She has taught courses at both undergraduate and graduate level on topics in literature including fantasy and Tolkien.
[8] With Judy Ann Ford, she has contributed to scholarly analysis of Peter Jackson's film interpretation of The Lord of the Rings.
[9] Reviewing Reid's book Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy, K. A. Laity wrote that it is an "immense, glossy reference book ... aimed at the library market", with a scope spanning both academic and fan sources.
[10] Benjamin Lawson writes of Reid's Ray Bradbury: A Critical Companion that it succeeds in being useful to the general reader, having been designed as an introduction for young adults.
Lawson finds the "Alternative Perspectives" section at the end of the analysis of each of Bradbury's books "the chief novelty and sophistication" of this particular Companion.