Reddick Named 2011 Outstanding Young Texas Ex - December 7, 2011

Dr. Richard Reddick, an assistant professor in the College of Education’s Department of Educational Administration, is one of only four University of Texas at Austin alumni under 40 to receive the 2011 Outstanding Young Texas Exes Award.

According to the Texas Exes, recipients of this elite honor must have received recognition and acknowledgement from their contemporaries for outstanding accomplishments in their occupations; served as examples of integrity and exceptional intellect for UT faculty, staff, students and alumni; contributed time talent or other resources to benefit UT; and demonstrated pride in and loyalty to UT as their alma mater.

Reddick obtained his bachelor’s degree in Plan II Honors at UT in 1995 before going on to receive a doctorate in higher education and master’s degree in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy from Harvard University.

In addition to being an instructor and researcher in educational administration, Reddick also is coordinator of the M.Ed. program in the College of Education’s College and University Student Personnel Administration. Additionally, he serves as an affiliate faculty member of UT’s John L. Warfield Center for African and African American Studies and the Gender and Sexuality Center.

Reddick’s scholarship and teaching focus on issues of diversity in higher education, the sociocultural adaptation of African American families and qualitative research methods. Specifically, he has been exploring the unique challenges experienced by African American faculty and how they can reach out and have a greater impact on the communities in which they work and live, as well as examining the nature and success of mentoring relationships between African American faculty and students.

In his research on mentoring, Reddick has looked at factors influencing faculty mentorship, the role of formative experiences in professors’ lives in their approach to mentoring, and the advising and counseling approaches used by faculty in mentoring African American undergraduate students.

In addition to research and teaching, Reddick has co-authored and co-edited four books on African American families, historically Black colleges and universities, and the effects of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling on diversity in American education.

—Kay Randall, University Communications, 512-232-3910