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Barbara E. Reid, O.P. is an American author, editor, and biblical scholar. She is the first woman to be president of the Catholic Theological Union, a Roman Catholic seminary in Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. She earned her PhD at Catholic University of America, and her MA at Aquinas College.

She is notable for her contributions to biblical scholarship in the field of Religion, particularly in her role as editor of the Wisdom Commentary, a sixty volume biblical studies publication. Her role as editor of this project brought together multiple scholars of feminist scholarship in biblical studies.

She has written over 15 books and articles, as print and audio books, many focusing on the themes of feminism and women mentioned in the New Testament, especially in the Gospel of Luke; her scholarly works have been published by Eerdmans, Paulist Press, and by Liturgical Press of Collegeville, Maryland.

She teaches in the Biblical Literature and Languages department, as a Professor of New Testament Studies, at Catholic Theological Union, where she has been a professor since 1988.

In November 2020, she was elected by the Board of Trustees as President of Catholic Theological Union (CTU), a Catholic seminary based in Chicago, Illinois.

In 2014-2015, she served as president of the Catholic Biblical Association, a scholarly learned society.

Sr. Barbara Reid is a member of the Dominican Sisters of Grand Rapids, Michigan. She has been a member of this religious order for over 40 years.

Publications & Sources
In 2023, Barbara Reid, OP, published her book At the Table of Holy Wisdom: Global hunger and feminist biblical interpretation. Paulist Press, New York. ISBN 9780809188154, 0809188155

Barbara Reid, PhD, has contributed to these articles in journals of the Catholic Biblical Association:

Reid, Barbara E., OP, ed. Forget Not God's Benefits (Psalm 103:2): A Festschrift in Honor of Leslie J. Hoppe, OFM. Catholic Biblical Quarterly Imprints (CBQI) 3. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic Biblical Association, 2022. ISBN 9780915170609

Dr. Reid serves as editor of a series of biblical commentaries published by Liturgical Press.

Editor, Wisdom Commentary: Luke. Published by Liturgical Press. https://litpress.org/Products/8167/Wisdom-Commentary-Luke-19

Among her work, Barbara Reid, OP has contributed to biblical commentaries published by Liturgical Press. In 1996, she wrote about feminist interpretations in the context of critical biblical study, in Choosing the Better Part? Women in the Gospel of Luke." ISBN: 9780814654941, 5494

Reid, Barbara E. "Choosing the Better Part? Women in the Gospel of Luke", published in 1996 focusing on women in the Gospel of Luke.

She has published articles in Biblical Research, The Bible Today, and New Theology Review.

Reid, Barbara E. Wisdom's Feast. Eerdmans. October 3, 2016 9781467445436

Official biography sources
https://www.grdominicans.org/sisters/sister-barbara-reid/