RITA REED joined the photojournalism faculty in 2001 after 20 years as a working photojournalist with Star Tribune in Minneapolis, Minn. and The Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She has worked not only on local, regional and national stories, but also internationally in Haiti, Bolivia, Colombia, Taiwan, China and the countries of the former Eastern Block. She holds a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri and an undergraduate degree from Southwest Missouri State University. She was the 1993 recipient of the Nikon Sabbatical Grant for Documentary Photography for the completion of work on a photographic book about gay and lesbian teenagers. She maintains an interest in and concern for adolescents and the issues they face. She is currently the Director of the College Photographer of the Year competition.