
- byronr@southwestern.edu
- 512.863.1419
- Mood-Bridwell 309
Reggie Byron
Associate Professor of Sociology
Expertise
Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation Stratification; Employment and Campus Climates; Criminology; Quantitative and Qualitative Methods
Professor Reggie Byron strives to challenge students to become critically engaged scholars who have an appreciation for quantitative and qualitative methods, sociological theory, and the sociological imagination.
He has also shared research experiences with a number of Southwestern students outside of the classroom, including, for example: Melissa Garcia (’12) and Griffin Ferry (’12) (see “Food for Thought” publication), William Molidor (’12) and Andrew Cantu (’13) (see “U.S. Newspapers’ Portrayals” publication), Bree Billingsley (’14) and Nathan Tuttle (’14) (see “Performativity Double Standards” publication), and Holly O’Hara (’17) and Dakota Cortez (’19) (see “Neutralized Hegemonic Banter” publication).
Byron is presently working with three current students and seven recent graduates on completing two grant funded summer research projects. The fruits of their labor have been well received at professional conferences and are at various stages of the peer-review process. These activities reflect his belief that teaching and learning are ongoing and should extend beyond the walls of the classroom.
Byron received his PhD in Sociology from the Ohio State University in 2009, his MA in Sociology from the Ohio State University 2005, his MA in Psychology from State University of New York at Buffalo in 2003, and his BA in Psychology from State University of New York at Geneseo in 2000.
He is a member of the American Sociological Association (ASA), Law and Society Association, and Southern Sociological Society. Previously, he was part of the American Sociological Association’s Honors Program Advisory Panel (2014-2017), sat on the Editorial Boards for Work and Occupations (2015-2018), Social Currents (2015-2019), and Contexts (2017-2019), and served as a reviewer for the W. Richard Scott Award for Distinguished Scholarship of the Organizations, Occupations and Work section of the ASA (2020).