Richard J. Reddick is the inaugural Senior Vice Provost for Curriculum and Enrollment and the Dean of Undergraduate Studies at The University of Texas at Austin. He comes to this position after serving the last several years as inaugural associate dean for equity, community engagement, and outreach for the College of Education at the university and serving as Professor in the Program in Higher Education Leadership in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy (ELP) at the university.
Reddicks work history and engagement at the university is extensive. He has served as the assistant director of the Plan II Honors Program in the College of Liberal Arts, a faculty member by courtesy in the Department for African and African Diaspora Studies, the John L. Warfield Center for African and African American Studies, and a fellow at the Institute for Urban Policy Research and Analysis. Reddick teaches graduate courses on the history of higher education, multicultural modes of mentoring, social and cultural contexts of education, and qualitative research methods. He also teaches undergraduate courses in Plan II Honors and the Signature Course program in Undergraduate Studies. Reddick formerly co-chaired the Council for Racial and Ethnic Equity and Diversity, served on the Signature Course Advisory Committee, and was named to the inaugural cohort of the Provosts Distinguished Service Academy.
His commitment to education, teaching, research, and service extends past UT. In spring 2018, Reddick was appointed as a visiting associate professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is the faculty co-chair for the Institute for Educational Management (IEM) at Harvard University and teaches in the Institute for Management Leadership in Education.
Reddick is an award-winning teacher and scholar; most recently receiving the 2021-2022 Presidents Award for Global Learning (PAGL). At the 2019 Tower Awards, Reddick was named Outstanding Community Based Learning Professor and in 2018 he received the Austin L.E.A.D.S. Award from the Austin Community College Office of Equity and Inclusions I.D.E.A.L. Center. Reddick has published dozens of journal articles and opinion pieces and is the co-author and co-editor of four books.
As the universitys new chief student success officer, Reddick brings a wealth of experience and knowledge from his academic background and professional experience. Reddick earned his Bachelor of Arts from UT Austin in Plan II Liberal Arts Honors and was named a College of Liberal Arts Distinguished Deans Graduate. He then went on to teach elementary and middle school in the Fifth Ward of Houston, Texas. Following his time as a public-school educator, Reddick worked in student affairs at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and Emory University. He earned both his masters and doctoral degrees from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
In addition to scholarly activities, a fun fact: he is a past champion of Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! His most important titles are husband to his wife Sherry and dad to his son Karl and daughter Katherine. When not advocating for students and working on behalf of faculty and staff, Reddick is reading and spending time with family and friends.
Ed.D.
in Higher Education, Harvard University, 2007
Ed.M.
in Administration, Planning and Social Policy, Harvard University, 1998
B.A.
in Plan II, concentrating in African American Studies, The University of Texas at Austin, 1995
Examines the experiences of faculty of color at predominantly White institutions; mentoring relationships between faculty and Black students; and work-life balance in academia.
Member,
Strategic Enrollment Management Faculty Working Group, Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost (2017 - Present)
Member,
Inclusion and Diversity Committee, College of Education (2016 - Present)
College of Education Representative,
Council for Racial and Ethnic Equity and Diversity (CREED), Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost (2015 - Present)
Assistant Director,
Plan II Honors Program (2014 - Present)
Jones, V. & Reddick, R. (2017). The heterogeneity of resistance: How Black students utilize engagement and activism to challenge PWI inequalities. Journal of Negro Education, 86(3), 204-219.
Reddick, R., Johnson, E., Jones, A., Lowe, T., Stone, A. & Thomas, J. (2017). Resilience, reconciliation, and redemption: An initial historical sketch of pioneering Black students in the Plan II Honors program. Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 18(1), 79-108.
Gasman, M. & Reddick, R. (2016). Amplify, magnify, clarify: Using social media to promote scholarship. Academics going public: How to write and speak beyond academe (, pp. 55-70). New York: Routledge.
Reddick, R.. (2015). Of feral faculty and magisterial Mowglis: The domestication of junior faculty. In C. S. Turner. Mentoring as transformative practice: Supporting student and faculty diversity, New Directions for Higher Education, 171, 43-51.
Reddick, R., Bukoski, B., Smith, S. & Wasielewski, M. (2014). A hole in the soul of Austin: Black faculty community engagement experiences in a creative class city.. Journal of Negro Education, 83, 61-76.
Reddick, R. & Sáenz, V. (2012). Coming home: Hermanos académicos reflect on paths and present realities at their home institution.. Harvard Educational Review, 82(3), 353-380.
Reddick, R. & Young, M. (2012). Mentoring graduate students of color.. SAGE Handbook of Mentoring and Coaching in Education (, pp. 412-429). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Griffin, K. & Reddick, R. (2011). Surveillance and sacrifice: Gender differences in the mentoring patterns of Black professors at predominantly White research universities.. American Educational Research Journal, 48(5), 1032-1057. doi:.
Willie, C. & Reddick, R. (2010). A New Look at Black Families. (6ed., pp. 230). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Austin L.E.A.D.S. Award
- Austin Community College Office of Equity and Inclusion's I.D.E.A.L. Center (2018 - 2018)
Officers Grant
- W. T. Grant Foundation (2016 - 2017)
Collaborative Teaching Grant
- Learning Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin (2016 - 2016)
Chancellor's Council
- The University of Texas System (2014 - 2014)
Alumni Achievement Award
- Harvard University Graduate School of Education, Alumni of Color Conference (2013)
Outstanding Young Texas Ex Award
- Texas Exes Alumni Association (2012)
John L. Warfield Center for African American Studies Teaching Award
- The University of Texas at Austin (2012)
Career Enhancement Fellowship
- Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation (2010 - 2011)
Campus and Community Racial Climate: Its Influence on Creating Inclusive Faculty Environments,
Office of the Provost and Department of History, University of North Carolina-Asheville, Asheville, NC (2017)
Symbolism and Statuary in the Context of Historically Exclusionary Institutions,
College of Fine Arts, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX (2017)
Diversity and Community Engagement: A Conversation on the Multidimensional Aspects of Excellence and Inclusion,
Institute for Management and Leadership in Education (MLE), Harvard Institutes for Higher Education, Cambridge, MA, Cambridge, MA (2017)
Addressing Inequality in Austin,
SXSW.edu, Austin, TX (2017)
