Dr. Reid previously worked on new program development at the United Negro College Fund, as Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and in various roles at IBM.
[2] He was an undergraduate student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he studied materials science and was a Tau Beta Pi scholar.
[2][5] After reading Jonathan Kozol's book Savage Inequalities Reid was inspired to bring positive change through education.
After twelve years in the computer industry Reid returned to his alma mater, working on education programs for underserved communities in the United States.
[2] Whist working at MIT Reid completed a doctorate degree at Harvard University that looked at the relationship between race, identity and academic attainment.