Dr. Seamus Reilly
President
EDUCATION
1997, Ph.D. English, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Dissertation: James Joyce, Music, and Literature
1988, M.A. (Modern English and American Literature) University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
1987, B.A. (HONS) English and History, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
| Carl Sandburg College President |
2018 - present | |
| Parkland College Vice President of Institutional Advancement |
2008 - 2018 | |
| Parkland College Department Chair, Fine and Applied Arts |
2006 - 2008 | |
| Parkland College Director of Literature, Philosophy and Religion |
2001 - 2003 | |
| University of Illinois Acting Director, Business and Technical Writing |
1997 - 1998 |
Related Employment
| Head Coach, Men's Soccer, Parkland College | 2000 - 2006 | |
| Heach Coach, Women's Soccer, Parkland College | 2004 - 2005 | |
| Olympic Development Program Staff Coach, Illinois Youth Soccer Association |
2002 - 2003 | |
| Director of Coaching, Little Illini Soccer Club | 1999 - 2002 | |
PUBLICATIONS
Chairing the Fine and Applied Arts Department (American Council On Education)
December 1, 2008, http://www2.acenet.edu/resources/chairs/docs/Reilly_finearts.pdf
Wrote lyrics for original songs for A Christmas Carol, Parkland College Theatre production 2007; Music
by Tim Schirmer.
“Banjaxed” (text) with Zack Browning in Banjaxed (CD), 2001.
James Joyce and Dublin Opera 1888-1904 in Bronze by Gold (Ed. Sebastian Knowles) (Garland 1999)
http://www.jstor.org/stable/25473874?seq=1
“Rehearing ‘Distant Music’ in The Dead.” James Joyce Quarterly (1997)
PRESENTATIONS
American Community College Trustees, 2008; Coordinated and led trustees at ACCT National Legislative Summit 2009-present.
Symposium on Liberal Arts, Parkland College, 2002
Allerton English Articulation Conference, April 2002, 2006
Modern Languages Association, New Orleans, 2001
American Conference on Irish Studies, (ACIS) Milwaukee, 1997
James Joyce International Conference, Zurich Switzerland, 1996
ACIS International Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1995
Irish Graduate Studies Conference, Harvard University, 1994
Irish Graduate Studies Conference, University of Illinois, 1991
Travels Through Literature Program, Illinois Central College, 1990
AWARDS
Campus-Wide Teaching Excellence Award, University of Illinois, 1999
University Fellowship, Gragg Fellowship, University of Illinois, 1996
International Dissertation Travel Award, University of Illinois, 1994
Meath County Council (Ireland) Scholarship, 1984-1988
Last updated: 08/08/2018
