About the ARDA
The Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA) strives to democratize access to the best data on religion. Founded as the American Religion Data Archive in 1997 and going online in 1998, the initial archive was targeted at researchers interested in American religion. The targeted audience and the data collection have both greatly expanded since 1998, now including American and international collections submitted by the foremost religion scholars and research centers in the world. The ARDA is generously supported by the Lilly Endowment, the John Templeton Foundation, Chapman University, Pennsylvania State University and Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
Citing the ARDA
When using the ARDA's data and images in publications and presentations, the author should acknowledge the Association of Religion Data Archives and the original collector(s) of the data (e.g., The data were downloaded from the Association of Religion Data Archives, www.theARDA.com, and were collected by [name of principal investigator(s)]).
The ARDA Team
Co-Directors
Roger Finke (The Pennsylvania State University)
Christopher Bader (Chapman University)
Andrew Whitehead (IUPUI)
Research
Gail Johnston Ulmer (Pennsylvania State University), Project Manager
Nathaniel Wynne (IUPUI)
Research Associates
Nick Andre (Baylor University)
Michael Belt (Pennsylvania State University)
Brandon Brown (Baylor University)
Benjamin Conners (IUPUI)
Claude Fabinyi (Pennsylvania State University)
Kayla Kemp (Pennsylvania State University)
Isaiah King (Baylor University)
Raymond Sorensen (IUPUI)
Senior Research Associates
Todd Ferguson (University of Mary Hardin-Baylor)
George Hayward (U.S. Census)
Dane Mataic (North Dakota State University)
Jennifer McClure (Samford University)
Web Development & Marketing
Ruth Christensen, Software Engineer
Joel Christensen, Software Engineer
Sandi Dolbee
Arthur Farnsley (IUPUI)
Neil Luft, Web Design (Internet Imagineering)
ARDA Advisory Board
Renata Curty (UC Santa Barbara)
Joel Herndon (Duke University)
Nathaniel Porter (Virginia Tech)
Ruth Tillman (Pennsylvania State University)
Andrew Tyner (Center for Open Science)
If you would like to submit a data colllection, or you know of a collection that should be submitted, please contact us at the email or phone number noted below. Click here for a copy of the ARDA's data submission form.
Contact Us
E-mail:
Phone: 814-865-6258
Fax: 814-863-7216
