Reed College

Reed College

Reed College is a private, independent, liberal arts college located in southeast Portland, Oregon. Founded in 1908, Reed is a residential college with a campus located in Portland’s Eastmoreland neighborhood, featuring architecture based on the Tudor-Gothic style,  and a forested canyon wilderness preserve at its center. Reed is known for its mandatory freshman humanities program, for its required senior-year thesis, as the only private undergraduate college with a primarily student-run nuclear reactor supporting its science programs,[4] and for the unusually high percentage of graduates who go on to earn PhDs and other postgraduate degrees.

Reed College was founded in 1908 in Portland, Oregon, as an independent, coeducational, nonsectarian college of the liberal arts and sciences. Reed provides one of the nation’s most intellectually rigorous undergraduate experiences, with a highly structured academic program balancing broad distribution requirements and in-depth study in a chosen academic discipline. Social life at Reed consists of a wide variety of on- and off-campus opportunities for diversion, including art, music, theatre, lectures, movies, and sports. The list of activities and organizations is long and constantly growing—with every activity open to all.

Reed College Rankings in 2010

• BEST UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING PROGRAM RANKING IN U.S.
• 25 NEW ELITE IVIES – 25 NEW IVY COLLEGES
• TOP 100 PRIVATE COLLEGES RANKING
• TOP 100 LIBERAL ART UNIVERSITY / COLLEGE IN 2010

Reed College Tuition and Fees

Full-time Undergraduate Direct Costs

Part-time Per Semester Tuition

Schools and Academics of Reed College

• Anthropology
• Art
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Chinese
• Classics
• Creative Writing
• Dance
• Economics
• English
• French
• German
• History
• Humanities
• Linguistics
• Mathematics
• Music
• Philosophy
• Physics
• Political Science
• Psychology
• Religion
• Russian
• Sociology
• Spanish
• Theatre

Reed College News

• Reed Political Science Professor to Work at Pentagon on International Affairs Fellowship -
  Portland, OR (May 17, 2012)--Alexander Montgomery, Reed College associate professor of political science, will spend the next academic year working at the Pentagon in the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction as a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow in Nuclear Security. He will influence the creation of policy in the areas of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense. The fellowship is sponsored by the Stanton Foundation.
  
  The International Affairs Fellowship (IAF) program began in 1967 to serve as a bridge between researchers and policymakers. This is the first year the program has included a fellow in nuclear security. The IAF gives academics access to the process of interpretation and creation of policy, and governmental policymakers access to the most up-to-date research. Montgomery’s research interests include political organizations, social networks, and weapons of mass disruption and destruction. He has published articles on dismantling proliferation networks, the perils of predicting proliferation, and the effects of social networks of international organizations on interstate conflict.
  
  Montgomery will be working under Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Rebecca Hersman. Hersman is responsible for establishing policies and guidance to protect US fighters against chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear attacks. She also represents the Department on counter proliferation and non-proliferation policy issues, including the Biological Weapons Convention, Chemical Weapons Convention, and Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, as well as the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program.
  
  Montgomery has a BA in physics from the University of Chicago, an MA in energy and resources from University of California at Berkeley, and an MA in sociology and a PhD in political science from Stanford University. He has been teaching at Reed College since 2006. He will be on sabbatical following his fellowship and hopes to use that time to write a book about what he learned during his fellowship.
  

• GhaneaBassiri wins Guggenheim -
  The Guggenheim Fellowship is intended for men and women who have already demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts.

• Reed College Professor Rejali Awarded Prestigious USIP Grant -
  Proposals were chosen on their potential to reduce the costs and risks for American military and civilians deployed to conflict areas abroad, and to create safe and stable environments for residents and Americans working in these regions.

• Reed College Selects Oregon Attorney General John Kroger as New President -
  “John impressed us with his brilliance and clarity, advocacy for the primacy of the liberal arts education, and his commitment to the mission and vision of Reed College,” said Roger Perlmutter, chair of the college’s board of trustees.

• Schaack Wins NSF's Most Prestigious Grant for Junior Faculty -
  

  Portland, Ore (May 15, 2012)--Reed College Assistant Professor of Biology Sarah Schaack has been awarded over $986,000 by the National Science Foundation. Schaack received the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program grant, which is the foundation’s most prestigious award in support of junior faculty. The CAREER Program rewards teacher-scholars who exemplify the role of mentor through outstanding research and their ability to integrate their pedagogy and research into the context of the mission of their college.

  The grant will support Schaack’s research on the genetics of mutation. Mutations, ultimately, are the source of all genetic variation; Schaack’s lab focuses on understanding the rate at which they occur and their effects on organisms in various environments.� She specializes in the study of mutations brought about by pieces of mobile DNA, also referred to as transposable elements, which compose the bulk of the genome for many organisms and are a major source of genetic variation.

  Schaack’s project will bring together scholars across the academic spectrum. Her basic research will involve advanced domestic and international undergraduate students, post-doctoral researchers, and national and international peers. In the classroom, hands-on laboratory exercises will expose young scientists to expanding bioinformatic and genomic resources, and undergraduates will have opportunities to produce and analyze data to answer real, on-going questions in biology.

  Part of Schaack’s outreach involves educating and exciting non-scientists about genome biology by sharing recent discoveries through public lectures and workshops. Schaack has given several Science Pub talks in and around Portland in conjunction with the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. Her talks included, “Promiscuous DNA: The Invasion, Spread, and Impact of Mobile Genes,” at the Hotel Oregon in McMinnville.

  Schaack’s work on mobile DNA, mutation, and the evolution of the genome has been published in scientific journals, such as Science and Nature. She has a BA in Biology from Earlham College, an MA in Zoology from University of Florida, Gainesville, and a PhD in Biology from Indiana University.� Schaack’s 5-year CAREER award will support her continuing involvement with student collaborators, colleagues, and the public.

• Reed Switchboard gains national attention -
  

  In his recent article, “Paying to Pay it Forward,” Inside Higher Ed reporter Mitch Smith examines the alumni-led networking group Reed Switchboard. On the group’s homepage, the group describes itself as alumni eager to help students and recent graduates.

• Reedie Wins Prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship -
  Elizabeth Wilder '11 received one of only 40 scholarships that Gates offers annually to U.S. citizens.

• Engineering of Enhanced Antioxidants in Poplar Trees -
  Professor of Biology David Dalton and biology student Lauren Carley ‘12, buoyed by a grant from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, have embarked on a research project to see if enhanced concentrations of antioxidants in poplars increase the tree’s resilience to environmental stresses, such as drought, extreme heat, and pollutants.
  

• Morgan Spector '02 featured in NY Times theater section -
  Morgan Spector '02 is featured in the New York Times theater section for his roles in Arthur Miller’s “View from the Bridge,” and his current role of Boris--which was described in the Times as dangerous and sexy--in the production of Erika Sheffer’s “Russian Transport.” Spector talks about reinventing himself in the quest of his dreams. Read the article: "Angel or Devil, an Actor Finds Peace With It All."

• Giving to Reed benefiting from a national increase in college donations -
  Donations to U.S. colleges and universities rose last year by a healthy 8.2 percent, to an estimated $30.3-billion, according to a report by the Council for Aid to Education.