She earned her Ph.D. from American University. Her research focuses on neighborhoods, race, unequal food access, and the food geographies residents create as they navigate inequalities. While in residence at Emory, Dr. Reese will be working on her book manuscript entitled, Between a Corner Store and a Safeway: Race and Food Access in the Nation's Capital. Situating the neighborhood in historical and contemporary perspectives, this ethnographic study specifically examines the roles of race and class in the gradual decline in food access and how residents actively navigated food inequalities through strategies grounded in community-based praxis.