genocide
To sustain democracy, humanity and promote peace
To save the species and protect the land
To end oppression and marginalization of Black, Indigenous, immigrant and other People of Color
To advance critical research and praxis...to take action
To promote solidarity and community cohesiveness

Faculty Advisors

Letiecq, Bethany Email
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Powell, Marvin Email
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Varier, Divya Email
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ARDR Advisory Board

Kat Bell
Maria J. Bermudez
Amy Best
Dr. Lauren B. Cattaneo
Khaseem Davis
Hatim El-Hibri
Chrystal George-Mwangi
Robert Graham
Jhumka Gupta
Shekila Melchior
Manjusha Nair
Shauna Rigaud
Ricardo Sanchez

ARDR Planning Committee

Amanda Corso
Erin Fay
Jennifer Kouakeu
Dr. Leslie La Croix
Eden Langston
Sophia Wells-Williams

ARDR Affiliates

If you are struggling to find someone in your field, department, or discipline who can act as a sounding board, research partner, or mentor, consider contacting some of our affiliates – people at Mason who have taken our workshops and have self-identified as affiliates.