Director, Professor, and George Kaiser Family Foundation Chair
Teri K. Reed, Ph.D. is the inaugural director of the OU Polytechnic Institute at OU-Tulsa. Reed also holds the George Kaiser Family Foundation Chair.
An OU alumna, internationally recognized leader in the field of engineering education, and an advocate for research-informed approaches to engineering education and administration, Reed has made significant contributions to higher education nationally. She helped establish the scholarly foundation for engineering education as an academic discipline through co-authorship of the landmark 2006 Journal of Engineering Education’s special reports, “The National Engineering Education Research Colloquies” and “The Research Agenda for the New Discipline of Engineering Education.”
Her professional activities include serving as an executive board member and fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education, and she is a former president of the Women in Engineering ProActive Network. She is the recipient of many accolades that recognize her teaching and leadership abilities, including two awards from the University of Oklahoma: the Distinguished Service Award from the Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy, and selection as one of the inaugural recipients of the OU Regents’ Alumni Award.
Contact Teri Reed: teri.reed@ou.edu
