Ashley Veronica Reichelmann

Ashley Veronica Reichelmann is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She also serves as Coordinator of the Community Recovery and Memorialization Hub within the Center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention.

• Academic Appointment: College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, Department of Sociology
• Research Focus: Identity, collective memory, emotions, hate crimes, and racial intergroup relations
• Contact: avr@vt.edu | 540-231-5651

Her research explores how past violence shapes modern identity and discriminatory attitudes, with projects analyzing memorialization's impact on communities, white racial identity's influence on sociopolitical views, and emotional responses to historical violence representation. Media engagements include analyses of political violence and Confederate memorials.

Recent publications focus on legal/political implications of violence and sociocultural dimensions of historical monuments. While no scientific awards are explicitly listed, her work intersects social psychology, criminology, and race studies to address systemic inequalities.