Dr. Reid’s research integrates three primary areas of sociology: Criminology, Urban Sociology, and Social Stratification. Across these areas, she uses the macro-level lens of global economic restructuring to understand micro-level behaviors such as criminal offending and drug using behaviors. Her current research projects include (1) a four-decade study of the influence of immigration on rates of criminal offending across U.S. metropolitan areas, with Charles Jaret (GSU), Robert Adelman (SUNY-Buffalo), and Harold Weiss (Ohio State); (2) an analysis of community and labor market effects on rural drug use, with D. Scott Batey (University of Alabama-Birmingham); and (3) an investigation of the use of recently popularized drugs, such as methamphetamine, in urban neighborhoods, with Kirk Elifson (GSU) and Claire Sterk (Emory). Her research has been published in a number of journals including City and Community, Social Science Research, and Violence and Victims. Dr. Reid will serve as a Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer (www.sigmaxi.org) for 2008-2010 .
Dr. Reid regularly teaches undergraduate sections of Social Research Methods, Social Statistics, and Wealth, Power, and Inequality. At the graduate level, Dr. Reid teaches Advanced Research Methods (PhD-level) and Social Inequality.
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