Rachel M. Barczak Reeves | University of Kentucky College of Arts & Sciences

Rachel M. Barczak Reeves

Rachel earned her Ph.D. (2025) and M.A. (2021) in sociology. She continues to apply her sociological imagination in her role as a Quality Data Coordinator for the Office of Data Analytics in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.

Contact Information

rachel.reeves@uky.edu

Research Interests

Sociological Social Psychology
Criminology
Violence Against Women
Therapeutic Horticulture

Affiliations

Sociology
Center for Research on Violence Against Women
American Sociological Association
Sociologists For Women in Society
Committee on Social Media

Selected Publications

Selected Publications:

Renzetti, C., Follingstad, D., Reeves, R., and Li, C. (2026). Therapeutic Horticulture as an Intervention with Women Who Have Experienced Abuse and Intimate Partner Violence in Ecologies of Justice.

Zonio, H. and Barczak, R.M. (2024). Religious Messaging on Race and Youth Attitudes Towards Race. Journal of Youth Ministry 22:65-86.

Follingstad, D. R., Barczak, R. M., & Kistler, L. C. (2022). The Red Zone Risk for College Sexual Assault: A Critical Review of the Literature. Trauma, violence & abuse, 15248380221134293. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/15248380221134293

Love, T.P., Davis, J.L., Davis, R.E., Fisher, W., and Barczak, R.M. (2023) Assessing Collective Identity (Non)Verification with Social Media Data through Web Scraping, Sentiment Analysis, and Qualitative Coding in Handbook of Research Methods for Studying Identity In and Around Organizations.