Jonathan Reid
  • Assistant Professor
Research Areas
  • Crime Law & Deviance

Biography

Dr. Reid is a criminologist and Assistant Professor of Sociology at Texas A&M University, where he also serves as a Faculty Affiliate of the Race and Ethnic Studies Institute. He is a former early-career research fellow at the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) and is currently a Research Faculty Affiliate of the University of Chicago Justice Project. His research examines the intersections of the life course, social inequality, violence, homicide, and community dynamics. He is currently engaged in projects exploring neighborhood homicide trajectories in Chicago, Illinois; spatiotemporal patterns of gun assaults in Houston, Texas; civic responses to gun homicide victimization; police responses to opioid overdoses in Texas; and the influence of personality disorders on recidivism among aggravated assault and homicide offenders.

Research Interests

  • Social Control
  • The Life Course
  • Violence & Homicide
  • Communities & Crime
  • Public Opinion & Policy
  • Police Community Relations

Educational Background

  • Ph.D. Florida State University

Awards & Honors

  • 2025 - Young Scholar Award, Public Opinion & Policy, American Society of Criminology.
  • 2025 - Robert J. Bursik Junior Scholar Award, Communities & Place, American Society of Criminology.
  • 2023 - Invited Visiting Scholar, Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, Augusta University.
  • 2023 - Fellow, Racial Democracy Crime and Justice Network (RDCJN), Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
  • 2022 - Fellow, National Opinion Research Center (NORC), The University of Chicago.
  • 2015 - Gordon P. Waldo Graduate Student Fellow, Florida State University.
  • 2015 - Academic All-American, Distinguished Scholar-Athlete, College Sports Information Directors of America and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).
  • 2012 - Chairperson's Award of Merit, The University of Alabama.