Marc O'Reilly


Welcome to Dr. Marc O'Reilly's Home Page Assistant Professor of Political Science and Director of International and Multicultural Academic Programs


Curriculum Vitae Courses Taught FYE 100 Truth and Truthiness: Political Satire POL 121-1 Introduction to Global Politics POL 121-2 Introduction to Global Politics HNR 103 Honors: Empires POL 263 The European Union POL 360 The United Nations & MUNFW POL 380 Politics of the Middle East POL 380 Canada: An Introduction POL 377 Human Rights & Social Justice HNR 403 Honors: Québec: Past, Present, & Future POL 409 Senior Seminar: U.S. Foreign Policy ITS 409 Capstone Seminar Writing Guidelines for POL SCI Research Papers Study Abroad American Junior Year Oxford Study Abroad Programme International Studies Association Middle East Institute Association for Canadian Studies in the US Foreign Policy Political Resources Model United Nations Of The Far West Spring Greece and Italy Trip (2006) Marc's Photo Album	With my niece Anne-Elizabeth Desjardins, July 2008

Dr. Marc J. O'Reilly is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Heidelberg University in Tiffin, Ohio, and Chair of the International Studies Committee. He is originally from Montreal, Canada, and earned his Ph.D. at the University of Connecticut. He specializes in international relations, comparative politics, and American, Canadian, and Middle Eastern foreign policies.

Dr. O'Reilly teaches Political Science courses on Global Politics, The European Union, Human Rights, International Organizations, U.S. Foreign Policy, Canadian Politics, and Politics of the Middle East. He teaches the capstone seminar in International Studies and Honors courses on Quebec/French Canada and Empires. He also teaches a first-year experience course on political satire. Every April, he takes his POL 360 class to the Model UN Conference of the Far West in San Francisco, CA. In March 2009, he led a group of Heidelberg students on a tour of France (Nice), Monaco, Italy (Cinque Terre, Florence, Bologna, Venice, Lake Como, Milan, and Rome), and Vatican City. He has also led Heidelberg groups to Canada and Greece and co-taught a Heidelberg summer course at Oxford University in England. In June 2009, he participated in a CIEE international faculty development seminar in Turkey.

Dr. O'Reilly's research interests include U.S. foreign policy vis-a-vis the Middle East since World War II, empires, and Canadian foreign policy since 1945.

Dr. O'Reilly is the author of Unexceptional: America's Empire in the Persian Gulf, 1941-2007 (Lexington Books, 2008), which can be purchased on-line at lexingtonbooks.com, barnesandnoble.com, or amazon.com.

Dr. O'Reilly is co-editor of Handbook of Canadian Foreign Policy (Lexington Books, 2006) with Patrick James and Nelson Michaud. He has published articles in International Studies Perspectives, The Journal of Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, The Middle East Journal, Middle East Policy, and The American Review of Canadian Studies.

In addition to his professorial duties, Dr. O'Reilly serves as Heidelberg University's Director of International & Multicultural Academic Programs.

2002 Heidelberg College Summer Course New College, Oxford University		May 2006 Heidelberg Tour of Italy and Greece		March 2009 Heidelberg Group in Venice
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