Professors

Roger J. Porter, 1936–2026

Scholar, food critic, and beloved Reed professor who shaped five decades of student life.

By Lena Lenček, Professor Emerita of Russian and Humanities

Forging Kinship with the Worlds Around Us

In an ecological creative writing class, students get up close to the shells of pteropods, a whimsical sea snail under threat.

By Novuyo Tshuma, Assistant Professor of Creative Writing

In English 220, Professor Maureen Harkin invites her class to examine poet and painter William Blake’s illuminated texts—hand-colored etchings which represent both joy and struggle in 18th-century England.

By Maureen Harkin, Professor of English and Humanities

Circle of Gratitude

President Audrey Bilger, Dean of the Faculty Kathy Oleson, and Associate Dean of the Faculty Suzy Renn discuss the nurturing of student and faculty research at Reed.

By Bennett Campbell Ferguson

July 25, 2025

Professor Mónica López Lerma Calls “Action!” for Reed’s New Film & Media Studies Major

As the committee chair of the program, López Lerma is building a curriculum that is as interdisciplinary as it is international.

July 25, 2025

Desert Dreams

Professor Juniper Harrower and her students want to save Joshua trees from extinction. Will the world join them?

March 19, 2025

Biology Professor Sam Fey Wins Swanson Promise Award

The award honors junior faculty members who display exceptional potential.

March 7, 2025

Water's Hand

Inside Art 350, where studying art history reveals insights about our changing climate.

December 4, 2024

Find the Synchronicity

In Chinese 311, Yijing hexagraphs are analyzed to explore Chinese text and tradition.

October 11, 2024

Postcard: Barcelona Dreams

Prof. Kris Anderson [psychology] journeyed to Barcelona as part of Reed’s faculty research exchange. Her visit to a residential treatment facility there taught her about the universality of the struggle to overcome addiction.