Her research and teaching focus on the African Diaspora in the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Atlantic World. Her current research specializes in comparative Hispanic and British Caribbean, issues of freedom within slavery, colonial race and gender relations, and immigration and identity during the age of revolution. Projects in development explore family history, memory, and digital humanities; Caribbean migration to the Rustbelt; and the politics of salsa music, race, and transnationalism. In addition, she has served as a Faculty Mentor for independent student research projects in the Honors College addressing African Diaspora history and culture in Cuba, Trinidad, and England. Currently, Professor Reid-Vazquez is the Director of the Afro-Cuban History and Culture Study Abroad Program to Havana and the Faculty Advisor for the Caribbean and Latin American Student Association.