Public Education Policy

Advocacy-Oriented Pedagogy

Interdisciplinary Arts Education

About

Kristin Reed joined VCU’s Department of Focused Inquiry in 2009. Originally a Russian arts and literature scholar, today Dr. Reed focuses on advocacy-oriented pedagogy, public education policy, and public-sector labor movements. She served as the coordinator for first-year curriculum and textbooks at VCU from 2014-2017, as a member of the steering committee for VCU’s chapter of the AAUP from 2020-2022, and as a co-founder and member of the statewide leadership of United Campus Workers of Virginia from 2020-2023. When she is off campus you can find her on the river or in the printing studio.

Education

• Ph.D. - Comparative Literature (Russian literatures & art history), Indiana University
• B.A. - English, James Madison University

Affiliations

• United Campus Workers of Virginia
• American Association of University Professors