Christopher Reed

Christopher Reed is Distinguished Professor of English, Visual Culture, and Art History at Penn State. His scholarship connects queer theory with visual studies, examining intersections of art, sexuality, and cultural identity. Award-winning publications include 'Bachelor Japanists' (2017) on Western masculinities in Japanese aesthetics and 'Art and Homosexuality' (2011) exploring artistic identity.

Courses analyze Bloomsbury Group aesthetics, Japanism, and literature-visual art relations. Curated exhibitions on Bloomsbury artists and Japan-America cultural exchanges. Current research addresses domesticity in modernist art and queer difficulty in visual culture.