An introductory research skill-building course rooted in the ethical and political questions we ask when we work in communities struggling for a more just future. We will consider the fundamentals of scholarly research -- library skills, conceptualizing a research question, evaluating sources, understanding citation -- before we move on to consider broader ethical concerns about research and issues that arise in collaborative learning and community based projects. Anti-colonial, critical race, feminist, and queer theories, and ethics of research will be foundational to this class.