“I am honored and humbled by this opportunity to continue working on behalf of the world-class faculty and staff in the Humanities Division,” Reed said. “I am proud of the high-quality humanities education we provide for our students, and I resolve to do my best to share widely the news of our accomplishments, on campus and beyond. In our chaotic, confusing, and swiftly changing world, the humanities are more indispensable than ever: they clarify for us where we’ve been, where we want to go, the paths we might take there, and how to choose among them. They lend us strength and give us hope.”
The division-wide review found overwhelming support for Reed, along with high praise for his leadership and accomplishments over the past five years. Faculty noted his consistent and excellent guidance, problem-solving capabilities, and innovation in securing Mellon Foundation funding for Humanities First, as well as his support for the development of Global Literary Studies and the division's flourishing writing programs.
Reed, a professor of English, is a specialist in twentieth- and twenty-first-century poetry and poetics and a past Rhodes and Fulbright Scholar. He is the author of three books, most recently "Nobody's Business: Twenty-First Century Avant-Garde Poetics." Reed has written widely on image-text relations in poetry, on sound in poetry, and on poetry in relation to other arts. In addition to serving as divisional dean, he has served on the Executive Board of the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association and on the Executive Committee of the Poetry and Poetics Forum of the Modern Language Association.
