Kacy Redd, Ph.D.

Kacy Redd is the Associate Vice President of Research & STEM Education at APLU, where she has successfully secured external funding exceeding $10 million. In her leadership role at APLU, she has developed and executed a strategic vision for STEM education and the scientific research enterprise. Her portfolio focuses on three core areas: advancing the impact of research, expanding the definition of meaningful faculty and staff contributions, and enhancing equity and quality in undergraduate STEM education.

To support the research enterprise, she collaborates with vice presidents of research at more than 250 public research universities to increase public access to research (NSF# 1939279, #1837847, and #1945938) and to build the research capacity at less-resourced institutions (NSF #2324469). She also leads APLU’s effort to modernize scholarship for the public good, generously funded by the Rita Allen Foundation, the Kavli Foundation, and the Burroughs Wellcome Foundation. To improve undergraduate STEM education, she established the Network of STEM Education Centers (NSF #1524832), now serving over 200 STEM Education Centers/Institutes/Programs at more than 160 institutions. Additionally, she co-leads the Backbone for the NSF INCLUDES Aspire Alliance (#1834518 and #2041007), a strategic consortium uniting more than 180 2- and 4-year institutions and 40 national organizations with the ambitious goal of diversifying the professoriate.

Kacy serves on numerous advisory boards, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s (NASEM) Roundtable on Systemic Change in Undergraduate STEM Education, and NASEM’s Roundtable on Aligning Incentives for Open Scholarship. Her passion lies in connecting university leaders, funders, and policymakers to advance the scientific enterprise at public research universities.

Kacy Redd earned her Ph.D. in neuroscience from Columbia University, supported by an HHMI Predoctoral Fellowship, and her B.S. from the University of Southern Mississippi. Her ORCID iD is 0000-0002-2024-741X.