Keynote Speech
Keynote Speaker
Keynote Speaker Dr. Shannon E. Reid
Associate Professor
University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA
Criminal Justice and Criminology
Associate Professor
University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA
Criminal Justice and Criminology
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Short Biography:
Dr. Shannon Reid is an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and
Criminology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Dr. Reid received her Ph.D. in
Criminology, Law, and Society from the University of California, Irvine in 2013. Her research
interests are focused on street gangs, white power youth, youth and adults in the correctional
system, and the integration of AI technology into policing. This includes the development and
patenting of team-developed camera AI focused on anomaly and action detection, path
prediction, object identification, and boundary creation for public safety and security.
Her work has been published in Criminology, the Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Homicide
Studies, Journal of Youth Studies, Legal and Criminal Psychology, and Deviant Behavior. Her
research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention, and the Army Research Office. Dr. Reid’s research has also received
coverage in mainstream media outlets such as National Public Radio, The Conversation, The
Washington Post’s The Monkey Cage, and The Crime Report. Her latest book, co-authored with
Matthew Valasik, is Alt-Right Gangs: A Hazy Shade of White, published by the University of
California Press.
