Colleen A. Reilly
Professor
Colleen A. Reilly is Professor of English at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in technical writing and editing, science and medical writing, and strategies for digital composing. From Spring 2018 through Spring 2023, she coedited the open-access Journal of Effective Teaching in Higher Education (http://jethe.org).
Education
Postdoctoral Research Certificate, Professional & Technical Writing, Purdue University
Ph.D., English, Purdue University
M.A., English, Purdue University,
B.A., English, John Carroll University
Specialization in Teaching
Technical editing; science and medical writing; professional and technical writing; business writing; document design; grant writing; research methods
Research Interests
Science and medical writing; technical editing; artificial intelligence; privacy and surveillance in digital spaces; critical digital literacies
Professional Service
President, UNCW Faculty Senate
Community Engagement
Instructor for Professional Education, UNCW Swain Center; Supervisor, Medical writing internship with Novant
Honors & Awards
Chancellor’s Teaching Excellence Award, April 2014
Best Edited Collection by the Association for Writing Across the Curriculum and the WAC Clearinghouse, June 15, 2023, awarded to the text the Routledge Handbook of Scientific Communication, Eds. Cristina Hanganu-Bresch, Stefania Maci, Michael Zerbe, Gabriel Cutrufello, in which my chapter, “Searching for the ‘Magic Elixir’: Uncertainty in Developing Specific Aims and Broader Impacts for NIH and NSF Grants,” appears.