Dr. Seamus Reilly

Biography

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

Chairing the Fine and Applied Arts Department (American Council On Education)
PUBLICATIONS

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