Professor of Philosophy, specializes in ethics and moral psychology. Reed presents his research at the annual conference of the Association for Moral Education and other professional meetings. His scholarly research focuses on Lawrence Kohlberg (1927-1987), a psychologist and philosopher of moral development.  The University of Notre Dame Press published his Following Kohlberg: Liberalism and the Practice of Democratic Community (1997, available through amazon.com & barnesandnoble.com). During the 1996-97 academic year, Reed was a Fellow of the National Endowment for the Humanities, when he began biographical research on Kohlberg. Reed is currently working on a book titled Kohlberg's Promise: The Project for a Scientific Moral Philosophy. He received his B.A. from Hendrix College and Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University. Reed came to Wittenberg in 1989.  He is an elected member of the Board of Education of Springfield City Schools, having served during 2006 as Board President.

Courses being taught Spring 2010:
Phil 203R: Self & Soul
Phil 303: Ethics & Psychology
Courses taught Fall 2009:
Phil 103R: Ethics & Identity
Phil 200: Faith & Reason
Phil 310: Ancient & Medieval Philosophy
Other courses taught recently:
Phil 400: Senior Seminar
Phil 380: Plato Seminar
WittSem: Story & Truth in Christian Scriptures
WittSem: Christianity - Philosophical Problems & Solutions

"Lay theologian" essays for the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio (archived at http://www.diosohio.org/Who we are/archives-of-interchange.html where you will find .pdf versions of whole monthly issues, with these essays appearing typically on the inside back cover):

"Reconsidering chocolate" (Interchange, March 2010)
"Christmas in Ecuador" (Interchange, February 2010)
"A new name" (Interchange, January 2010)
"The roomiest church in Christendom" (Interchange, December 2009)
"We bomb people" (Interchange, November 2009)
"Fire and mystery" (Interchange, September 2009)  
"Companions" (Interchange, August 2009)
"Un-rigging the odds" (Interchange, June 2009)
"An Easter rescue" (Interchange, May 2009)
"Reconnecting" (Interchange, April 2009)
"Imitators of Christ" (Interchange, March 2009)
"Man's best friend" (Interchange, February 2009)
"Imago Dei" (Interchange, June 2008)
"The clue I've been looking for" (Interchange, January 2009)
"Messiah" (Interchange, December 2008)
"Suffer the little ones" (Interchange, November 2008)
"Letting go" (Interchange, September 2008)
"Imago Dei" (Interchange, June 2008)
"SPAM and the self" (Interchange, May, 2008)
"The mystery of the Word"
     "Part I of III" (Interchange, January, 2008)
     "Part II of III" (Interchange, February, 2008)
     "Part III of III" (Interchange, March, 2008)
"The communion of saints" (Interchange, November, 2007)
"I am who I am" (October, 2007)
"What will it mean to be Anglican" (Interchange, September, 2007)
"Cash therapy" (Interchange, August, 2007)
"A period of consequences" (Interchange, July 2007)
"The problem of the soul" (Interchange, June 2007)
"The Bishop" (Interchange, May, 2007)
"The authority of Scripture" (Interchange, Apr. 2007)
"No child left behind" (Interchange, Mar. 2007)
"The inner thoughts of many" (Interchange, Feb. 2007)
"Hallowed by thy Name" (Interchange, Jan. 2007)
"Emmanuel shall come to thee" (Interchange, Dec. 2006)
"Politicians" (Interchange, Nov. 2006)
"Not for the sake of food" (Interchange, Sept. 2006)
"Windsor Report response: A place at the table" (Interchange, Aug. 2006)
"Where strange is normal" (Interchange, July 2006)
"One holy catholic and apostolic" (Interchange, June 2006)
"Easter life" (Interchange, May 2006)
"Bible Face-Off" (Interchange, Apr. 2006)
"Mark of our mortal nature" (Interchange, Mar. 2006)
"Ye who are weary come home" (Interchange, Feb. 2006)
"New Year's resolutions" (Interchange, Jan. 2006)
"Intelligent design" (Interchange, Dec. 2005)
"Can we keep our Mr. Longs?" (Interchange, Nov. 2005)
"Church conflict: Rules for fighting" (Interchange, Oct. 2005)
"This hole in my heart" (Interchange, Sept. 2005)
"The meaning of patriotic religion" (Interchange, July/Aug. 2005)
"Stones and snakes for needy children" (Interchange, June 2005)
"Faith of our fathers" (Interchange, May 2005)
"John the Baptist and the call to repentance" (Interchange, Mar. 2005)
"Mid-winter sadness and the Psalms" (Interchange, Feb. 2005)
"Approaching Scripture" (Interchange, Jan. 2005)
"The Law of Low-Carb (Interchange, Dec. 2004)
"All earthly anxieties" (Interchange, Sept. 2004)
"'Revival Week' at the Episcopal Divinity School [Cambridge, Mass.]" (Interchange, June 2004)