 Her dissertation topic was “Geographic and climate control of primate diversity” and her thesis advisor was John Fleagle.Before joining the faculty at ASU, Reed served as an Honorary Research Associate at the Bernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Research at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa (1993-2004).In 1995, she worked as a coordinator and instructor at the University of the Witwatersrand Field School.