Teddy Reeves is curator of religion at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture. He holds a Ph.D. from Fordham University and holds an M.Div. (Princeton Seminary) and a college degree from Hampton University.

In 2018, he created a web based talk-show series entitled, "gOD-talk: a black millennials and faith conversation series," which explores the dynamic ways Black millennials are engaging with faith in the 21st century. The program continues to garner critical acclaim--having received nine Telly Awards (2019 and 2020) and an Audience Honor award at the 2020 Shorty Awards.

He previously served as an English instructor at two prestigious independent schools; as the inaugural program coordinator for the center for Black church studies at Princeton Seminary; as the executive pastor at Calvary Baptist Church; as a teaching assistant at Princeton's Pace Center for Civic Engagement; and as an associate director at Community Counseling Services, where he worked on a $65 million dollar capital campaign. In 2014, he launched the Reeves Group, a boutique fundraising consultant firm helping educational, cultural, and faith-based non-profits achieve their organizational goals.

In 2015, heco-curated his first exhibition, "Touching the Sacred," which explored the sacred objects of the Black church tradition. Most recently, he assisted in organizing the #blacklivesmatter ride to ferguson in the wake of Mike Brown’s tragic murder.