Dr. Reyes earned a master’s degree in English literature from the University of Dallas after completing her undergraduate work at Thomas Aquinas College, and went on to earn her doctorate (with honors) at UD’s Braniff Graduate School’s Institute of Philosophic Studies for her dissertation, “Ishmael’s Cetological Quest: A Progression of Imagination in Melville’s Moby-Dick.” She has been a member of Thomas Aquinas College’s faculty since 2011.