Reitz is a member of the International Council for Archaeozoology's Committee of Honor.
[6] The Fryxell Award is given to scholars who have made significant contributions in the application of the zoological sciences in archaeology.
[9] "Reitz has worked throughout Latin America, the Caribbean, and the southeastern United States, studying vertebrate remains from coastal archaeological sites dating from the late Pleistocene era into the 20th century.
[1] A reviewer for the Canadian Journal of Archaeology praised Reitz and Wing's book, Zooarchaeology as "the best available introductory text on the subject for undergraduate students".
[11] Lyman notes that she is a "vocal advocate for using bone weight allometry as a measure of taxonomic abundance".