Rate My Professor Pedro Reyes

University of Texas at Austin

Education Educational Administration and Leadership Educational Leadership Educational Policy Higher Education

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5.04/23/2026

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Pedro Reyes, Ph.D., is the Ashbel Smith Professor of Education Leadership and Policy in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy at the University of Texas at Austin College of Education, where he also serves as Department Chair and Executive Director of the Texas Education Research Center. He holds a Ph.D. in Education Policy and Administration with a cognate in Sociology of Education from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1985) and a B.S. in Latin American History and Education from the same university (1982). Reyes began his academic career as an Assistant Professor at the University of Kansas (1985-1986) and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1986-1990), joining UT Austin in 1990. He advanced to Associate Professor (1991-1997) and Professor (1997-present), serving as Associate Dean of Graduate Studies (1996-2003) and Chairman of the Graduate Studies Committee. In system-wide roles, he was Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Planning and Assessment (2003-2012), Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (2012-2015)—overseeing nine institutions and architecting the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley—and Interim President of UT San Antonio (2017).