Retiring after 36 years in academia as a professor, 22 of which were as a dean (School of Education (UNC-G) and as a Graduate Dean (The Citadel), Dr. Reilly returned to North Carolina. During these 36 years, he also published four books (primarily on children's learning) and 50 plus articles for professional journals. He was twice appointed to a Senior Fulbright Scholar appointment, first to the Republic of Cyprus in 1986/7 and then to the inaugural appointment in psychology to the Soviet Union in 1990 in the Republic of Georgia.
