Susan Smith Reilly

Susan Smith Reilly, Ph.D

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters

Boca Raton Campus

Areas of Expertise:  Multimedia Studies, Critical Pedagogy of the Media, Scriptwriting

Dr. Reilly teaches courses in Mass Communication theory and practice. She also teaches the Communication Internship course. An established media scholar as well as a writer/producer of public television documentaries, she has published widely on critical media theory and critical pedagogy of the media.  Link to  Curriculum Vitae.

Recent Publications

Susan Smith Reilly

Schwock, James, Mimi White and Susan Reilly. 1992

Rethinking Media Literacy: A Critical Pedagogy of Representation. Albany, N.Y.: SUNY Press.
Susan Smith Reilly

McLaren, Peter, Rhonda Hammer, David Sholle, Susan Reilly. 1995

Media Knowledge: Popular Culture, Pedagogy and Critical Citizenship. New York: Peter Lang.

Goodall, Hilary and Susan Reilly. 1988.  Writing for the Computer Screen. New York: Praeger.

The "Technology of Truth: Revisiting Areopagitica". The Technology Collection.  Download PDF

Recent Documentaries

Biographical Documentary. Gail DellaPiana:  Art & Identity. Included in the collection of the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Washington D.C. in 2018. Written and produced by Susan Reilly. Photography by Peter Giscombe. Audio editing by Kevin Petrich. Video editing by Andrea Guerreo. 30 Minutes.

Transcending the Boundaries: The Life of Bessie Coleman. Broadcast on WPTO-TV, Oxford, Ohio on February 28, 1994.

Hometown in Peril: Case Study of a Hazardous Waste Dump Site. Broadcast on WPTD –TV, Dayton, Ohio on June 27, 1987 and on WCET-TV, Cincinnati, Ohio on June 28, 1987.

The Fear Inside: Alternatives for Battered Women. Broadcast on WBRA-TV Roanoke, VA on March 31, 1980.

Courses

FIL 4106: Scriptwriting

COM 3945: Communication Internship