Reeves, a residing professor at The University of Georgia, teaches and serves as co-founder of the learning and performance lab in the Department of Industrial Technology at the university. His main teaching areas include program evaluation, instructional design, and research courses. A former Fulbright Lecturer as well as former editor of the Journal of Interactive Learning Research, Thomas Reeves has focused much of his time on writing biographies such as: Freedom and the Foundation: The Fund for the Republic in the Era of McCarthyism, Foundation Under Fire (ed.), McCarthyism (ed.), Gentle Boss: The Life of Chester Alan Arthur, The Life and Times of Joe McCarthy: A Biography, and John F. Kennedy: The Man, The Politician, The President (ed.). However, his well-known book called A Question of Character: A Life of John F. Kennedy gained much attention from the public because of Reeves accurate reviews of John F. Kennedy's lifestyle. Reeves had always been fascinated with the Kennedy's and wanted to examine the true facts behind our once famous and well-respected president. .
Through years of frustrating and informative study on Kennedy's image and history, Reeves finally created his book, A Question of Character, in 1991. Thomas Reeves uses it as a means to analyze John F. Kennedy in all aspects of his career such as: his family background, experiences as a young politician, his relationship/marriage to Jackie, as well as his important role as president of the United States. .
In A Question of Character John F. Kennedy's two lives are examined "personal and private. Reeves theme throughout his book is pointed towards his audience in how we should perceive John F. Kennedy in his entirety. We, the readers, should see JFK as who he truthfully was, in reference to claims on his moral values. He wanted Kennedy to be judged by aspects of his personal character as well as his national leadership.