Research Statement

Dr. Richer is an interventionist who engages in community-driven research to co-create culturally-tailored interventions and services. Specifically, she is interested in addressing the substance use, intimate partner violence, and HIV and STI risk (SAVA) syndemic. She works with Black, Indigenous, and queer communities who experience structural stigma related to drug use, involvement in the criminal-legal system, sexuality, and racism. Additionally, Dr. Richer seeks to increase access to psychedelics and indigenous plant medicines among BIPOC communities. She is also the Co-Founder/Director of Urban Indigenous Collective, a community-based public health non-profit that ensures access to culturally-tailored services to Indigenous people living in Lenapehoking (New York City) and the surrounding tri-state area through research, advocacy, and programming.

Research Keywords

  • People Who Use Drugs
  • Mixed Methodology (qualitative and quantitative)
  • Intimate Partner Violence
  • Intervention Research
  • Indigenous Communities
  • Community-Based Participatory Research

Presentations

  • Richer, A. (2024, April). Getting to the PhD. Social Work Pathways Program. Columbia School of Social Work. New York, NY . Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/2024.
  • Richer, A. & Herzberg, G. (2024, February). Co-Creating Community Models for Accessible Psychedelic Therapy. Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy: Contrasting Visions. Harvard Medical School. Boston, MA. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/2024.
    https://cmecatalog.hms.harvard.edu/course/psychede...
  • Richer, A., Gilbert, L., Chang, M., Wu., Elwin. (2024). Experiences of IPV & Subsequent Access to Services: A Qualitative Inquiry of Multiple Marginalized Identities among Black Women Mandated to Community Supervision Programs. Society for Social Work and Research 28th Annual Conference. Washington, DC . Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 01/2024.
  • Richer, A., Labate, B., & Baker, S. (2024, January). Changing Landscape of Psychedelics. Psychedelics in the Beehive. Salt Lake City, UT. Panel, Presented, 01/2024.
  • Richer, A., Gilbert, L., Chang, M., Wu., Elwin. (2024.) Patterns of Violence Among Black Women Mandated to Community Supervision Programs, Who Use Drugs. Society for Social Work and Research 28th Annual Conference. Washington, DC. Poster, Presented, 01/2024.
  • Richer, A. Stoicescu, C., Medley, B. (2023). A global systematic review of interventions co-targeting HIV and syndemics of gender-based violence, substance use and mental health challenges among women who use drugs. Harm Reduction International Conference. Melbourne, Australia. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 04/2023.
  • Richer, A., Roddy, A. (2022). Culturally-Tailored Substance Use Interventions for Indigenous People of North America: A Systematic Review. Society for Social Work and Research 26th Annual Conference. Washington, DC. Poster, Presented, 01/2022.
  • Richer, A (2021). Constructing Community: Indigenous-led Research. Indigenous and Tribal Social Work Educators' Association. Orlando, FL. Presentation, Accepted, 10/2021.
  • Richer, A., (2020). Unpacking Barriers to Accessing Services Among Black Women in Community Corrections who use Drugs. Society for Social Work and Research. Society for Social Work and Research 24th Annual Conference. Washington, DC. Poster, Presented, 01/2020.
  • Richer, A., Goddard-Eckrich, D., Gilbert, L., El-Bassel., Nabila. (2019). Women Initiating New Goals in Safety Women’s Mental Health Conference. Yale University School of Medicine. New Haven, CT. Presentation, Presented, 10/2019.
  • Goddard-Eckrich, D., Sardana, S., Hunt, T., Shaw, S., Rossel, A., Vicente, L., Chang, M., Gilbert, L., Richer, A. (2019). My Partner's Violence Cannot Deter Me from Getting Better: Evidence of Self-Efficacy, Help-Seeking Behaviors and Mental Health Correlates Among Black Women Under Community Supervision in New York City. Society for Social Work and Research. Society for Social Work and Research 23rd Annual Conference. San Francisco, CA. Poster, Presented, 01/2019.

Geographical Regions of Interest

  • Central Asia
    Intersection of gender-based violence, substance use, and HIV/STI risk.
  • Northern America
    Indigenous communities, gender-based violence, substance use, HIV risk, culturally-tailored interventions, psychedelic assisted therapy.

Publications

  • Goddard-Eckrich, D., Stringer, K., Richer, A., Dasgupta, A., Brooks, D., Cervantes, M., Downey, D., Kelleher, P., Bell, S., Hunt, T., Wu, E., Johnson, K., Hall, J., Guy-Cupid, G., Thomas, B., Edwards, K., Ramesh, V. & Gilbert, L. (2024). ‘Yeah, they suck. It’s like they don’t care about our health.’ Medical mistrust among Black women under community supervision in New York city. Culture, Health & Sexuality. 1-16. Published, 06/2024.
    https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2024.2358084
  • Goddard-Eckrich, D, Gilbert, L, Richer, A, Chang, M, Hunt, T, Henderson, A, Marotta, P, Wu, E, Johnson, K, Moses, H, Liu, Y & El-Bassel, N (2023). Moderation Analysis of a couple-based HIV/STI Intervention Among Heterosexual Couples in the Criminal Legal System Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial. AIDS and Behavior. Vol. 27, 1653-1665. Published, 05/2023.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-022-03897-x
  • Gilbert, Louisa, Stoicescu, Claudia , Goddard-Eckrich, Dawn , Dasgupta, Annindita , Richer, Ariel , Benjamin, Shoshana , Wu, Elwin & El-Bassel, Nabila (2023). Intervening on the Intersecting Issues of Intimate Partner Violence, Substance Use, and HIV: A Review of Social Intervention Group's (SIG) Syndemic-Focused Interventions for Women. Research on Social Work Practice. Vol. 33(2), 178-192. Published, 02/2023.
    https://doi.org/10.1177/10497315221121807
  • Gilbert, L., Marotta, P., Goddard-Eckrich, D., Richer, A., Akuffo, J., Hunt, T., Wu, E. & El-Bassel, N. (2022). Association Between Multiple Experiences of Violence and Drug Overdose Among Black Women in Community Supervision Program in New York City. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. Vol. 37(23-24), NP21502-NP21524. Published, 12/2022.
    https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605211057269
  • Goddard-Eckrich, D., Henry, B., Sardana, A., Thomas, B., Richer, A., Benjamin, S., Wu, E. & El-Bassel, N. (2022). Evidence of Help–Seeking Behaviors Among Black Women Under Community Supervision in New York City: A Plea for Culturally Tailored IPV Interventions. Women's Health Reports. Vol. 3. Published, 11/2022.
    https://doi.org/10.1089/whr.2022.0004
  • Richer, A. & Roddy, A. (2022). Culturally–Tailored Substance Use Interventions for Indigenous People of North America: A Systematic Review. Journal of Mental Health Training, Education, and Practice. Vol. 18, 60-77. Published, 08/2022.
    https://doi.org/10.1108/JMHTEP–07–2021–0088
  • Richer, A. & Roddy, A. (2022). Opioid Use Disorder Treatment for Indigenous Populations: Perspectives and Directions in Culturally Responsive Care. Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions. 1-9. Published, 03/2022.
    https://doi.org/10.1080/1533256X.2022.2049161
  • Stringer, K., Marotta, L., Richer, A., Goddard-Eckrich, D., El-Bassel, N. & Gilbert, L. (2019). Mental Health Consequences of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Personnel among Black Drug–Involved Women in Community Corrections. Journal of Urban Health. Vol. 97(1), 148-157. Published, 11/2019.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524–019–00394–w
  • Jethwani, M., Memon, N., Richer, A. & Seo, W. (2016). It's hard to be the only girl: Obstacles facing adolescent girls in computer science contexts. Journal of The Colloquium for Information System Security Education. Vol. 4(1). Published, 10/2016.
    https://cisse.info/journal/index.php/cisse/article...
  • Jethwani, M., Memon, N., Seo, W. & Richer, A. (2016). I Can Actually Be a Super Sleuth. Journal of Educational Computing Research. Vol. 55(1), 3-25. Published, 06/2016.
    https://doi.org/10.1177/0735633116651971