Holly Reed, Ph.D.

Holly Reed is currently Assistant Professor of Sociology at Queens College-CUNY and a faculty associate of the CUNY Institute for Demographic Research (CIDR). She holds a Ph.D. in sociology from Brown University, as well as an M.A. in demography and a B.S. in international relations from Georgetown University.

Her research areas of interest include: internal migration, urbanization, international migration, social networks, forced migration, and demographic dynamics in sub-Saharan Africa—including Ghana, South Africa, and Nigeria—and the United States. Dr. Reed’s current research projects are: 1) a mixed-methods data collection and analysis project on the health and welfare of African immigrants in the U.S.; and 2) a historical analysis of internal migration and social networks in South Africa during and after the apartheid era. Dr. Reed's prior research included the study of forced migration.

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