The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Kaye Reed Institute of Human Origins Scholarship
Kaye Reed Institute of Human Origins Scholarship
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The Kaye Reed Scholarship Endowment will support undergraduate and graduate student research and contribute to a shift towards the gender equity needed in the research community.
Kaye Reed is President’s Professor Emerita at the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University and a research scientist at the Institute of Human Origins. Reed received her doctorate from the State University of New York, Stony Brook, in 1996.
Reed is one of the leading paleoecologists who has been reconstructing ancient environments of human ancestors by using modern community ecology of mammals and their biogeography and community structure to reconstruct habitats millions of years ago. In addition to her significant contributions in paleoanthropology, Reed is a strong mentor and leader in the classroom and has been instrumental in attracting several women graduate and undergraduate students to the paleoanthropology program in the Institute of Human Origins. Her former mentees, now PhD graduates, see Reed as the greatest role model for young women interested in science and anthropology.
The idea for this scholarship was sparked by Elaine Reiss, a long-time supporter of IHO and champion of women in science. Reiss has donated the initial resources to launch this endowment, but we need your help to reach our goal of funding a robust endowment and achieving a long-term objective of $100,000 to establish a scholarship that will have a significant impact on student success in IHO.
As a young female academic, I can’t stress enough the importance Kaye Reed has played as a role model for young women interested in science and anthropology. There have been so many things I have learned from her and wanted to do because of her example, including now taking my own students to the field and getting them excited about paleoanthropology.