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, the Templeton Religion Trust, Chapman University, Pennsylvania State University and Indiana University Indianapolis.
The ARDA Team
Executive Co-Directors
Christopher Bader (Chapman University)
Andrew Whitehead (Indiana University Indianapolis)
Founder
Roger Finke (Pennsylvania State University)
Project Manager
Gail Johnston Ulmer, Project Manager (Pennsylvania State University)
Project Coordinators
Tom Clark, ARDA UK Coordinator (University of Sheffield)
Nathaniel Wynne, Finance and Teaching Tools (Indiana University Indianapolis)
Research Coordinators
Joseph Baker, Open Science and Replication (East Tennessee State University)
Ashley Kranjac, Religion and Health (Chapman University)
Dinko Kranjac, Religion and Health (University of LaVerne)
Erica Dollhopf, US Religion Census and Denominational Data (Indiana University Indianapolis)
Research Associates
Michael Belt (Pennsylvania State University)
Lucy Clay (University of Sheffield)
Bernard D. DiGregorio (West Virginia University)
Claude Fabinyi (Pennsylvania State University)
Isaiah King (Baylor University)
Nhan Nguyen (Baylor University)
Corey Resweber (Purdue University)
Luke Seeley (University of Sheffield)
Jessie Sheppard (University of Sheffield)
Clay Spencer (Indiana University Indianapolis)
Meghan Wray (Baylor University)
Research Assistants
Dani Espiritu (Chapman University)
Anika Manuel (University College Dublin)
Marisa Quezada (Chapman University)
Web Development
Ruth Christensen, Software Engineer
Joel Christensen, Software Engineer
Communications, Marketing & Evaluation
Arthur Farnsley (Indiana University Indianapolis)
Sarah Williams, Copyediting
Neil Luft, Web Design (Internet Imagineering)
Ben Bland, Communications (Indiana University Indianapolis)
Rob Saler, Evaluation and Communications (Christian Theological Seminary)
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)
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)]).
If you would like to submit a data collection, 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:
Questions by phone can be made by calling The Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture:
Phone: (317) 274-8409
