 She has been a full professor since 2012 within SHESC (with the designation of President’s Professor since 2014), as well as a Research Associate within the Institute of Human Origins (IHO).Reed’s other research interests include the paleoecology of early hominids, mammalian paleontology and biogeography, community ecology, human evolution, and macroecology.Kaye Reed was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in April 1951 to her parents Edward Reed and Anne Swearingen.